diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
index 36340a3a1..9132df8cb 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
@@ -573,6 +573,27 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
   end
 
   def handle_incoming(
+        %{
+          "type" => "EmojiReaction",
+          "object" => object_id,
+          "actor" => _actor,
+          "id" => id,
+          "content" => emoji
+        } = data,
+        _options
+      ) do
+    with actor <- Containment.get_actor(data),
+         {:ok, %User{} = actor} <- User.get_or_fetch_by_ap_id(actor),
+         {:ok, object} <- get_obj_helper(object_id),
+         {:ok, activity, _object} <-
+           ActivityPub.react_with_emoji(actor, object, emoji, activity_id: id, local: false) do
+      {:ok, activity}
+    else
+      _e -> :error
+    end
+  end
+
+  def handle_incoming(
         %{"type" => "Announce", "object" => object_id, "actor" => _actor, "id" => id} = data,
         _options
       ) do
diff --git a/test/fixtures/emoji-reaction.json b/test/fixtures/emoji-reaction.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3812e43ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/emoji-reaction.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "type": "EmojiReaction",
+  "signature": {
+    "type": "RsaSignature2017",
+    "signatureValue": "fdxMfQSMwbC6wP6sh6neS/vM5879K67yQkHTbiT5Npr5wAac0y6+o3Ij+41tN3rL6wfuGTosSBTHOtta6R4GCOOhCaCSLMZKypnp1VltCzLDoyrZELnYQIC8gpUXVmIycZbREk22qWUe/w7DAFaKK4UscBlHDzeDVcA0K3Se5Sluqi9/Zh+ldAnEzj/rSEPDjrtvf5wGNf3fHxbKSRKFt90JvKK6hS+vxKUhlRFDf6/SMETw+EhwJSNW4d10yMUakqUWsFv4Acq5LW7l+HpYMvlYY1FZhNde1+uonnCyuQDyvzkff8zwtEJmAXC4RivO/VVLa17SmqheJZfI8oluVg==",
+    "creator": "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin#main-key",
+    "created": "2018-02-17T18:57:49Z"
+  },
+  "object": "http://localtesting.pleroma.lol/objects/eb92579d-3417-42a8-8652-2492c2d4f454",
+  "content": "👌",
+  "nickname": "lain",
+  "id": "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin#reactions/2",
+  "actor": "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin",
+  "@context": [
+    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+    "https://w3id.org/security/v1",
+    {
+      "toot": "http://joinmastodon.org/ns#",
+      "sensitive": "as:sensitive",
+      "ostatus": "http://ostatus.org#",
+      "movedTo": "as:movedTo",
+      "manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers",
+      "inReplyToAtomUri": "ostatus:inReplyToAtomUri",
+      "conversation": "ostatus:conversation",
+      "atomUri": "ostatus:atomUri",
+      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
+      "Emoji": "toot:Emoji"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier_test.exs b/test/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier_test.exs
index 0661d5d7c..6df707370 100644
--- a/test/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier_test.exs
@@ -311,6 +311,24 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.TransmogrifierTest do
       assert data["object"] == activity.data["object"]
     end
 
+    test "it works for incoming emoji reactions" do
+      user = insert(:user)
+      {:ok, activity} = CommonAPI.post(user, %{"status" => "hello"})
+
+      data =
+        File.read!("test/fixtures/emoji-reaction.json")
+        |> Poison.decode!()
+        |> Map.put("object", activity.data["object"])
+
+      {:ok, %Activity{data: data, local: false}} = Transmogrifier.handle_incoming(data)
+
+      assert data["actor"] == "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin"
+      assert data["type"] == "EmojiReaction"
+      assert data["id"] == "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin#reactions/2"
+      assert data["object"] == activity.data["object"]
+      assert data["content"] == "👌"
+    end
+
     test "it returns an error for incoming unlikes wihout a like activity" do
       user = insert(:user)
       {:ok, activity} = CommonAPI.post(user, %{"status" => "leave a like pls"})