diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminsay.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminsay.dm
index 7adb1282396..902d9b6fd31 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminsay.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminsay.dm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	if(!check_rights(0))
 		return
 
-	msg = copytext(sanitize(msg), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN)
+	msg = emoji_parse(copytext(sanitize(msg), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
 	if(!msg)
 		return