diff --git a/app/containers/markdown/components/Preview.tsx b/app/containers/markdown/components/Preview.tsx
index fa61742dc0..c91a1503ea 100644
--- a/app/containers/markdown/components/Preview.tsx
+++ b/app/containers/markdown/components/Preview.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import { themes } from '../../../lib/constants/colors';
 import { useTheme } from '../../../theme';
 import usePreviewFormatText from '../../../lib/hooks/usePreviewFormatText';
 import styles from '../styles';
+import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
+import { IApplicationState } from '../../../definitions';
+import CustomEmoji from '../../EmojiPicker/CustomEmoji';
 
 interface IMarkdownPreview {
 	msg?: string;
@@ -16,18 +19,57 @@ interface IMarkdownPreview {
 const MarkdownPreview = ({ msg, numberOfLines = 1, style = [], testID }: IMarkdownPreview) => {
 	const { theme } = useTheme();
 	const formattedText = usePreviewFormatText(msg ?? '');
+	const customEmojis = useSelector((state: IApplicationState) => state.customEmojis);
 
 	if (!msg) {
 		return null;
 	}
-	const m = formattedText;
+
+	function getCustomEmoji(name: string) {
+		const emoji = customEmojis[name];
+		return emoji ?? null;
+	}
+
+	function parseText(input: string) {
+		const emojiPattern = /(:[a-zA-Z0-9_+-]+:)/g;
+		const emojiRegex = /:[a-zA-Z0-9_+-]+:/;
+
+		const parts = input.split(emojiPattern).filter(Boolean);
+
+		const tokens = parts.map(p => {
+			const isEmoji = emojiRegex.test(p);
+
+			return {
+				type: isEmoji ? 'emoji' : 'text',
+				value: isEmoji ? getCustomEmoji(p.replace(/:/g, '')) : p
+			};
+		});
+
+		return tokens.reduce((acc: any[], curr: any) => {
+			const last = acc[acc.length - 1];
+			if (last && last.type === 'text' && curr.type === 'text') {
+				last.value += curr.value;
+			} else {
+				acc.push(curr);
+			}
+			return acc;
+		}, []);
+	}
+
+	const m = parseText(formattedText);
+
 	return (
 		<Text
-			accessibilityLabel={m}
+			accessibilityLabel={formattedText}
 			style={[styles.text, { color: themes[theme].fontDefault, lineHeight: undefined }, ...style]}
 			numberOfLines={numberOfLines}
-			testID={testID || `markdown-preview-${m}`}>
-			{m}
+			testID={testID || `markdown-preview-${formattedText}`}>
+			{m.map((token, i) => {
+				if (token.type === 'emoji' && token.value) {
+					return <CustomEmoji key={i} emoji={token.value} style={{ width: 15, height: 15 }} />;
+				}
+				return <Text key={i}>{token.value}</Text>;
+			})}
 		</Text>
 	);
 };