diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index fdc9c54c8c..1537980891 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -1287,6 +1287,12 @@ body > [data-popper-placement] {
     .emoji {
       display: block;
       height: 16px;
+      transition: transform .2s ease;
+
+      &:hover {
+        transform: scale(1.4);
+      }
+
       img {
         margin-top: 0;
         margin-bottom: 0;
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/rich_text.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/rich_text.scss
index 0ed2378192..b392704d4a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/rich_text.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/rich_text.scss
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@
     vertical-align: super;
   }
 
+  .emojione {
+    transition: transform .2s ease;
+
+    &:hover {
+      transform: scale(1.2);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .status__content__text {