diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/all.js b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
index 56f4e13c30f1..3124b347964b 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/init/all.js
+++ b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
@@ -3639,6 +3639,8 @@ pref("ui.mouse.radius.inputSource.touchOnly", true);
 
 #ifdef XP_WIN
 
+pref("font.name-list.emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji, EmojiOne Mozilla");
+
 pref("font.name-list.serif.ar", "Times New Roman");
 pref("font.name-list.sans-serif.ar", "Segoe UI, Tahoma, Arial");
 pref("font.name-list.monospace.ar", "Courier New");
@@ -3995,6 +3997,8 @@ pref("ui.key.saveLink.shift", false); // true = shift, false = meta
 // enable NSPR logging for module fontInfoLog:5
 // canonical names immediately follow '(fontinit) family:' in the log
 
+pref("font.name-list.emoji", "Apple Color Emoji");
+
 pref("font.name-list.serif.ar", "Al Bayan");
 pref("font.name-list.sans-serif.ar", "Geeza Pro");
 pref("font.name-list.monospace.ar", "Geeza Pro");
@@ -4286,6 +4290,10 @@ pref("print.print_in_color", true);
 
 // font names
 
+// fontconfig doesn't support emoji yet
+// https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2016-October/005842.html
+pref("font.name-list.emoji", "EmojiOne Mozilla");
+
 pref("font.name-list.serif.ar", "serif");
 pref("font.name-list.sans-serif.ar", "sans-serif");
 pref("font.name-list.monospace.ar", "monospace");
@@ -4461,6 +4469,8 @@ pref("font.size.fixed.x-western", 12);
 #if defined(ANDROID)
 // We use the bundled fonts for Firefox for Android
 
+pref("font.name-list.emoji", "Noto Color Emoji");
+
 pref("font.name-list.serif.ar", "Noto Naskh Arabic, Noto Serif, Droid Serif");
 pref("font.name-list.sans-serif.ar", "Noto Naskh Arabic, Clear Sans, Roboto, Droid Sans");
 pref("font.name-list.monospace.ar", "Noto Naskh Arabic");