diff --git a/src/HtmlUtils.tsx b/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
index dc5f5f273b3..158345903b7 100644
--- a/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ const SURROGATE_PAIR_PATTERN = /([\ud800-\udbff])([\udc00-\udfff])/;
// (with plenty of false positives, but that's OK)
const SYMBOL_PATTERN = /([\u2100-\u2bff])/;
-// Regex pattern for non-emoji characters that can appear in an "all-emoji" message (Zero-Width Joiner, Zero-Width Space, other whitespace)
-const EMOJI_SEPARATOR_REGEX = /[\u200D\u200B\s]/g;
+// Regex pattern for non-emoji characters that can appear in an "all-emoji" message
+// (Zero-Width Joiner, Zero-Width Space, Emoji presentation character, other whitespace)
+const EMOJI_SEPARATOR_REGEX = /[\u200D\u200B\s]|\uFE0F/g;
const BIGEMOJI_REGEX = new RegExp(`^(${EMOJIBASE_REGEX.source})+$`, "i");