diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji_picker/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji_picker/index.js
index a78117971..9821502d3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji_picker/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/emoji_picker/index.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import Overlay from 'react-overlays/lib/Overlay';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
 import detectPassiveEvents from 'detect-passive-events';
-import { buildCustomEmojis } from 'flavours/glitch/util/emoji';
+import { buildCustomEmojis, categoriesFromEmojis } from 'flavours/glitch/util/emoji';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   emoji: { id: 'emoji_button.label', defaultMessage: 'Insert emoji' },
@@ -110,19 +110,6 @@ let EmojiPicker, Emoji; // load asynchronously
 const backgroundImageFn = () => `${assetHost}/emoji/sheet_10.png`;
 const listenerOptions = detectPassiveEvents.hasSupport ? { passive: true } : false;
 
-const categoriesSort = [
-  'recent',
-  'custom',
-  'people',
-  'nature',
-  'foods',
-  'activity',
-  'places',
-  'objects',
-  'symbols',
-  'flags',
-];
-
 class ModifierPickerMenu extends React.PureComponent {
 
   static propTypes = {
@@ -320,8 +307,23 @@ class EmojiPickerMenu extends React.PureComponent {
     }
 
     const title = intl.formatMessage(messages.emoji);
+
     const { modifierOpen } = this.state;
 
+    const categoriesSort = [
+      'recent',
+      'people',
+      'nature',
+      'foods',
+      'activity',
+      'places',
+      'objects',
+      'symbols',
+      'flags',
+    ];
+
+    categoriesSort.splice(1, 0, ...Array.from(categoriesFromEmojis(custom_emojis)).sort());
+
     return (
       <div className={classNames('emoji-picker-dropdown__menu', { selecting: modifierOpen })} style={style} ref={this.setRef}>
         <EmojiPicker
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/emoji/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/emoji/index.js
index 82a1ef89c..e6fcaf0dc 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/emoji/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/emoji/index.js
@@ -93,8 +93,11 @@ export const buildCustomEmojis = (customEmojis) => {
       keywords: [name],
       imageUrl: url,
       custom: true,
+      customCategory: emoji.get('category'),
     });
   });
 
   return emojis;
 };
+
+export const categoriesFromEmojis = customEmojis => customEmojis.reduce((set, emoji) => set.add(emoji.get('category') ? `custom-${emoji.get('category')}` : 'custom'), new Set());