diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.jsx
index a39d1b234..523d4401c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.jsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { injectIntl, FormattedMessage, defineMessages } from 'react-intl';
 
 import classNames from 'classnames';
+
 import { Link, withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import { WithRouterPropTypes } from 'mastodon/utils/react_router';
 import FollowRequestContainer from '../containers/follow_request_container';
 
 import Report from './report';
+import EmojiView from '../../../components/emoji_view';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   favourite: { id: 'notification.favourite', defaultMessage: '{name} favorited your status' },
@@ -219,14 +221,16 @@ class Notification extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   }
 
   renderEmojiReaction (notification, link) {
+    console.dir(notification)
     const { intl, unread } = this.props;
+    const emoji_reaction = notification.get('emoji_reaction');
 
     return (
       <HotKeys handlers={this.getHandlers()}>
         <div className={classNames('notification notification-emoji_reaction focusable', { unread })} tabIndex='0' aria-label={notificationForScreenReader(intl, intl.formatMessage(messages.emojiReaction, { name: notification.getIn(['account', 'acct']) }), notification.get('created_at'))}>
           <div className='notification__message'>
             <div className='notification__emoji_reaction-icon-wrapper'>
-              <Icon id='star' className='star-icon' fixedWidth />
+              <EmojiView name={emoji_reaction.get('name')} url={emoji_reaction.get('url')} staticUrl={emoji_reaction.get('static_url')} className='star-icon' fixedWidth />
             </div>
 
             <span title={notification.get('created_at')}>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/notifications.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/notifications.js
index 2ca301b19..8673e51ec 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/notifications.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/notifications.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ const notificationToMap = notification => ImmutableMap({
   id: notification.id,
   type: notification.type,
   account: notification.account.id,
+  emoji_reaction: ImmutableMap(notification.emoji_reaction),
   created_at: notification.created_at,
   status: notification.status ? notification.status.id : null,
   report: notification.report ? fromJS(notification.report) : null,
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/emoji_reaction_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/emoji_reaction_serializer.rb
index 1d8f90368..fd58a125f 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/emoji_reaction_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/emoji_reaction_serializer.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class REST::EmojiReactionSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
-  attributes :name, :count
+  attributes :name
 
+  attribute :count, if: :count?
   attribute :url, if: :custom_emoji?
   attribute :static_url, if: :custom_emoji?
   attribute :domain, if: :custom_emoji?
   attribute :account_ids, if: :account_ids?
 
+  def count?
+    object.respond_to?(:count)
+  end
+
   def custom_emoji?
-    object.url.present?
+    object.respond_to?(:url)
   end
 
   def account_ids?
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/notification_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/notification_serializer.rb
index 2d9ab53ef..15c62476d 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/notification_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/notification_serializer.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class REST::NotificationSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   belongs_to :from_account, key: :account, serializer: REST::AccountSerializer
   belongs_to :target_status, key: :status, if: :status_type?, serializer: REST::StatusSerializer
   belongs_to :report, if: :report_type?, serializer: REST::ReportSerializer
+  belongs_to :emoji_reaction, if: :emoji_reaction_type?, serializer: REST::EmojiReactionSerializer
 
   def id
     object.id.to_s
@@ -18,4 +19,8 @@ class REST::NotificationSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   def report_type?
     object.type == :'admin.report'
   end
+
+  def emoji_reaction_type?
+    object.type == :emoji_reaction
+  end
 end