diff --git a/src/routes/_components/status/StatusPoll.html b/src/routes/_components/status/StatusPoll.html
index 1bfa0d83..4ab0943d 100644
--- a/src/routes/_components/status/StatusPoll.html
+++ b/src/routes/_components/status/StatusPoll.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       {#each options as option}
         <li class="poll-choice option">
           <div class="option-text">
-            <strong>{option.share}%</strong> {option.title}
+            <strong>{option.share}%</strong> <span>{@html option.title}</span>
           </div>
           <svg aria-hidden="true">
             <line x1="0" y1="0" x2="{option.share}%" y2="0" />
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
                      value="{i}"
                      on:change="onChange()"
               >
-              <span>{option.title}</span>
+              <span>{@html option.title}</span>
             </label>
           </li>
         {/each}
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@
   import { registerClickDelegate } from '../../_utils/delegate'
   import { classname } from '../../_utils/classname'
   import { getPoll, voteOnPoll } from '../../_actions/polls'
+  import escapeHtml from 'escape-html'
+  import { emojifyText } from '../../_utils/emojifyText'
 
   const REFRESH_MIN_DELAY = 1000
 
@@ -284,10 +286,12 @@
     computed: {
       pollId: ({ originalStatus }) => originalStatus.poll.id,
       poll: ({ originalStatus, $polls, pollId }) => $polls[pollId] || originalStatus.poll,
-      options: ({ poll }) => poll.options.map(({ title, votes_count: votesCount }) => ({
-        title,
-        share: poll.votes_count ? Math.round(votesCount / poll.votes_count * 100) : 0
-      })),
+      options: ({ poll, originalStatusEmojis, $autoplayGifs }) => (
+        poll.options.map(({ title, votes_count: votesCount }) => ({
+          title: emojifyText(escapeHtml(title), originalStatusEmojis, $autoplayGifs),
+          share: poll.votes_count ? Math.round(votesCount / poll.votes_count * 100) : 0
+        }))
+      ),
       votesCount: ({ poll }) => poll.votes_count,
       voted: ({ poll }) => poll.voted,
       multiple: ({ poll }) => poll.multiple,
diff --git a/tests/spec/127-compose-polls.js b/tests/spec/127-compose-polls.js
index 92d80b69..57b9d45b 100644
--- a/tests/spec/127-compose-polls.js
+++ b/tests/spec/127-compose-polls.js
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ import {
   getComposePollNthInput,
   composePoll,
   composePollMultipleChoice,
-  composePollExpiry, composePollAddButton, getComposePollRemoveNthButton, postStatusButton, composeInput, sleep
+  composePollExpiry,
+  composePollAddButton,
+  getComposePollRemoveNthButton,
+  postStatusButton,
+  composeInput,
+  sleep,
+  getNthStatus
 } from '../utils'
 import { loginAsFoobar } from '../roles'
 import { POLL_EXPIRY_DEFAULT } from '../../src/routes/_static/polls'
@@ -18,6 +24,7 @@ fixture`127-compose-polls.js`
 test('Can add and remove poll', async t => {
   await loginAsFoobar(t)
   await t
+    .expect(getNthStatus(1).exists).ok()
     .expect(composePoll.exists).notOk()
     .expect(pollButton.getAttribute('aria-label')).eql('Add poll')
     .click(pollButton)
@@ -36,6 +43,7 @@ test('Can add and remove poll', async t => {
 test('Can add and remove poll options', async t => {
   await loginAsFoobar(t)
   await t
+    .expect(getNthStatus(1).exists).ok()
     .expect(composePoll.exists).notOk()
     .expect(pollButton.getAttribute('aria-label')).eql('Add poll')
     .click(pollButton)
@@ -73,3 +81,22 @@ test('Can add and remove poll options', async t => {
     .expect(getNthStatusPollResult(1, 4).exists).notOk()
     .expect(getNthStatusPollVoteCount(1).innerText).eql('0 votes')
 })
+
+test('Properly escapes HTML and emojos in polls', async t => {
+  await loginAsFoobar(t)
+  await t
+    .expect(getNthStatus(1).exists).ok()
+    .click(pollButton)
+    .expect(composePoll.exists).ok()
+  await sleep(1000)
+  await t
+    .typeText(composeInput, 'vote vote vote', { paste: true })
+    .typeText(getComposePollNthInput(1), '&ndash;', { paste: true })
+    .typeText(getComposePollNthInput(2), ':blobpeek:', { paste: true })
+  await sleep(1000)
+  await t
+    .click(postStatusButton)
+    .expect(getNthStatusPollResult(1, 1).innerText).contains('&ndash;')
+    .expect(getNthStatusPollResult(1, 2).find('img').exists).ok()
+    .expect(getNthStatusPollResult(1, 2).find('img').getAttribute('alt')).eql(':blobpeek:')
+})