diff --git a/lib/github/html.rb b/lib/github/html.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/github/html.rb
+++ b/lib/github/html.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ module GitHub
     SimplePipeline = Pipeline.new [
       SanitizationFilter,
       CamoFilter,
-      SyntaxHighlightFilter
+      SyntaxHighlightFilter,
+      EmojiFilter
     ]
 
     # Pipeline used for most types of user provided content like comments
Enable emoji in READMEs

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