diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6
index f8e75e517f9..c3a8c619954 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6
@@ -407,6 +407,10 @@ const Topic = RestModel.extend({
     });
   },
 
+  @computed('excerpt')
+  escapedExcerpt(excerpt) {
+    return emojiUnescape(excerpt);
+  },
 
   hasExcerpt: Em.computed.notEmpty('excerpt'),
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic-excerpt.raw.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic-excerpt.raw.hbs
index 76be2c412f1..0a42a6a0c56 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic-excerpt.raw.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic-excerpt.raw.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{#if topic.hasExcerpt}}
   <div class="topic-excerpt">
-    {{{topic.excerpt}}}
+    {{{topic.escapedExcerpt}}}
     {{#if topic.excerptTruncated}}
       <a href="{{topic.url}}">{{i18n 'read_more'}}</a>
     {{/if}}
diff --git a/test/javascripts/models/topic-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/models/topic-test.js.es6
index 8738d2b91b0..fd8c79c7d3f 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/models/topic-test.js.es6
+++ b/test/javascripts/models/topic-test.js.es6
@@ -75,3 +75,11 @@ QUnit.test('fancyTitle', assert => {
         `<img src='/images/emoji/emoji_one/smile.png?v=${v}' title='smile' alt='smile' class='emoji'> with all <img src='/images/emoji/emoji_one/slight_smile.png?v=${v}' title='slight_smile' alt='slight_smile' class='emoji'> the emojis <img src='/images/emoji/emoji_one/pear.png?v=${v}' title='pear' alt='pear' class='emoji'><img src='/images/emoji/emoji_one/peach.png?v=${v}' title='peach' alt='peach' class='emoji'>`,
         "supports emojis");
 });
+
+QUnit.test('excerpt', assert => {
+  var topic = Topic.create({ excerpt: "This is a test topic :smile:", pinned: true });
+
+  assert.equal(topic.get('escapedExcerpt'),
+        `This is a test topic <img src='/images/emoji/emoji_one/smile.png?v=${v}' title='smile' alt='smile' class='emoji'>`,
+        "supports emojis");
+});