diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fdc1f32..77412b24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fixed pinned statuses not appearing in user profiles
 - Fixed some elements not being keyboard navigation friendly
 - Fixed your latest chat messages disappearing when closing chat view and opening it again during the same session
+- Fixed custom emoji not showing in poll options before voting
 
 ### Changed
 - Errors when fetching are now shown with popup errors instead of "Error fetching updates" in panel headers
diff --git a/src/components/poll/poll.vue b/src/components/poll/poll.vue
index 264a5f03..42819c19 100644
--- a/src/components/poll/poll.vue
+++ b/src/components/poll/poll.vue
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
           :value="index"
         >
         <label class="option-vote">
-          <div>{{ option.title }}</div>
+          <!-- eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-v-html -->
+          <div v-html="option.title_html" />
         </label>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
index e3a52489..b1e68df5 100644
--- a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
+++ b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ export const parseStatus = (data) => {
     if (output.poll) {
       output.poll.options = (output.poll.options || []).map(field => ({
         ...field,
-        title_html: addEmojis(field.title, data.emojis)
+        title_html: addEmojis(escape(field.title), data.emojis)
       }))
     }
     output.pinned = data.pinned