diff --git a/packages/markdown-parser/README.md b/packages/markdown-parser/README.md
index 50a06d19..885ea391 100644
--- a/packages/markdown-parser/README.md
+++ b/packages/markdown-parser/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ Defined like this: `[Link text](https://example.com)`.
 - `[` (opening square bracket) inside link text will be treated like a normal character.
 
 A markdown-style link can also be used to define a name mention like this: `[Name](tg://user?id=1234567)`,
-where `1234567` is the ID of the user you want to mention
+where `1234567` is the ID of the user you want to mention.
+
+Additionally, a markdown-style link can be used to define a custom emoji like this:
+`[😄](tg://emoji?id=123456)`, where `123456` is ID of the emoji.
 
 > **Note**: It is up to the client to look up user's input entity by ID.
 > In most cases, you can only use IDs of users that were seen by the client while using given storage.
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ where `1234567` is the ID of the user you want to mention
 | `[empty link]()`                   | empty link                     | `empty link`                                     |
 | `[empty link]`                     | [empty link]                   | `[empty link]`                                   |
 | `[User](tg://user?id=1234567)`     | N/A                            | N/A                                              |
+| `[😄](tg://emoji?id=123456)`       | N/A                            | N/A                                              |
 
 ### Nested and overlapping entities
 
diff --git a/packages/markdown-parser/src/index.ts b/packages/markdown-parser/src/index.ts
index a683b2bb..3178e152 100644
--- a/packages/markdown-parser/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/markdown-parser/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { FormattedString } from '@mtcute/client'
 
 const MENTION_REGEX =
     /^tg:\/\/user\?id=(\d+)(?:&hash=(-?[0-9a-fA-F]+)(?:&|$)|&|$)/
+const EMOJI_REGEX =
+    /^tg:\/\/emoji\?id=(-?\d+)/
 
 const TAG_BOLD = '**'
 const TAG_ITALIC = '__'
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ export class MarkdownMessageEntityParser implements IMessageEntityParser {
                 if (url.length) {
                     ent.length = result.length - ent.offset
 
-                    const m = url.match(MENTION_REGEX)
+                    let m = url.match(MENTION_REGEX)
                     if (m) {
                         const userId = parseInt(m[1])
                         const accessHash = m[2]
@@ -187,6 +189,13 @@ export class MarkdownMessageEntityParser implements IMessageEntityParser {
                                 ent as tl.Mutable<tl.RawMessageEntityMentionName>
                             ).userId = userId
                         }
+                    } else if ((m = EMOJI_REGEX.exec(url))) {
+                        ;(
+                            ent as tl.Mutable<tl.RawMessageEntityCustomEmoji>
+                        )._ = 'messageEntityCustomEmoji'
+                        ;(
+                            ent as tl.Mutable<tl.RawMessageEntityCustomEmoji>
+                        ).documentId = Long.fromString(m[1])
                     } else {
                         if (url.match(/^\/\//)) url = 'http:' + url
                         ;(ent as tl.Mutable<tl.RawMessageEntityTextUrl>)._ =