diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/ui/emoji-selector/emoji-selector.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/ui/emoji-selector/emoji-selector.tsx
index 7053fbb7c..a4485e79f 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/ui/emoji-selector/emoji-selector.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/ui/emoji-selector/emoji-selector.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { shift, useFloating, Placement } from '@floating-ui/react';
+import { shift, useFloating, Placement, offset, OffsetOptions } from '@floating-ui/react';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ interface IEmojiSelector {
   placement?: Placement
   /** Whether the selector should be visible. */
   visible?: boolean
+  offsetOptions?: OffsetOptions
   /** Whether to allow any emoji to be chosen. */
   all?: boolean
 }
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ const EmojiSelector: React.FC<IEmojiSelector> = ({
   onReact,
   placement = 'top',
   visible = false,
+  offsetOptions,
   all = true,
 }): JSX.Element => {
   const soapboxConfig = useSoapboxConfig();
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ const EmojiSelector: React.FC<IEmojiSelector> = ({
 
   const { x, y, strategy, refs, update } = useFloating<HTMLElement>({
     placement,
-    middleware: [shift()],
+    middleware: [offset(offsetOptions), shift()],
   });
 
   const handleExpand: React.MouseEventHandler = () => {
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-message-reaction-wrapper/chat-message-reaction-wrapper.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-message-reaction-wrapper/chat-message-reaction-wrapper.tsx
index d4600041e..91e959f7c 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-message-reaction-wrapper/chat-message-reaction-wrapper.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-message-reaction-wrapper/chat-message-reaction-wrapper.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ function ChatMessageReactionWrapper(props: IChatMessageReactionWrapper) {
             referenceElement={referenceElement}
             onReact={handleSelect}
             onClose={() => setIsOpen(false)}
+            offsetOptions={{ mainAxis: 12, crossAxis: -10 }}
             all={false}
           />
         </Portal>