diff --git a/src/Sourcefile b/src/Sourcefile
index f3cc487c1..a2e9ee736 100644
--- a/src/Sourcefile
+++ b/src/Sourcefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ m_cond.c
 m_fixed.c
 m_menu.c
 m_textinput.c
+m_emotes.cpp
 m_misc.c
 m_perfstats.c
 m_queue.c
diff --git a/src/d_main.c b/src/d_main.c
index fed32eef5..4f75ee787 100644
--- a/src/d_main.c
+++ b/src/d_main.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "g_game.h"
 #include "g_input.h"
 #include "hu_stuff.h"
+#include "m_emotes.h"
 #include "i_sound.h"
 #include "i_system.h"
 #include "i_time.h"
@@ -2024,6 +2025,8 @@ void D_SRB2Main(void)
 
 	S_InitMusicDefs();
 
+	M_InitEmotes();
+
 	CONS_Printf("ST_Init(): Init status bar.\n");
 	ST_Init();
 
diff --git a/src/d_netcmd.c b/src/d_netcmd.c
index 8a4e12ebf..b9a11b5d1 100644
--- a/src/d_netcmd.c
+++ b/src/d_netcmd.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "i_system.h"
 #include "g_game.h"
 #include "hu_stuff.h"
+#include "m_emotes.h"
 #include "g_input.h"
 #include "m_menu.h"
 #include "r_local.h"
@@ -912,6 +913,8 @@ void D_RegisterClientCommands(void)
 
 	CV_RegisterVar(&cv_keyboardlayout);
 
+	CV_RegisterVar(&cv_emotes);
+
 	// time attack ghost options are also saved to config
 	CV_RegisterVar(&cv_ghost_besttime);
 	CV_RegisterVar(&cv_ghost_bestlap);
diff --git a/src/hu_stuff.c b/src/hu_stuff.c
index cd4c60dd8..f052207fb 100644
--- a/src/hu_stuff.c
+++ b/src/hu_stuff.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "m_menu.h" // gametype_cons_t
 #include "m_cond.h" // emblems
+#include "m_emotes.h"
 
 #include "d_clisrv.h"
 
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ static textinput_t w_chat;
 static boolean headsupactive = false;
 boolean hu_showscores; // draw rankings
 static char hu_tick;
+static tic_t hu_emoteanim = 0;
+#define MAXEMOTESUGGESTIONS 8
+static emote_t *emote_suggestions[MAXEMOTESUGGESTIONS] = {0};
 
 static huddrawlist_h luahuddrawlist_scores;
 
@@ -1103,6 +1107,7 @@ void HU_Ticker(void)
 		return;
 
 	hu_tick++;
+	hu_emoteanim++;
 	hu_tick &= 7; // currently only to blink chat input cursor
 
 	if (PLAYER1INPUTDOWN(gc_scores))
@@ -1367,7 +1372,7 @@ boolean HU_Responder(event_t *ev)
 		&& ev->data1 != gamecontrol[0][gc_talkkey][1]))
 			return false;
 
-		M_TextInputHandle(&w_chat, c);
+		M_TextInputHandleEmotes(&w_chat, c, emote_suggestions, MAXEMOTESUGGESTIONS);
 
 		if (c == KEY_ENTER)
 		{
@@ -1407,6 +1412,8 @@ boolean HU_Responder(event_t *ev)
 
 #ifndef NONET
 
+#define HU_DrawEmote(x, y, emote, flags) M_DrawEmote((x), (y), (emote), hu_emoteanim, (flags))
+
 // Precompile a wordwrapped string to any given width.
 // This is a muuuch better method than V_WORDWRAP.
 // again stolen and modified a bit from video.c, don't mind me, will need to rearrange this one day.
@@ -1418,6 +1425,8 @@ static char *CHAT_WordWrap(INT32 x, INT32 w, INT32 option, const char *string)
 	size_t slen;
 	char *newstring = Z_StrDup(string);
 	INT32 spacewidth = (vid.width < 640) ? 8 : 4, charwidth = (vid.width < 640) ? 8 : 4;
+	emote_t *emote = NULL;
+	int emotelen = 0;
 
 	slen = strlen(string);
 	x = 0;
@@ -1439,7 +1448,12 @@ static char *CHAT_WordWrap(INT32 x, INT32 w, INT32 option, const char *string)
 			c = toupper(c);
 		c -= HU_FONTSTART;
 
-		if (c < 0 || c >= HU_FONTSIZE || !hu_font[c])
+		if ((emote = M_VerifyEmote(string+i, &emotelen)))
+		{
+			chw = EMOTEWIDTH;
+			i += emotelen-1; // Will be incremented on next loop iteration, hence -1
+		}
+		else if (c < 0 || c >= HU_FONTSIZE || !hu_font[c])
 		{
 			chw = spacewidth;
 			lastusablespace = i;
@@ -1461,7 +1475,6 @@ static char *CHAT_WordWrap(INT32 x, INT32 w, INT32 option, const char *string)
 	return newstring;
 }
 
-
 // 30/7/18: chaty is now the distance at which the lowest point of the chat will be drawn if that makes any sense.
 
 INT16 chatx = 13, chaty = 169; // let's use this as our coordinates, shh
@@ -1494,6 +1507,8 @@ static void HU_drawMiniChat(void)
 		char *msg = CHAT_WordWrap(x+2, boxw-(charwidth*2), V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|V_ALLOWLOWERCASE, chat_mini[i-1]);
 		size_t j = 0;
 		INT32 linescount = 0;
+		emote_t *emote = NULL;
+		int emotelen = 0;
 
 		while(msg[j]) // iterate through msg
 		{
@@ -1518,6 +1533,11 @@ static void HU_drawMiniChat(void)
 
 				++j;
 			}
+			else if ((emote = M_VerifyEmote(msg+j, &emotelen)))
+			{
+				dx += EMOTEWIDTH - charwidth;
+				j += emotelen;
+			}
 			else
 			{
 				j++;
@@ -1563,6 +1583,8 @@ static void HU_drawMiniChat(void)
 		size_t j = 0;
 		char *msg = CHAT_WordWrap(x+2, boxw-(charwidth*2), V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|V_ALLOWLOWERCASE, chat_mini[i]); // get the current message, and word wrap it.
 		UINT8 *colormap = NULL;
+		emote_t *emote = NULL;
+		int emotelen = 0;
 
 		while(msg[j]) // iterate through msg
 		{
@@ -1589,6 +1611,16 @@ static void HU_drawMiniChat(void)
 
 				++j;
 			}
+			else if ((emote = M_VerifyEmote(msg+j, &emotelen)))
+			{
+				if (cv_chatbacktint.value) // on request of wolfy
+					V_DrawFillConsoleMap(x + dx + 2, y+dy, EMOTEWIDTH, charheight, 239|V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT);
+
+				HU_DrawEmote(x+dx+2, y+dy, emote, V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|transflag);
+				dx += EMOTEWIDTH - charwidth;
+
+				j += emotelen;
+			}
 			else
 			{
 				if (cv_chatbacktint.value) // on request of wolfy
@@ -1666,6 +1698,9 @@ static void HU_drawChatLog(INT32 offset)
 		INT32 j = 0;
 		char *msg = CHAT_WordWrap(x+2, boxw-(charwidth*2), V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|V_ALLOWLOWERCASE, chat_log[i]); // get the current message, and word wrap it.
 		UINT8 *colormap = NULL;
+		emote_t *emote = NULL;
+		int emotelen = 0;
+
 		while(msg[j]) // iterate through msg
 		{
 			if (msg[j] < HU_FONTSTART) // don't draw
@@ -1687,6 +1722,15 @@ static void HU_drawChatLog(INT32 offset)
 
 				++j;
 			}
+			else if ((emote = M_VerifyEmote(msg+j, &emotelen)))
+			{
+				if ((y+dy+2 >= chat_topy) && (y+dy < (chat_bottomy)))
+				{
+					HU_DrawEmote(x+dx+2, y+dy, emote, V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT);
+					dx += EMOTEWIDTH - charwidth;
+				}
+				j += emotelen;
+			}
 			else
 			{
 				if ((y+dy+2 >= chat_topy) && (y+dy < (chat_bottomy)))
@@ -1812,7 +1856,7 @@ static void HU_DrawChat(void)
 	typelines = 1;
 
 	if ((w_chat.cursor == 0 || w_chat.length == 0) && hu_tick < 4)
-		V_DrawChatCharacter(chatx+2+c+charwidth*w_chat.cursor, y+1, '_'|V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|t, !cv_allcaps.value, NULL);
+		V_DrawChatCharacter(chatx+2+c, y+1, '_'|V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|t, !cv_allcaps.value, NULL);
 
 	if (w_chat.select != w_chat.cursor)
 	{
@@ -1823,30 +1867,40 @@ static void HU_DrawChat(void)
 	while (w_chat_buf[i])
 	{
 		boolean skippedline = false;
-		if (w_chat.cursor == (i+1))
+		emote_t *emote = NULL;
+		int emotelen = 0;
+		int drawwidth = charwidth; // if we've drawn emote, selection needs to account for that
+
+		if ((emote = M_VerifyEmote(w_chat_buf+i, &emotelen)))
+		{
+			HU_DrawEmote(chatx + c + 2, y-1, emote, V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|t);
+			c += EMOTEWIDTH - charwidth;
+			i += emotelen-1;
+			drawwidth = EMOTEWIDTH;
+		}
+		else if (w_chat_buf[i] >= HU_FONTSTART) //Hurdler: isn't it better like that?
+			V_DrawChatCharacter(chatx + c + 2, y, w_chat_buf[i] | V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT | t, !cv_allcaps.value, NULL);
+
+		// Draw selection
+		if (i >= select_start && i < select_end)
+			V_DrawFill(chatx + c + 2 - (drawwidth-charwidth), y-1, drawwidth, charheight, 103|V_TRANSLUCENT|V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|t);
+
+		++i;
+
+		if (w_chat.cursor == i)
 		{
 			INT32 cursorx = (c+charwidth < boxw-charwidth) ? (chatx + 2 + c+charwidth) : (chatx+1); // we may have to go down.
 			INT32 cursory = (cursorx != chatx+1) ? (y) : (y+charheight);
 			if (hu_tick < 4)
 				V_DrawChatCharacter(cursorx, cursory+1, '_' |V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|t, !cv_allcaps.value, NULL);
 
-			if (cursorx == chatx+1 && saylen == i) // a weirdo hack
+			if (cursorx == chatx+1 && saylen == i-1) // a weirdo hack
 			{
 				typelines += 1;
 				skippedline = true;
 			}
 		}
 
-		//Hurdler: isn't it better like that?
-		if (w_chat_buf[i] >= HU_FONTSTART)
-			V_DrawChatCharacter(chatx + c + 2, y, w_chat_buf[i] | V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT | t, !cv_allcaps.value, NULL);
-
-		// Draw selection
-		if (i >= select_start && i < select_end)
-			V_DrawFill(chatx + c + 2, y-1, charwidth, charheight, 103|V_TRANSLUCENT|V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|t);
-
-		++i;
-
 		c += charwidth;
 		if (c > boxw-(charwidth*2) && !skippedline)
 		{
@@ -1856,6 +1910,36 @@ static void HU_DrawChat(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (emote_suggestions[0])
+	{
+		// A bit of copy-paste from /pm code :p
+		INT32 suggesty = chaty - charheight - 1;
+		size_t longest_suggestion_length = 0;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < MAXEMOTESUGGESTIONS && emote_suggestions[i]; ++i)
+		{
+			longest_suggestion_length = max(longest_suggestion_length, strlen(emote_suggestions[i]->name));
+		}
+
+#ifdef NETSPLITSCREEN
+		if (splitscreen)
+		{
+			suggesty -= BASEVIDHEIGHT/2;
+			if (splitscreen > 1)
+				suggesty += 16;
+		}
+		else
+#endif
+			suggesty -= (cv_kartspeedometer.value ? 16 : 0);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < MAXEMOTESUGGESTIONS && emote_suggestions[i]; ++i)
+		{
+			V_DrawFillConsoleMap(chatx + boxw + 2, suggesty - (7*i), (longest_suggestion_length+2)*4 + EMOTEWIDTH, 6, 239|V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT);
+			V_DrawSmallString(chatx + boxw + 4 + EMOTEWIDTH, suggesty - (7*i), V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT|V_ALLOWLOWERCASE, va(":%s:", emote_suggestions[i]->name));
+			HU_DrawEmote(chatx + boxw + 2, suggesty - i*7, emote_suggestions[i], V_SNAPTOBOTTOM|V_SNAPTOLEFT);
+		}
+	}
+
 	// handle /pm list. It's messy, horrible and I don't care.
 	if (strnicmp(w_chat_buf, "/pm", 3) == 0 && vid.width >= 400 && !teamtalk) // 320x200 unsupported kthxbai
 	{
diff --git a/src/m_emotes.cpp b/src/m_emotes.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..facc7fb54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/m_emotes.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#include "m_emotes.h"
+
+extern "C" {
+#include "w_wad.h"
+#include "z_zone.h"
+#include "hu_stuff.h"
+#include "v_video.h"
+}
+
+consvar_t cv_emotes = {"emotes", "On", CV_SAVE, CV_OnOff, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL};;
+
+static std::map<std::string, emote_t> emotes;
+
+// TODO - Would be really nice to generalize soc-like file parsing and not reimplement it 100 times :)))))
+void M_LoadEmotes(UINT16 wadnum)
+{
+	UINT16 lumpnum = W_CheckNumForNamePwad("EMOTES", wadnum, 0);
+
+	if (lumpnum == INT16_MAX)
+		return;
+
+	char *lump = static_cast<char*>(W_CacheLumpNumPwad(wadnum, lumpnum, PU_CACHE));
+	size_t size = W_LumpLengthPwad(wadnum, lumpnum);
+
+	std::istringstream file(std::string(lump, size));
+	std::string line;
+
+	emote_t *emote = nullptr;
+	std::string emote_name;
+
+	// Just smol lambda to remove all the trailing chars we might not want
+	auto trim = [](std::string &str) {
+		str.erase(0, str.find_first_not_of(" \t\n\r\f\v"));
+		str.erase(str.find_last_not_of(" \t\n\r\f\v")+1);
+	};
+
+	int numemotes = 0;
+	int linenum = 0;
+
+	while (std::getline(file, line))
+	{
+		++linenum;
+
+		trim(line);
+
+		if (line.empty())
+			continue;
+
+		size_t split = line.find('=');
+
+		// Didn't find the =, means we're about to parse `Emote <name>`
+		if (split == line.npos)
+		{
+			split = line.find(' ');
+
+			if (split == line.npos)
+			{
+				CONS_Alert(CONS_WARNING, "EMOTES: Unrecognized line. (file %s, line %d)\n", wadfiles[wadnum]->filename, linenum);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (strnicmp(line.c_str(), "emote", 5))
+			{
+				CONS_Alert(CONS_WARNING, "EMOTES: 'Emote' expected. (file %s, line %d)\n", wadfiles[wadnum]->filename, linenum);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			emote_name = line.substr(split+1);
+
+			if (emote_name.find_first_of(" \t\n\r\f\v:") != emote_name.npos)
+			{
+				CONS_Alert(CONS_WARNING, "EMOTES: Emote name cannot contain spaces or ':' symbols. (file %s, line %d)\n", wadfiles[wadnum]->filename, linenum);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (emote_name.size() > MAXEMOTENAME)
+			{
+				CONS_Alert(CONS_WARNING, "EMOTES: Emote name is too long, truncating. (file %s, line %d)\n", wadfiles[wadnum]->filename, linenum);
+				emote_name = emote_name.substr(0, MAXEMOTENAME);
+			}
+
+			emote = &emotes[emote_name];
+			strlcpy(emote->name, emote_name.c_str(), MAXEMOTENAME);
+
+			emote->timeperframe = 1;
+			emote->numframes = 0;
+			std::memset(emote->frames, 0, sizeof(emote->frames));
+
+			++numemotes;
+		}
+		else if (emote)
+		{
+			std::string field = line.substr(0, split);
+			std::string value = line.substr(split+1);
+
+			trim(field);
+			trim(value);
+
+			if (stricmp(field.c_str(), "frames") == 0)
+			{
+				UINT8 numframes = 0;
+
+				auto copy_frame = [&] {
+					if (numframes == MAXEMOTEFRAMES)
+					{
+						CONS_Alert(CONS_WARNING, "EMOTES: Too many frames. (file %s, line %d)", wadfiles[wadnum]->filename, linenum);
+						return false;
+					}
+
+					size_t list_split = value.find(',');
+					std::string framelumpname = value.substr(0, list_split);
+					trim(framelumpname);
+
+					if (list_split == value.npos)
+						value = "";
+					else
+						value = value.substr(list_split+1, value.npos);
+
+					// End of list of frames
+					if (framelumpname.size() == 0)
+						return false;
+
+					if (framelumpname.size() > 8)
+					{
+						CONS_Alert(CONS_WARNING, "EMOTES: Frame %d name is too long. (file %s, line %d)", numframes, wadfiles[wadnum]->filename, linenum);
+						framelumpname = framelumpname.substr(0, 8);
+					}
+
+					std::strncpy(emote->frames[numframes], framelumpname.c_str(), framelumpname.size()+1);
+
+					++numframes;
+
+					return true;
+				};
+
+				while (copy_frame()) {}
+
+				if (numframes == 0)
+				{
+					CONS_Alert(CONS_WARNING, "EMOTES: Expected list of frames. (file %s, line %d)", wadfiles[wadnum]->filename, linenum);
+				}
+
+				emote->numframes = numframes;
+			}
+			else if (stricmp(field.c_str(), "timeperframe") == 0)
+			{
+				emote->timeperframe = std::stoi(value);
+
+				if (emote->timeperframe <= 0)
+				{
+					emote->timeperframe = 1;
+					CONS_Alert(CONS_WARNING, "EMOTES: Bad value for 'timeperframe'. (file %s, line %d)", wadfiles[wadnum]->filename, linenum);
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				CONS_Alert(CONS_WARNING, "EMOTES: Unrecognized field '%s'. (file %s, line %d)", field.c_str(), wadfiles[wadnum]->filename, linenum);
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			CONS_Alert(CONS_WARNING, "EMOTES: Unrecognized line. (file %s, line %d)\n", wadfiles[wadnum]->filename, linenum);
+		}
+	}
+
+	CONS_Printf("Added %d emotes\n", numemotes);
+}
+
+void M_InitEmotes(void)
+{
+	UINT16 i;
+	for (i = 0; i < numwadfiles; i++)
+		M_LoadEmotes(i);
+}
+
+emote_t *M_FindEmote(const char *name, int len, int skip)
+{
+	if (!cv_emotes.value)
+		return nullptr;
+
+	char query[MAXEMOTENAME+1] = {0};
+	std::strncpy(query, name, std::min(len, MAXEMOTENAME));
+
+	for (auto &pair: emotes)
+	{
+		if (pair.first.rfind(query, 0, std::min(len, MAXEMOTENAME)) != 0)
+			continue;
+
+		if (skip > 0)
+		{
+			--skip;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		return &pair.second;
+	}
+
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
+emote_t *M_VerifyEmote(const char *name, int *emotelen)
+{
+	if (*name != ':')
+		return nullptr;
+
+	if (!cv_emotes.value)
+		return nullptr;
+
+	const char *p = name+1; // skip ':'
+	emote_t *match = nullptr;
+
+	while (*p && (p - name) < MAXEMOTENAME)
+	{
+		if (*p == ':')
+		{
+			std::string checkname = std::string(name+1, (p-name)-1);
+			auto it = emotes.find(checkname);
+
+			if (it != emotes.end())
+				match = &it->second;
+
+			break;
+		}
+
+		++p;
+	}
+
+	if (match && emotelen)
+		*emotelen = p-name+1;
+
+	return match;
+}
+
+void M_DrawEmote(INT32 x, INT32 y, emote_t *emote, tic_t anim, INT32 flags)
+{
+	if (emote->numframes == 0)
+		return;
+
+	const char *lumpname = emote->frames[(anim/emote->timeperframe) % emote->numframes];
+	patch_t *emotepatch = (patch_t*)W_CachePatchName(lumpname, PU_CACHE);
+
+	const int CHARHEIGHT = 6;
+
+	fixed_t scale = FRACUNIT;
+
+	x *= FRACUNIT;
+	y *= FRACUNIT;
+
+	if (emotepatch->width > EMOTEWIDTH)
+		scale = (FRACUNIT/emotepatch->width)*EMOTEWIDTH;
+	else if (emotepatch->width < EMOTEWIDTH)
+		x += (EMOTEWIDTH-emotepatch->width)*FRACUNIT/2;
+
+	y -= (scale*emotepatch->height-CHARHEIGHT*FRACUNIT)/2;
+
+	V_DrawFixedPatch(x, y, scale, flags, emotepatch, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/src/m_emotes.h b/src/m_emotes.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..783c6ec17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/m_emotes.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#ifndef __M_EMOTES__
+#define __M_EMOTES__
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "doomdef.h"
+#include "command.h"
+
+extern consvar_t cv_emotes;
+
+#define MAXEMOTENAME 32
+#define MAXEMOTEFRAMES 32
+#define EMOTEWIDTH 6
+
+typedef struct emote_s {
+	char name[MAXEMOTENAME+1];
+	char frames[MAXEMOTEFRAMES][9];
+	UINT8 numframes;
+	tic_t timeperframe;
+} emote_t;
+
+// Reads and adds emotes from EMOTES lump, with syntax similar to soc
+void M_LoadEmotes(UINT16 wadnum);
+
+// Load emotes from all base wads
+void M_InitEmotes(void);
+
+// Finds first matching emote, ignoring first few matches
+emote_t *M_FindEmote(const char *name, int len, int skips);
+
+// If first character is not ':', instantly returns null
+// Starts from ':' character, goes until it finds ':' or end of string
+// If end of string is found, or closing ':' is found but resulting emote name doesn't exist,
+// it returns null, otherwise it returns emote and stores into *emotelen how much characters
+// needs to be skipped to get past emote name
+emote_t *M_VerifyEmote(const char *name, int *emotelen);
+
+// Draw the emote, anim should be some kind of timer ticking every game tic
+// for animated emotes
+void M_DrawEmote(INT32 x, INT32 y, emote_t *emote, tic_t anim, INT32 flags);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} // extern "C"
+#endif
+
+#endif // __M_EMOTES__
diff --git a/src/m_textinput.c b/src/m_textinput.c
index dfe9f5a64..353c8122b 100644
--- a/src/m_textinput.c
+++ b/src/m_textinput.c
@@ -130,6 +130,82 @@ static void M_TextInputPaste(textinput_t *input)
 		M_TextInputAddString(input, paste);
 }
 
+static void M_TextInputLeft(textinput_t *input, boolean emotes)
+{
+	// Just do it simple way if possible
+	if (!emotes || input->cursor < 2 || input->buffer[input->cursor-1] != ':')
+	{
+		if (input->cursor != 0)
+			--input->cursor;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// Otherwise we need to check if we have to skip emote
+	size_t start = input->cursor-2;
+
+	while (input->buffer[start] != ':')
+	{
+		// We reached start of string and didn't find ':' symbol, thats definitely not an emote
+		// so just do it simple way
+		if (start == 0)
+		{
+			M_TextInputLeft(input, false);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		--start;
+	}
+
+	int emotelen = 0;
+	if (M_VerifyEmote(input->buffer+start, &emotelen))
+		input->cursor -= emotelen; // also skip the :
+	else
+		M_TextInputLeft(input, false); // Not a valid emote, do the simple thing
+}
+
+static void M_TextInputRight(textinput_t *input, boolean emotes)
+{
+	// Just do it simple way if possible
+	if (!emotes || input->cursor == input->length || input->buffer[input->cursor] != ':')
+	{
+		if (input->cursor < input->length)
+			++input->cursor;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	int emotelen = 0;
+	if (M_VerifyEmote(input->buffer+input->cursor, &emotelen))
+		input->cursor += emotelen; // Also skip the :
+	else
+		M_TextInputRight(input, false); // Not a valid emote, do the simple thing
+}
+
+// Check if we're inside a valid emote
+static boolean M_TextInputCheckEmote(textinput_t *input)
+{
+	int start = input->cursor;
+
+	// Definitely not an emote
+	if (start == 0)
+		return false;
+
+	// Might be closing :, need to skip it just in case
+	if (input->buffer[start] == ':')
+		--start;
+
+	while (input->buffer[start] != ':')
+	{
+		// No ':' found, definitely not inside emote
+		if (start == 0)
+			return false;
+
+		--start;
+	}
+
+	// Found what may be emote start, now we can check
+	return M_VerifyEmote(input->buffer+start, NULL) != NULL;
+}
+
 void M_TextInputInit(textinput_t *input, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 {
 	input->buffer = buffer;
@@ -156,7 +232,7 @@ void M_TextInputSetString(textinput_t *input, const char *c)
 	input->cursor = input->select = input->length = strlen(c);
 }
 
-boolean M_TextInputHandle(textinput_t *input, INT32 key)
+static boolean M_TextInputHandleBase(textinput_t *input, INT32 key, boolean emotes)
 {
 	if (key == KEY_LSHIFT || key == KEY_RSHIFT
 	 || key == KEY_LCTRL || key == KEY_RCTRL
@@ -241,16 +317,14 @@ boolean M_TextInputHandle(textinput_t *input, INT32 key)
 
 	if (key == KEY_LEFTARROW)
 	{
-		if (input->cursor != 0)
-			--input->cursor;
+		M_TextInputLeft(input, emotes);
 		if (!shiftdown)
 			input->select = input->cursor;
 		return true;
 	}
 	else if (key == KEY_RIGHTARROW)
 	{
-		if (input->cursor < input->length)
-			++input->cursor;
+		M_TextInputRight(input, emotes);
 		if (!shiftdown)
 			input->select = input->cursor;
 		return true;
@@ -320,6 +394,96 @@ boolean M_TextInputHandle(textinput_t *input, INT32 key)
 	return true;
 }
 
+// Just an alias, more or less
+boolean M_TextInputHandle(textinput_t *input, INT32 key)
+{
+	return M_TextInputHandleBase(input, key, false);
+}
+
+boolean M_TextInputHandleEmotes(textinput_t *input, INT32 key, emote_t *suggestions[], int maxsuggestions)
+{
+	boolean ret = M_TextInputHandleBase(input, key, true);
+
+	// After this handled key we ended up inside an emote, lets fix that
+	if (M_TextInputCheckEmote(input))
+		M_TextInputToWordEnd(input, !shiftdown);
+
+	// Always clear the first entry
+	suggestions[0] = NULL;
+
+	// For autocomplete
+	int emotestart = 0;
+
+	// Try find suggestions for emote names
+	for (int i = input->cursor-1; i >= 0 && input->cursor-i <= MAXEMOTENAME; --i)
+	{
+		// Space can't be part of emote name
+		if (isspace(input->buffer[i]))
+			break;
+
+		// Found a :, try suggest emotes
+		if (input->buffer[i] == ':')
+		{
+			emotestart = i+1;
+			// ...But only if we typed at least something
+			if ((int)input->cursor-(i-1) < 3)
+				break;
+
+			for (int skip = 0; skip < maxsuggestions; ++skip)
+			{
+				suggestions[skip] = M_FindEmote(input->buffer+i+1, input->cursor-i-1, skip);
+
+				// No more suggestions
+				if (!suggestions[skip])
+					break;
+			}
+
+			// In any case, we found what we wanted, can exit the loop now
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If we suggest emotes, try autocomplete
+	if (key == '\t' && suggestions[0])
+	{
+		int pos = (input->cursor-emotestart);
+		boolean autocomplete = true;
+
+		while (autocomplete)
+		{
+			// Check if current character matches for all suggestions
+			char c = suggestions[0]->name[pos];
+
+			// End of string reached
+			if (!c)
+				break;
+
+			for (int i = 1; i < maxsuggestions && suggestions[i]; ++i)
+			{
+				if (suggestions[i]->name[pos] != c)
+				{
+					autocomplete = false;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			++pos;
+
+			if (autocomplete)
+				M_TextInputAddChar(input, c);
+		}
+
+		// This was the only suggestion, finish autocomplete with a ':' and clear suggestions
+		if (maxsuggestions == 1 || !suggestions[1])
+		{
+			M_TextInputAddChar(input, ':');
+			suggestions[0] = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void M_DrawTextInputScroll(INT32 x, INT32 y, textinput_t *input, INT32 flags, INT32 MAXINPUTWIDTH)
 {
 	if (renderisnewtic)
diff --git a/src/m_textinput.h b/src/m_textinput.h
index 649288ec4..1cc1c5005 100644
--- a/src/m_textinput.h
+++ b/src/m_textinput.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define __M_TEXTINPUT__
 
 #include "doomtype.h"
+#include "m_emotes.h" // M_VerifyEmote, M_FindEmote
 
 typedef struct textinput_s {
 	size_t cursor;
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ void M_TextInputSetString(textinput_t *input, const char *c);
 
 boolean M_TextInputHandle(textinput_t *input, INT32 key);
 
+// Does everything same as M_TextInputHandle, but also handles emotes in input string
+// If currently typing something that looks like an existing emote, return suggestions for it
+boolean M_TextInputHandleEmotes(textinput_t *input, INT32 key, emote_t *suggestions[], int maxsuggestions);
+
 #define M_DrawTextInput(x, y, input, flags) M_DrawTextInputScroll((x), (y), (input), (flags), ((input)->buffer_size-1)*8)
 void M_DrawTextInputScroll(INT32 x, INT32 y, textinput_t *input, INT32 flags, INT32 MAXINPUTWIDTH);
 
diff --git a/src/p_setup.c b/src/p_setup.c
index 118dbfc74..a14580f56 100644
--- a/src/p_setup.c
+++ b/src/p_setup.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "r_fps.h" // R_ResetViewInterpolation in level load
 
 #include "s_sound.h"
+#include "m_emotes.h"
 #include "st_stuff.h"
 #include "w_wad.h"
 #include "z_zone.h"
@@ -3337,6 +3338,11 @@ UINT16 P_PartialAddWadFile(const char *wadfilename, boolean local)
 	//
 	S_LoadMusicDefs(wadnum);
 
+	//
+	// look for emotes
+	//
+	M_LoadEmotes(wadnum);
+
 	// TODO: Experimental SPRTINFO support, test first
 	R_LoadSpriteInfoLumps(wadnum, wadfiles[wadnum]->numlumps);