diff --git a/lib/js/emojione.js b/lib/js/emojione.js
index 83499f252..b2b24e9aa 100644
--- a/lib/js/emojione.js
+++ b/lib/js/emojione.js
@@ -488,6 +488,15 @@
 
         return tmp_obj;
     };
+    
+    //get correct length as emojis
+    ns.length = function(str){
+    	var astralRange = /\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff](?=\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])|(?:[^\ud800-\udfff][\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]?|[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff]|[\ud800-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?(?:\u200d(?:[^\ud800-\udfff]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?)*/g;
+        if (typeof str !== "string") {
+            throw new Error("Input must be a string");
+        }
+        return str.match(astralRange).length;
+    }
 
     ns.escapeRegExp = function(string) {
         return string.replace(/[-[\]{}()*+?.,;:&\\^$#\s]/g, "\\$&");