diff --git a/src/emoji.ts b/src/emoji.ts
index 321eae63f6..1445f737d6 100644
--- a/src/emoji.ts
+++ b/src/emoji.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ export const EMOTICON_TO_EMOJI = new Map<string, IEmoji>();
 
 export const getEmojiFromUnicode = unicode => UNICODE_TO_EMOJI.get(stripVariation(unicode));
 
+const isRegionalIndicator = (x: string) =>
+    Array.from(x).length === 1 && x >= '\u{1f1e6}' && x <= '\u{1f1ff}';
+
 const EMOJIBASE_GROUP_ID_TO_CATEGORY = [
     "people", // smileys
     "people", // actually people
@@ -72,7 +75,11 @@ export const EMOJI: IEmoji[] = EMOJIBASE.map((emojiData: Omit<IEmoji, "shortcode
         shortcodes: typeof shortcodeData === "string" ? [shortcodeData] : shortcodeData,
     };
 
-    const categoryId = EMOJIBASE_GROUP_ID_TO_CATEGORY[emoji.group];
+    // We manually include regional indicators in the symbols group, since
+    // Emojibase intentionally leaves them uncategorized
+    const categoryId = EMOJIBASE_GROUP_ID_TO_CATEGORY[emoji.group] ??
+        (isRegionalIndicator(emoji.unicode) ? "symbols" : null);
+
     if (DATA_BY_CATEGORY.hasOwnProperty(categoryId)) {
         DATA_BY_CATEGORY[categoryId].push(emoji);
     }