diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/typeahead.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/typeahead.js
index 9bee4e60f3..0604d44dc2 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/typeahead.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/typeahead.js
@@ -220,3 +220,14 @@ run_test("sort_emojis: remove duplicates", () => {
     ];
     assert.deepEqual(typeahead.sort_emojis(emoji_list, "tear"), [emoji_list[1], emoji_list[0]]);
 });
+
+run_test("sort_emojis: prioritise realm emojis", () => {
+    const emoji_list = [
+        {emoji_name: "thank_you", emoji_code: "1f64f", reaction_type: "unicode_emoji"},
+        {emoji_name: "thank_you_custom", url: "something", is_realm_emoji: true},
+    ];
+    assert.deepEqual(typeahead.sort_emojis(emoji_list, "thank you"), [
+        emoji_list[1],
+        emoji_list[0],
+    ]);
+});
diff --git a/static/shared/js/typeahead.js b/static/shared/js/typeahead.js
index 49848a47c4..37f8ccc13c 100644
--- a/static/shared/js/typeahead.js
+++ b/static/shared/js/typeahead.js
@@ -153,10 +153,17 @@ export function sort_emojis(objs, query) {
 
     const triage_results = triage(query, others, (x) => x.emoji_name);
 
+    function prioritise_realm_emojis(emojis) {
+        return [
+            ...emojis.filter((emoji) => emoji.is_realm_emoji),
+            ...emojis.filter((emoji) => !emoji.is_realm_emoji),
+        ];
+    }
+
     const sorted_results_with_possible_duplicates = [
         ...popular_emoji_matches,
-        ...triage_results.matches,
-        ...triage_results.rest,
+        ...prioritise_realm_emojis(triage_results.matches),
+        ...prioritise_realm_emojis(triage_results.rest),
     ];
     // remove unicode emojis with same code but different names
     const unicode_emoji_codes = new Set();