diff --git a/Meta/CMake/unicode_data.cmake b/Meta/CMake/unicode_data.cmake
index 680ebdaa4b..dc97c6362b 100644
--- a/Meta/CMake/unicode_data.cmake
+++ b/Meta/CMake/unicode_data.cmake
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ set(SENTENCE_BREAK_PROP_PATH "${UCD_PATH}/${SENTENCE_BREAK_PROP_SOURCE}")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\.[0-9]+" "\\1" EMOJI_VERSION "${UCD_VERSION}")
 set(EMOJI_TEST_URL "https://www.unicode.org/Public/emoji/${EMOJI_VERSION}/emoji-test.txt")
 set(EMOJI_TEST_PATH "${UCD_PATH}/emoji-test.txt")
-set(EMOJI_BASE_PATH "${SerenityOS_SOURCE_DIR}/Base")
-set(EMOJI_RES_PATH "${EMOJI_BASE_PATH}/res/emoji")
+set(EMOJI_RES_PATH "${SerenityOS_SOURCE_DIR}/Base/res/emoji")
 set(EMOJI_SERENITY_PATH "${SerenityOS_SOURCE_DIR}/Base/home/anon/Documents/emoji-serenity.txt")
 set(EMOJI_INSTALL_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Root/home/anon/Documents/emoji.txt")
 
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ if (ENABLE_UNICODE_DATABASE_DOWNLOAD)
         "${UCD_VERSION_FILE}"
         "${EMOJI_DATA_HEADER}"
         "${EMOJI_DATA_IMPLEMENTATION}"
-        arguments "${EMOJI_INSTALL_ARG}" -e "${EMOJI_TEST_PATH}" -s "${EMOJI_SERENITY_PATH}" -b "${EMOJI_BASE_PATH}" -r "${EMOJI_RES_PATH}"
+        arguments "${EMOJI_INSTALL_ARG}" -e "${EMOJI_TEST_PATH}" -s "${EMOJI_SERENITY_PATH}" -r "${EMOJI_RES_PATH}"
 
         # This will make this command only run when the modified time of the directory changes,
         # which only happens if files within it are added or deleted, but not when a file is modified.
diff --git a/Meta/Lagom/Tools/CodeGenerators/LibUnicode/GenerateEmojiData.cpp b/Meta/Lagom/Tools/CodeGenerators/LibUnicode/GenerateEmojiData.cpp
index c98bf27640..428aba0149 100644
--- a/Meta/Lagom/Tools/CodeGenerators/LibUnicode/GenerateEmojiData.cpp
+++ b/Meta/Lagom/Tools/CodeGenerators/LibUnicode/GenerateEmojiData.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct EmojiData {
     Vector<Emoji> emojis;
 };
 
-static void set_image_path_for_emoji(StringView emoji_base_path, StringView emoji_resource_path, EmojiData& emoji_data, Emoji& emoji)
+static void set_image_path_for_emoji(StringView emoji_resource_path, EmojiData& emoji_data, Emoji& emoji)
 {
     StringBuilder builder;
 
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ static void set_image_path_for_emoji(StringView emoji_base_path, StringView emoj
         builder.appendff("U+{:X}", code_point);
     }
 
-    auto path = DeprecatedString::formatted("{}/{}.png", emoji_resource_path, builder.to_deprecated_string());
+    auto file = DeprecatedString::formatted("{}.png", builder.to_deprecated_string());
+    auto path = DeprecatedString::formatted("{}/{}", emoji_resource_path, file);
     if (!Core::DeprecatedFile::exists(path))
         return;
 
-    auto installed_image_path = path.replace(emoji_base_path, {}, ReplaceMode::FirstOnly);
-    emoji.image_path = emoji_data.unique_strings.ensure(move(installed_image_path));
+    emoji.image_path = emoji_data.unique_strings.ensure(move(file));
 }
 
 static ErrorOr<void> parse_emoji_test_data(Core::BufferedFile& file, EmojiData& emoji_data)
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     StringView generated_installation_path;
     StringView emoji_test_path;
     StringView emoji_serenity_path;
-    StringView emoji_base_path;
     StringView emoji_resource_path;
 
     Core::ArgsParser args_parser;
@@ -344,11 +343,9 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     args_parser.add_option(generated_installation_path, "Path to the emoji.txt file to generate", "generated-installation-path", 'i', "generated-installation-path");
     args_parser.add_option(emoji_test_path, "Path to emoji-test.txt file", "emoji-test-path", 'e', "emoji-test-path");
     args_parser.add_option(emoji_serenity_path, "Path to emoji-serenity.txt file", "emoji-serenity-path", 's', "emoji-serenity-path");
-    args_parser.add_option(emoji_base_path, "Path to the Base directory", "emoji-base-path", 'b', "emoji-base-path");
     args_parser.add_option(emoji_resource_path, "Path to the /res/emoji directory", "emoji-resource-path", 'r', "emoji-resource-path");
     args_parser.parse(arguments);
 
-    VERIFY(!emoji_base_path.is_empty() && Core::DeprecatedFile::exists(emoji_base_path));
     VERIFY(!emoji_resource_path.is_empty() && Core::DeprecatedFile::exists(emoji_resource_path));
 
     auto emoji_test_file = TRY(open_file(emoji_test_path, Core::File::OpenMode::Read));
@@ -366,7 +363,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
         emoji.code_point_array_index = code_point_array_index;
         code_point_array_index += emoji.code_points.size();
 
-        set_image_path_for_emoji(emoji_base_path, emoji_resource_path, emoji_data, emoji);
+        set_image_path_for_emoji(emoji_resource_path, emoji_data, emoji);
     }
 
     if (!generated_header_path.is_empty()) {
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/Emoji.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/Emoji.cpp
index 51f6c6d85b..9c11cc93b5 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/Emoji.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/Emoji.cpp
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 #include <AK/Debug.h>
 #include <AK/DeprecatedString.h>
 #include <AK/HashMap.h>
+#include <AK/LexicalPath.h>
 #include <AK/Span.h>
 #include <AK/Utf32View.h>
 #include <AK/Utf8View.h>
+#include <AK/Variant.h>
 #include <LibGfx/Bitmap.h>
 #include <LibGfx/Font/Emoji.h>
 #include <LibUnicode/CharacterTypes.h>
@@ -23,6 +25,17 @@ namespace Gfx {
 // https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-zwj-sequences.html
 
 static HashMap<StringView, RefPtr<Gfx::Bitmap>> s_emojis;
+static Variant<String, StringView> s_emoji_lookup_path = "/res/emoji"sv;
+
+static StringView emoji_lookup_path()
+{
+    return s_emoji_lookup_path.visit([](auto const& path) -> StringView { return path; });
+}
+
+void Emoji::set_emoji_lookup_path(String emoji_lookup_path)
+{
+    s_emoji_lookup_path = move(emoji_lookup_path);
+}
 
 Bitmap const* Emoji::emoji_for_code_point(u32 code_point)
 {
@@ -35,19 +48,21 @@ Bitmap const* Emoji::emoji_for_code_points(ReadonlySpan<u32> const& code_points)
     if (!emoji.has_value() || !emoji->image_path.has_value())
         return nullptr;
 
-    auto emoji_path = emoji->image_path.value();
-    if (auto it = s_emojis.find(emoji_path); it != s_emojis.end())
+    auto emoji_file = emoji->image_path.value();
+    if (auto it = s_emojis.find(emoji_file); it != s_emojis.end())
         return it->value.ptr();
 
-    auto bitmap_or_error = Bitmap::load_from_file(emoji_path);
+    auto emoji_path = LexicalPath::join(emoji_lookup_path(), emoji_file);
+    auto bitmap_or_error = Bitmap::load_from_file(emoji_path.string());
+
     if (bitmap_or_error.is_error()) {
-        dbgln_if(EMOJI_DEBUG, "Generated emoji data has path {}, but could not load image: {}", emoji_path, bitmap_or_error.error());
-        s_emojis.set(emoji_path, nullptr);
+        dbgln_if(EMOJI_DEBUG, "Generated emoji data has file {}, but could not load image: {}", emoji_file, bitmap_or_error.error());
+        s_emojis.set(emoji_file, nullptr);
         return nullptr;
     }
 
     auto bitmap = bitmap_or_error.release_value();
-    s_emojis.set(emoji_path, bitmap);
+    s_emojis.set(emoji_file, bitmap);
     return bitmap.ptr();
 }
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/Emoji.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/Emoji.h
index e59ca8a6b0..ee8fa9a895 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/Emoji.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGfx/Font/Emoji.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <AK/Forward.h>
 #include <AK/Span.h>
+#include <AK/String.h>
 #include <AK/Types.h>
 
 namespace Gfx {
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ class Bitmap;
 
 class Emoji {
 public:
+    static void set_emoji_lookup_path(String);
+
     static Gfx::Bitmap const* emoji_for_code_point(u32 code_point);
     static Gfx::Bitmap const* emoji_for_code_points(ReadonlySpan<u32> const&);
     static Gfx::Bitmap const* emoji_for_code_point_iterator(Utf8CodePointIterator&);