diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_forums.php b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_forums.php
index be5a7a2f26..cb0593b14a 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_forums.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_forums.php
@@ -986,6 +986,13 @@ class acp_forums
 			$errors[] = $user->lang['FORUM_NAME_EMPTY'];
 		}
 
+		// No Emojis
+		if (preg_match_all('/[\x{10000}-\x{10FFFF}]/u', $forum_data_ary['forum_name'], $matches))
+		{
+			$character_list = implode('<br>', $matches[0]);
+			$errors[] = $user->lang('FORUM_NAME_EMOJI', $character_list);
+		}
+
 		if (utf8_strlen($forum_data_ary['forum_desc']) > 4000)
 		{
 			$errors[] = $user->lang['FORUM_DESC_TOO_LONG'];
diff --git a/phpBB/language/en/acp/forums.php b/phpBB/language/en/acp/forums.php
index 7a7176369f..d92d3f8c9e 100644
--- a/phpBB/language/en/acp/forums.php
+++ b/phpBB/language/en/acp/forums.php
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 	'FORUM_LINK_TRACK_EXPLAIN'			=> 'Records the number of times a forum link was clicked.',
 	'FORUM_NAME'						=> 'Forum name',
 	'FORUM_NAME_EMPTY'					=> 'You must enter a name for this forum.',
+	'FORUM_NAME_EMOJI'					=> 'The forum name you entered is invalid.<br>It contains the following unsupported characters:<br>%s',
 	'FORUM_PARENT'						=> 'Parent forum',
 	'FORUM_PASSWORD'					=> 'Forum password',
 	'FORUM_PASSWORD_CONFIRM'			=> 'Confirm forum password',