diff --git a/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.js b/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.js
index ea53a972a4..315364d5bb 100644
--- a/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.js
+++ b/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.js
@@ -118,8 +118,19 @@ const EmojiPicker = {
     },
     initializeLazyLoad () {
       this.destroyLazyLoad()
-      this.$lozad = lozad('img', {})
-      this.$lozad.observe()
+      this.$nextTick(() => {
+        this.$lozad = lozad('.still-image.emoji-picker-emoji', {
+          load: el => {
+            const vn = el.__vue__
+            if (!vn) {
+              return
+            }
+
+            vn.loadLazy()
+          }
+        })
+        this.$lozad.observe()
+      })
     },
     waitForDomAndInitializeLazyLoad () {
       this.$nextTick(() => this.initializeLazyLoad())
diff --git a/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.vue b/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.vue
index b92bccd74f..19cc46b541 100644
--- a/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.vue
+++ b/src/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.vue
@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@
               @click.stop.prevent="onEmoji(emoji)"
             >
               <span v-if="!emoji.imageUrl">{{ emoji.replacement }}</span>
-              <img
+              <still-image
                 v-else
+                class="emoji-picker-emoji"
                 :data-src="emoji.imageUrl"
-              >
+              />
             </span>
             <span :ref="'group-end-' + group.id" />
           </div>
diff --git a/src/components/still-image/still-image.js b/src/components/still-image/still-image.js
index d7abbcb5ee..1806d33b01 100644
--- a/src/components/still-image/still-image.js
+++ b/src/components/still-image/still-image.js
@@ -7,16 +7,23 @@ const StillImage = {
     'imageLoadHandler',
     'alt',
     'height',
-    'width'
+    'width',
+    'dataSrc'
   ],
   data () {
     return {
+      // for lazy loading, see loadLazy()
+      realSrc: this.src,
       stopGifs: this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.stopGifs
     }
   },
   computed: {
     animated () {
-      return this.stopGifs && (this.mimetype === 'image/gif' || this.src.endsWith('.gif'))
+      if (!this.realSrc) {
+        return false
+      }
+
+      return this.stopGifs && (this.mimetype === 'image/gif' || this.realSrc.endsWith('.gif'))
     },
     style () {
       const appendPx = (str) => /\d$/.test(str) ? str + 'px' : str
@@ -27,7 +34,15 @@ const StillImage = {
     }
   },
   methods: {
+    loadLazy () {
+      if (this.dataSrc) {
+        this.realSrc = this.dataSrc
+      }
+    },
     onLoad () {
+      if (!this.realSrc) {
+        return
+      }
       const image = this.$refs.src
       if (!image) return
       this.imageLoadHandler && this.imageLoadHandler(image)
diff --git a/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue b/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue
index ab3080c8c1..633fb229b6 100644
--- a/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue
+++ b/src/components/still-image/still-image.vue
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
     <!-- NOTE: key is required to force to re-render img tag when src is changed -->
     <img
       ref="src"
-      :key="src"
+      :key="realSrc"
       :alt="alt"
       :title="alt"
-      :src="src"
+      :data-src="dataSrc"
+      :src="realSrc"
       :referrerpolicy="referrerpolicy"
       @load="onLoad"
       @error="onError"