diff --git a/src/common/cfgfiles.c b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
index c147fb47..f12b38e3 100644
--- a/src/common/cfgfiles.c
+++ b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@
 #endif
 
 #define DEF_FONT "Monospace 9"
+#ifdef WIN32
+#define DEF_FONT_ALTER "Segoe UI Emoji,Arial Unicode MS,Lucida Sans Unicode,Meiryo,Symbola,Unifont"
+#else
 #define DEF_FONT_ALTER "Arial Unicode MS,Segoe UI Emoji,Lucida Sans Unicode,Meiryo,Symbola,Unifont"
+#endif
 
 const char * const languages[LANGUAGES_LENGTH] = {
 	"af", "sq", "am", "ast", "az", "eu", "be", "bg", "ca", "zh_CN",      /*  0 ..  9 */
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/maingui.c b/src/fe-gtk/maingui.c
index 43b50c8a..eca765dc 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/maingui.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/maingui.c
@@ -2814,7 +2814,11 @@ mg_inputbox_rightclick (GtkEntry *entry, GtkWidget *menu)
  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 static const char *mg_emoji_family_fallback =
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+        "Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Noto Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji, Twemoji Mozilla, EmojiOne Color";
+#else
         "Noto Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Apple Color Emoji, Twemoji Mozilla, EmojiOne Color";
+#endif
 
 static gboolean
 mg_family_already_has_emoji (const gchar *family)