diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index 25912e06722e914485a868d198c14f5caae579b8..2096893eedbb76caf23c7a2ff714155e9d52f625 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ export class DiscordBot {
       if (!isMarkdown) {
         body = "\\" + body;
       }
+      if (event.content.msgtype === "m.emote") {
+        body = `*${body}*`;
+      }
       return new Discord.RichEmbed({
         author: {
           name: profile.displayname,