diff --git a/admin_manual/installation/system_requirements.rst b/admin_manual/installation/system_requirements.rst
index c7dd66b5f..9de5880df 100644
--- a/admin_manual/installation/system_requirements.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/installation/system_requirements.rst
@@ -48,3 +48,18 @@ The following is currently required if you're running Nextcloud together with a
 * Disabled or BINLOG_FORMAT = MIXED configured Binary Logging (See: :ref:`db-binlog-label`)
 * InnoDB storage engine (MyISAM is not supported)
 * "READ COMMITED" transaction isolation level (See: :ref:`db-transaction-label`)
+
+Emoji (UTF8 4-byte) support with MySQL / MariaDB
+================================================
+If you want to use UTF8 4-byte characters such as Emojis on your server, the database needs to be created with character set ``utf8mb4`` and collate ``utf8mb4_general_ci``, e.g.::
+
+  CREATE DATABASE nextcloud CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
+
+Additionally the following InnoDB settings need to be set::
+
+  [mysqld]
+  innodb_large_prefix=true
+  innodb_file_format=barracuda
+  innodb_file_per_table=true
+
+See :doc:`../maintenance/mysql_4byte_support` for more information.
diff --git a/admin_manual/maintenance/index.rst b/admin_manual/maintenance/index.rst
index 320da6c37..0927fe94f 100644
--- a/admin_manual/maintenance/index.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/maintenance/index.rst
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ Maintenance
    manual_upgrade
    restore
    migrating
+   mysql_4byte_support
diff --git a/admin_manual/maintenance/mysql_4byte_support.rst b/admin_manual/maintenance/mysql_4byte_support.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2aea9b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin_manual/maintenance/mysql_4byte_support.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+=============================
+Enabling MySQL 4-byte support
+=============================
+
+.. note:: This feature is currently **experimental**.
+
+In order to use Emojis on your Nextcloud server with a MySQL database, the
+installation needs to be tweaked a bit.
+
+1. Update your Nextcloud server to Nextcloud 11 or later.
+2. Make sure the following InnoDB settings are set on your MySQL server::
+
+    [mysqld]
+    innodb_large_prefix=true
+    innodb_file_format=barracuda
+    innodb_file_per_table=true
+
+3. Restart the MySQL server in case you changed the configuration in step 2.
+4. Change your databases character set and collation::
+
+    ALTER DATABASE nextcloud CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
+
+5. Set the ``mysql.utf8mb4`` config to true in your config.php::
+
+    $ sudo -u www-data occ config:system:set mysql.utf8mb4 --type boolean --value="true"
+
+6. Convert all existing tables to the new collation by running the repair step::
+
+    $ sudo -u www-data occ maintenance:repair
+
+Now you should be able to use emojis like ``🎉`` in your file names, calendar events, comments and many more.