diff --git a/app/lib/formatter.rb b/app/lib/formatter.rb
index 0b4690394c..8b694536c2 100644
--- a/app/lib/formatter.rb
+++ b/app/lib/formatter.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Formatter
     Sanitize.fragment(html, config)
   end
 
-  def format_spoiler(status)
+  def format_spoiler(status, **options)
     html = encode(status.spoiler_text)
     html = encode_custom_emojis(html, status.emojis, options[:autoplay])
     html.html_safe # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety
diff --git a/app/views/stream_entries/_detailed_status.html.haml b/app/views/stream_entries/_detailed_status.html.haml
index 6251cdd1a5..bf5f614a11 100644
--- a/app/views/stream_entries/_detailed_status.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/stream_entries/_detailed_status.html.haml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   .status__content.emojify<
     - if status.spoiler_text?
       %p{ style: 'margin-bottom: 0' }<
-        %span.p-summary> #{Formatter.instance.format_spoiler(status)}&nbsp;
+        %span.p-summary> #{Formatter.instance.format_spoiler(status, autoplay: autoplay)}&nbsp;
         %a.status__content__spoiler-link{ href: '#' }= t('statuses.show_more')
     .e-content{ lang: status.language, style: "display: #{status.spoiler_text? ? 'none' : 'block'}; direction: #{rtl_status?(status) ? 'rtl' : 'ltr'}" }= Formatter.instance.format(status, custom_emojify: true, autoplay: autoplay)
 
diff --git a/app/views/stream_entries/_simple_status.html.haml b/app/views/stream_entries/_simple_status.html.haml
index 1d596d4e0a..e147596f69 100644
--- a/app/views/stream_entries/_simple_status.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/stream_entries/_simple_status.html.haml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   .status__content.emojify<
     - if status.spoiler_text?
       %p{ style: 'margin-bottom: 0' }<
-        %span.p-summary> #{Formatter.instance.format_spoiler(status)}&nbsp;
+        %span.p-summary> #{Formatter.instance.format_spoiler(status, autoplay: autoplay)}&nbsp;
         %a.status__content__spoiler-link{ href: '#' }= t('statuses.show_more')
     .e-content{ lang: status.language, style: "display: #{status.spoiler_text? ? 'none' : 'block'}; direction: #{rtl_status?(status) ? 'rtl' : 'ltr'}" }= Formatter.instance.format(status, custom_emojify: true, autoplay: autoplay)
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/formatter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/formatter_spec.rb
index d60d24bf68..0c2248cae5 100644
--- a/spec/lib/formatter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/formatter_spec.rb
@@ -170,6 +170,29 @@ RSpec.describe Formatter do
     end
   end
 
+
+  describe '#format_spoiler' do
+    subject { Formatter.instance.format_spoiler(status) }
+
+    context 'given a post containing plain text' do
+      let(:status)  { Fabricate(:status, text: 'text', spoiler_text: 'Secret!', uri: nil) }
+
+      it 'Returns the spoiler text' do
+        is_expected.to eq 'Secret!'
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'given a post with an emoji shortcode at the start' do
+      let!(:emoji) { Fabricate(:custom_emoji) }
+      let(:status)  { Fabricate(:status, text: 'text', spoiler_text: ':coolcat: Secret!', uri: nil) }
+      let(:text) { ':coolcat: Beep boop' }
+
+      it 'converts the shortcode to an image tag' do
+        is_expected.to match(/<img draggable="false" class="emojione" alt=":coolcat:"/)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#format' do
     subject { Formatter.instance.format(status) }