diff --git a/debian/patches/0006-TT-9314-mod_mam-sipwise_archive.lib-support-emojis.patch b/debian/patches/0006-TT-9314-mod_mam-sipwise_archive.lib-support-emojis.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1b8b11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0006-TT-9314-mod_mam-sipwise_archive.lib-support-emojis.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From: Victor Seva <vseva@sipwise.com>
+Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:14:40 +0100
+Subject: TT#9314 mod_mam/sipwise_archive.lib: support emojis
+
+* we do need utf8mb4 charset at sipwise_mam table
+
+Change-Id: I44b17058f1bb0839de835151e6885a64e203fac1
+---
+ plugins/mod_mam/sipwise_archive.lib.lua | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/plugins/mod_mam/sipwise_archive.lib.lua b/plugins/mod_mam/sipwise_archive.lib.lua
+index 46166f8..be114b7 100644
+--- a/plugins/mod_mam/sipwise_archive.lib.lua
++++ b/plugins/mod_mam/sipwise_archive.lib.lua
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ local st = require "util.stanza";
+ local mod_sql = module:require("sql");
+ local params = module:get_option("sql", {});
+ local engine = mod_sql:create_engine(params);
+-engine:execute("SET NAMES 'utf8' COLLATE 'utf8_bin';");
++engine:execute("SET NAMES 'utf8mb4' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci';");
+ local log = require "util.logger".init("sipwise_archive");
+ local ut_tostring = require "util.table".table.tostring;
+ local host = module.host;
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 4c7af6a..e2fd25f 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ mod_auth_sql.path
 0003-TT-9303-mod_mam-sipwise_archive.lib-fix-crash-at-fin.patch
 0004-TT-9311-mod_mam-sipwise_archive.lib-full-username.patch
 0005-TT-9317-mod_mam-don-t-store-bodyless-chat-messages.patch
+0006-TT-9314-mod_mam-sipwise_archive.lib-support-emojis.patch
diff --git a/plugins/mod_sipwise_offline.lua b/plugins/mod_sipwise_offline.lua
index 6217086..9612584 100644
--- a/plugins/mod_sipwise_offline.lua
+++ b/plugins/mod_sipwise_offline.lua
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 local mod_sql = module:require("sql");
 local params = module:get_option("sql", {});
 local engine = mod_sql:create_engine(params);
-engine:execute("SET NAMES 'utf8' COLLATE 'utf8_bin';");
+engine:execute("SET NAMES 'utf8mb4' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci';");
 
 local sipwise_offline = module:shared("sipwise_offline");