diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index af0d0c1..53da375 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -156,3 +156,10 @@ export_env_dir() {
 export_env_dir "$ENV_DIR" PLAYWRIGHT_BUILDPACK_BROWSERS
 install_system_deps
 configure_export_env
+
+# Install AppleColorEmoji font for emoji rendering in Playwright screenshots
+APPLE_EMOJI_URL="https://github.com/zhdsmy/apple-emoji/raw/ios-17.4/fonts/AppleColorEmoji.ttf"
+FONT_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/.fonts"
+mkdir -p "$FONT_DIR"
+curl -L "$APPLE_EMOJI_URL" -o "$FONT_DIR/AppleColorEmoji.ttf"
+HOME="$BUILD_DIR" fc-cache -f -v