diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 8a24115..9501282 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export default function stringWidth(string, options = {}) {
 	const {
 		ambiguousIsNarrow = true,
 		countAnsiEscapeCodes = false,
+		skipEmojis = false,
 	} = options;
 
 	if (!countAnsiEscapeCodes) {
@@ -70,8 +71,10 @@ export default function stringWidth(string, options = {}) {
 		}
 
 		// TODO: Use `/\p{RGI_Emoji}/v` when targeting Node.js 20.
-		if (emojiRegex().test(character)) {
-			width += 2;
+		if (!skipEmojis && emojiRegex().test(character)) {
+			width += stringWidth(character, {
+				skipEmojis: true
+			})
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -80,3 +83,4 @@ export default function stringWidth(string, options = {}) {
 
 	return width;
 }
+
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index d62b133..d72f226 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ test('main', t => {
 	t.is(stringWidth('\u001B[31m\u001B[39m', {countAnsiEscapeCodes: true}), 8);
 	t.is(stringWidth('\u001B]8;;https://github.com\u0007Click\u001B]8;;\u0007'), 5);
 	t.is(stringWidth('\u{231A}'), 2, '⌚ default emoji presentation character (Emoji_Presentation)');
-	t.is(stringWidth('\u{2194}\u{FE0F}'), 2, '↔️ default text presentation character rendered as emoji');
+	t.is(stringWidth('\u{2194}\u{FE0F}'), 1, '↔️ default text presentation character rendered as emoji');
 	t.is(stringWidth('\u{1F469}'), 2, '👩 emoji modifier base (Emoji_Modifier_Base)');
 	t.is(stringWidth('\u{1F469}\u{1F3FF}'), 2, '👩🏿 emoji modifier base followed by a modifier');
 	t.is(stringWidth('\u{845B}\u{E0100}'), 2, 'Variation Selectors');