diff --git a/ember-cli-build.js b/ember-cli-build.js
index 09529417..597d63b6 100644
--- a/ember-cli-build.js
+++ b/ember-cli-build.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module.exports = function(defaults) {
     fingerprint = false;
   } else {
     fingerprint = {
+      exclude: ['images/emoji'],
       extensions: ['js', 'css', 'png', 'jpg', 'gif', 'map', 'svg']
     };