diff --git a/Common/Data/Encoding/Utf8.cpp b/Common/Data/Encoding/Utf8.cpp
index 760fe6b07d..12e6914882 100644
--- a/Common/Data/Encoding/Utf8.cpp
+++ b/Common/Data/Encoding/Utf8.cpp
@@ -558,6 +558,12 @@ std::u16string ConvertUTF8ToUCS2(const std::string &source) {
 	return dst;
 }
 
+std::string CodepointToUTF8(uint32_t codePoint) {
+	char temp[16]{};
+	UTF8::encode(temp, codePoint);
+	return std::string(temp);
+}
+
 #ifndef _WIN32
 
 // Replacements for the Win32 wstring functions. Not to be used from emulation code!
diff --git a/Common/Data/Encoding/Utf8.h b/Common/Data/Encoding/Utf8.h
index 29d09f67e9..492339a980 100644
--- a/Common/Data/Encoding/Utf8.h
+++ b/Common/Data/Encoding/Utf8.h
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ bool UTF8StringHasNonASCII(const char *utf8string);
 // Removes overlong encodings and similar.
 std::string SanitizeUTF8(const std::string &utf8string);
 
+std::string CodepointToUTF8(uint32_t codePoint);
+
 
 // UTF8 to Win32 UTF-16
 // Should be used when calling Win32 api calls
diff --git a/UI/DevScreens.cpp b/UI/DevScreens.cpp
index 2a9541f4fd..00e0a7e0bb 100644
--- a/UI/DevScreens.cpp
+++ b/UI/DevScreens.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #endif
 #include "Common/File/AndroidStorage.h"
 #include "Common/Data/Text/I18n.h"
+#include "Common/Data/Encoding/Utf8.h"
 #include "Common/Net/HTTPClient.h"
 #include "Common/UI/Context.h"
 #include "Common/UI/View.h"
@@ -834,7 +835,8 @@ void SystemInfoScreen::CreateTabs() {
 
 	internals->Add(new ItemHeader(si->T("Notification tests")));
 	internals->Add(new Choice(si->T("Error")))->OnClick.Add([&](UI::EventParams &) {
-		g_OSD.Show(OSDType::MESSAGE_ERROR, "Error");
+		std::string str = "Error " + CodepointToUTF8(0x1F41B) + CodepointToUTF8(0x1FAB0) + CodepointToUTF8(0x1F41C) + CodepointToUTF8(0x1FAB2);
+		g_OSD.Show(OSDType::MESSAGE_ERROR, str);
 		return UI::EVENT_DONE;
 	});
 	internals->Add(new Choice(si->T("Warning")))->OnClick.Add([&](UI::EventParams &) {
diff --git a/UI/MiscScreens.cpp b/UI/MiscScreens.cpp
index 0f928332e2..b262d63325 100644
--- a/UI/MiscScreens.cpp
+++ b/UI/MiscScreens.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "Common/File/VFS/VFS.h"
 
 #include "Common/Data/Color/RGBAUtil.h"
+#include "Common/Data/Encoding/Utf8.h"
 #include "Common/Data/Text/I18n.h"
 #include "Common/Data/Random/Rng.h"
 #include "Common/TimeUtil.h"
@@ -798,7 +799,9 @@ void LogoScreen::render() {
 	// Draw the graphics API, except on UWP where it's always D3D11
 	std::string apiName = screenManager()->getDrawContext()->GetInfoString(InfoField::APINAME);
 #ifdef _DEBUG
-	apiName += ", debug build";
+	apiName += ", debug build ";
+	// Add some bug emoji for testing.
+	apiName += CodepointToUTF8(0x1F41B) + CodepointToUTF8(0x1FAB0) + CodepointToUTF8(0x1F41C) + CodepointToUTF8(0x1FAB2);
 #endif
 	dc.DrawText(gr->T(apiName), bounds.centerX(), ppsspp_org_y + 50, textColor, ALIGN_CENTER);
 #endif