diff --git a/app/src/main/java/at/dasher/android/DasherImeService.kt b/app/src/main/java/at/dasher/android/DasherImeService.kt
index cf2770c..ba22539 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/at/dasher/android/DasherImeService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/at/dasher/android/DasherImeService.kt
@@ -56,6 +56,42 @@ class DasherImeService : InputMethodService() {
     private fun startModeIsFloating(): Boolean =
         imePrefs.getString("start_mode", "docked") == "floating"
 
+    // ── Emoji alphabet toggle (#61 option 2) ───────────────────────────────
+
+    // The alphabet to return to after emoji mode. Persisted so a keyboard
+    // process death mid-emoji-mode doesn't strand the user without a way
+    // back (the engine persists its own alphabet choice in settings — if it
+    // restarts in Emoji, the previous one must still be knowable).
+    private var emojiReturnAlphabet: String? = null
+
+    private fun toggleEmojiMode() {
+        val eng = engine ?: return
+        val toolbar = editingToolbar ?: return
+        val current = eng.getCurrentAlphabet()
+        if (current == "Emoji") {
+            val target = emojiReturnAlphabet
+            if (target.isNullOrEmpty() || target == "Emoji") {
+                // No remembered alphabet (e.g. pref lost) — fall back to the
+                // engine default rather than a no-op toggle.
+                eng.setAlphabet("English with limited punctuation")
+            } else {
+                eng.setAlphabet(target)
+            }
+            emojiReturnAlphabet = null
+            imePrefs.edit().remove("emoji_return_alphabet").apply()
+            toolbar.setEmojiMode(false)
+            // The alphabet switch rebuilt the model from scratch — re-seed
+            // from the target field so predictions continue mid-sentence
+            // (same machinery as the editing actions, RFC 0015 tier 2).
+            reanchorEngineToTarget()
+        } else {
+            emojiReturnAlphabet = current
+            imePrefs.edit().putString("emoji_return_alphabet", current).apply()
+            eng.setAlphabet("Emoji")
+            toolbar.setEmojiMode(true)
+        }
+    }
+
     // The docked root's parent is a FrameLayout inside the IME window's
     // decor. setLayoutParams performs NO type conversion — LinearLayout
     // .LayoutParams survives until the next measure pass casts them and
@@ -138,6 +174,9 @@ class DasherImeService : InputMethodService() {
             context = this,
             inputConnection = { currentInputConnection },
             onBufferChanged = { reanchorEngineToTarget() },
+            // editingToolbar is assigned below, before the button can be
+            // tapped — the deferred capture is why this isn't a cycle.
+            onToggleEmoji = { toggleEmojiMode() },
         )
         editingToolbar = toolbar
 
@@ -416,6 +455,20 @@ class DasherImeService : InputMethodService() {
         }
         // Engine is live and rendering — drop the first-show loading overlay.
         loadingOverlay?.visibility = View.GONE
+        // Emoji toggle (#61): show the button only when the data bundle
+        // actually ships the Emoji alphabet (next DasherCore release); if
+        // the engine restarted while in emoji mode (alphabet persists in
+        // the engine's own settings), restore the toggle state and the
+        // remembered return alphabet.
+        val names = eng.getAlphabetNames()
+        val emojiAvailable = names.contains("Emoji")
+        editingToolbar?.setEmojiAvailable(emojiAvailable)
+        if (emojiAvailable && eng.getCurrentAlphabet() == "Emoji") {
+            if (emojiReturnAlphabet == null) {
+                emojiReturnAlphabet = imePrefs.getString("emoji_return_alphabet", null)
+            }
+            editingToolbar?.setEmojiMode(true)
+        }
         eng.start()
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/at/dasher/android/EditingToolbar.kt b/app/src/main/java/at/dasher/android/EditingToolbar.kt
index 25f0e71..70f9217 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/at/dasher/android/EditingToolbar.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/at/dasher/android/EditingToolbar.kt
@@ -17,11 +17,19 @@ import android.widget.LinearLayout
  * All actions go through [InputConnection] against the TARGET app's field.
  * After each action, [onBufferChanged] fires so the IME can re-anchor the
  * engine (re-read the target text and re-seed — RFC 0015 tier 2).
+ *
+ * Emoji toggle (#61, option 2): when [onToggleEmoji] is supplied and the
+ * engine ships the Emoji alphabet, a 😀/Abc button switches the engine's
+ * alphabet. The IME owns the switch logic (remembering the previous
+ * alphabet); the toolbar only renders state.
+ *
+ * @param onToggleEmoji invoked on button tap; null hides the button.
  */
 class EditingToolbar(
     context: Context,
     private val inputConnection: () -> InputConnection?,
     private val onBufferChanged: () -> Unit,
+    private val onToggleEmoji: (() -> Unit)? = null,
 ) : LinearLayout(context) {
 
     private val density = context.resources.displayMetrics.density
@@ -29,6 +37,8 @@ class EditingToolbar(
         android.content.res.Configuration.UI_MODE_NIGHT_MASK) ==
         android.content.res.Configuration.UI_MODE_NIGHT_YES
 
+    private var emojiButton: Button? = null
+
     init {
         orientation = HORIZONTAL
         gravity = Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL
@@ -46,6 +56,28 @@ class EditingToolbar(
         addTool("Sel", "Select all", mutates = false) { performAction(android.R.id.selectAll) }
         addTool("Cp", "Copy", mutates = false) { performAction(android.R.id.copy) }
         addTool("Ps", "Paste", mutates = true) { performAction(android.R.id.paste) }
+        // Emoji toggle (#61 option 2). Hidden until the IME confirms the
+        // engine's data bundle contains the Emoji alphabet (next DasherCore
+        // release) — setEmojiAvailable(true) makes it appear.
+        onToggleEmoji?.let { toggle ->
+            addSpacer(dp(8))
+            emojiButton = addTool("😀", "Switch to emoji keyboard", mutates = false) { toggle() }
+                .also { it.visibility = GONE }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Show/hide the emoji toggle (call once the engine's alphabets are known). */
+    fun setEmojiAvailable(available: Boolean) {
+        emojiButton?.visibility = if (available) VISIBLE else GONE
+    }
+
+    /** Relabel the toggle for the current mode: 😀 = enter emoji, Abc = back. */
+    fun setEmojiMode(active: Boolean) {
+        emojiButton?.let { btn ->
+            btn.text = if (active) "Abc" else "😀"
+            btn.contentDescription =
+                if (active) "Switch back to text keyboard" else "Switch to emoji keyboard"
+        }
     }
 
     private fun dp(v: Int) = (v * density).toInt()
@@ -72,13 +104,15 @@ class EditingToolbar(
     }
 
     private fun addTool(label: String, tooltip: String, large: Boolean = false,
-                        mutates: Boolean = true, action: () -> Unit) {
-        addView(toolButton(label, tooltip, large).apply {
+                        mutates: Boolean = true, action: () -> Unit): Button {
+        val btn = toolButton(label, tooltip, large).apply {
             setOnClickListener {
                 action()
                 if (mutates) onBufferChanged()
             }
-        })
+        }
+        addView(btn)
+        return btn
     }
 
     private fun addSpacer(widthPx: Int) {