diff --git a/lib/Input.js b/lib/Input.js
index 6f2ce2e3..72a05d98 100644
--- a/lib/Input.js
+++ b/lib/Input.js
@@ -148,13 +148,7 @@ class Keyboard {
    * @param {string} char
    */
   async sendCharacter(char) {
-    await this._client.send('Input.dispatchKeyEvent', {
-      type: 'char',
-      modifiers: this._modifiers,
-      text: char,
-      key: char,
-      unmodifiedText: char
-    });
+    await this._client.send('Input.insertText', {text: char});
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/input.spec.js b/test/input.spec.js
index a50c6b76..9505b06c 100644
--- a/test/input.spec.js
+++ b/test/input.spec.js
@@ -472,6 +472,19 @@ module.exports.addTests = function({testRunner, expect, DeviceDescriptors}) {
       error = await page.keyboard.press('😊').catch(e => e);
       expect(error && error.message).toBe('Unknown key: "😊"');
     });
+    it('should type emoji', async({page, server}) => {
+      await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/input/textarea.html');
+      await page.type('textarea', '👹 Tokyo street Japan 🇯🇵');
+      expect(await page.$eval('textarea', textarea => textarea.value)).toBe('👹 Tokyo street Japan 🇯🇵');
+    });
+    it('should type emoji into an iframe', async({page, server}) => {
+      await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
+      await utils.attachFrame(page, 'emoji-test', server.PREFIX + '/input/textarea.html');
+      const frame = page.frames()[1];
+      const textarea = await frame.$('textarea');
+      await textarea.type('👹 Tokyo street Japan 🇯🇵');
+      expect(await frame.$eval('textarea', textarea => textarea.value)).toBe('👹 Tokyo street Japan 🇯🇵');
+    });
     function dimensions() {
       const rect = document.querySelector('textarea').getBoundingClientRect();
       return {