diff --git a/api/issue.go b/api/issue.go
index 7e012556af26b645d028fb9debe03b793d3a9d6a..0e19c3b19cf0c6a97cc8f2f9d370cf0fcfd08eff 100644
--- a/api/issue.go
+++ b/api/issue.go
@@ -129,6 +129,19 @@ var DeleteIssue = func(client *gitlab.Client, projectID interface{}, issueID int
 	return nil
 }
 
+var CreateIssueAwardEmoji = func(client *gitlab.Client, projectID interface{}, mrID int, opts *gitlab.CreateAwardEmojiOptions) (*gitlab.AwardEmoji, error) {
+	if client == nil {
+		client = apiClient.Lab()
+	}
+
+	emoji, _, err := client.AwardEmoji.CreateIssueAwardEmoji(projectID, mrID, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return emoji, err
+	}
+
+	return emoji, nil
+}
+
 var CreateIssueNote = func(client *gitlab.Client, projectID interface{}, mrID int, opts *gitlab.CreateIssueNoteOptions) (*gitlab.Note, error) {
 	if client == nil {
 		client = apiClient.Lab()
diff --git a/api/merge_request.go b/api/merge_request.go
index 41e4fdf7c7e3236800e12c8eb6f322edfd9d0674..4aacc4e5a025a024774740203541928ee4cb86ef 100644
--- a/api/merge_request.go
+++ b/api/merge_request.go
@@ -190,6 +190,19 @@ var GetMRLinkedIssues = func(client *gitlab.Client, projectID interface{}, mrID
 	return mrIssues, nil
 }
 
+var CreateMRAwardEmoji = func(client *gitlab.Client, projectID interface{}, mrID int, opts *gitlab.CreateAwardEmojiOptions) (*gitlab.AwardEmoji, error) {
+	if client == nil {
+		client = apiClient.Lab()
+	}
+
+	emoji, _, err := client.AwardEmoji.CreateMergeRequestAwardEmoji(projectID, mrID, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return emoji, err
+	}
+
+	return emoji, nil
+}
+
 var CreateMRNote = func(client *gitlab.Client, projectID interface{}, mrID int, opts *gitlab.CreateMergeRequestNoteOptions) (*gitlab.Note, error) {
 	if client == nil {
 		client = apiClient.Lab()
diff --git a/commands/issue/award-emoji/issue_award-emoji_create.go b/commands/issue/award-emoji/issue_award-emoji_create.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..78fefcd9d47652fd2ff67ed910496514a3167420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/issue/award-emoji/issue_award-emoji_create.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package award_emoji
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/issue/issueutils"
+
+	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/api"
+	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/cmdutils"
+	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/pkg/utils"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	gitlab "github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab"
+)
+
+func NewCmdAwardEmoji(f *cmdutils.Factory) *cobra.Command {
+	issueAwardEmojiCreateCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "award-emoji <issue-id>",
+		Aliases: []string{"comment"},
+		Short:   "Award an emoji to an issue on GitLab",
+		Long:    ``,
+		Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			var err error
+			out := f.IO.StdOut
+
+			apiClient, err := f.HttpClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			issue, repo, err := issueutils.IssueFromArg(apiClient, f.BaseRepo, args[0])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			name, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("name")
+
+			if name == "" {
+				name = utils.Editor(utils.EditorOptions{
+					Label:    "Award Emoji Name:",
+					Help:     "Enter the award emoji's name. ",
+					FileName: "ISSUE_AWARD_EMOJI_EDITMSG",
+				})
+			}
+
+			if name == "" {
+				return errors.New("aborted... Award Emoji name is empty")
+			}
+
+			emoji, err := api.CreateIssueAwardEmoji(apiClient, repo.FullName(), issue.IID, &gitlab.CreateAwardEmojiOptions{
+				Name: name,
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "Added award emoji %d\n", emoji.AwardableID)
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	issueAwardEmojiCreateCmd.Flags().StringP("name", "n", "", "Award Emoji name")
+
+	return issueAwardEmojiCreateCmd
+}
diff --git a/commands/issue/issue.go b/commands/issue/issue.go
index 3ab5002cf5177d7d863eec009cf90106cf1fba13..cbeffc245d084c0d1f585f2bc45904ffb7369726 100644
--- a/commands/issue/issue.go
+++ b/commands/issue/issue.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package issue
 import (
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/cmdutils"
+	issueAwardEmojiCmd "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/issue/award-emoji"
 	issueBoardCmd "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/issue/board"
 	issueCloseCmd "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/issue/close"
 	issueCreateCmd "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/issue/create"
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ func NewCmdIssue(f *cmdutils.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 
 	cmdutils.EnableRepoOverride(issueCmd, f)
 
+	issueCmd.AddCommand(issueAwardEmojiCmd.NewCmdAwardEmoji(f))
 	issueCmd.AddCommand(issueCloseCmd.NewCmdClose(f))
 	issueCmd.AddCommand(issueBoardCmd.NewCmdBoard(f))
 	issueCmd.AddCommand(issueCreateCmd.NewCmdCreate(f))
diff --git a/commands/mr/award-emoji/mr_award-emoji_create.go b/commands/mr/award-emoji/mr_award-emoji_create.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5a3e6c41c90b28e267b691c94e756495d1532eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/mr/award-emoji/mr_award-emoji_create.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package award_emoji
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/mr/mrutils"
+
+	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/api"
+	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/cmdutils"
+	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/pkg/utils"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	gitlab "github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab"
+)
+
+func NewCmdAwardEmoji(f *cmdutils.Factory) *cobra.Command {
+	mrAwardEmojiCreateCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "award-emoji <id>",
+		Aliases: []string{"comment"},
+		Short:   "Award an emoji to an merge request on GitLab",
+		Long:    ``,
+		Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			var err error
+			out := f.IO.StdOut
+
+			apiClient, err := f.HttpClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			mr, repo, err := mrutils.MRFromArgs(f, args, "any")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			name, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("name")
+
+			if name == "" {
+				name = utils.Editor(utils.EditorOptions{
+					Label:    "Award Emoji Name:",
+					Help:     "Enter the award emoji's name. ",
+					FileName: "MR_AWARD_EMOJI_EDITMSG",
+				})
+			}
+
+			if name == "" {
+				return errors.New("aborted... Award Emoji name is empty")
+			}
+
+			emoji, err := api.CreateMRAwardEmoji(apiClient, repo.FullName(), mr.IID, &gitlab.CreateAwardEmojiOptions{
+				Name: name,
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			fmt.Fprintf(out, "Added award emoji %d\n", emoji.AwardableID)
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	mrAwardEmojiCreateCmd.Flags().StringP("name", "n", "", "Award Emoji name")
+
+	return mrAwardEmojiCreateCmd
+}
diff --git a/commands/mr/mr.go b/commands/mr/mr.go
index a0656b0bc6f49130220e0fbf9a2a913c8d985728..dde881eb3a57acb4d455e1c665ab20eb5c7f1923 100644
--- a/commands/mr/mr.go
+++ b/commands/mr/mr.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/cmdutils"
 	mrApproveCmd "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/mr/approve"
 	mrApproversCmd "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/mr/approvers"
+	mrAwardEmojiCmd "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/mr/award-emoji"
 	mrCheckoutCmd "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/mr/checkout"
 	mrCloseCmd "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/mr/close"
 	mrCreateCmd "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/commands/mr/create"
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ func NewCmdMR(f *cmdutils.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 
 	mrCmd.AddCommand(mrApproveCmd.NewCmdApprove(f))
 	mrCmd.AddCommand(mrApproversCmd.NewCmdApprovers(f))
+	mrCmd.AddCommand(mrAwardEmojiCmd.NewCmdAwardEmoji(f))
 	mrCmd.AddCommand(mrCheckoutCmd.NewCmdCheckout(f))
 	mrCmd.AddCommand(mrCloseCmd.NewCmdClose(f))
 	mrCmd.AddCommand(mrCreateCmd.NewCmdCreate(f, nil))