diff --git a/src/components/views/emojipicker/Search.js b/src/components/views/emojipicker/Search.js
index 17fbde648b..8646559fed 100644
--- a/src/components/views/emojipicker/Search.js
+++ b/src/components/views/emojipicker/Search.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 
 class Search extends React.PureComponent {
     static propTypes = {
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class Search extends React.PureComponent {
                     onChange={ev => this.props.onChange(ev.target.value)} ref={this.inputRef} />
                 <button onClick={() => this.props.onChange("")}
                     className={`mx_EmojiPicker_search_icon ${this.props.query ? "mx_EmojiPicker_search_clear" : ""}`}
-                    title={this.props.query ? "Cancel search" : "Search"} />
+                    title={this.props.query ? _t("Cancel search") : _t("Search")} />
             </div>
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 4b4330cf7a..add5af02c4 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -1840,5 +1840,6 @@
     "Objects": "Objects",
     "Symbols": "Symbols",
     "Flags": "Flags",
-    "React": "React"
+    "React": "React",
+    "Cancel search": "Cancel search"
 }