diff --git a/include/spotify/json/codec/string.hpp b/include/spotify/json/codec/string.hpp
index d840f603..9edbcdda 100644
--- a/include/spotify/json/codec/string.hpp
+++ b/include/spotify/json/codec/string.hpp
@@ -115,17 +115,48 @@ class string_t final {
     detail::fail(context, "\\u must be followed by 4 hex digits");
   }
 
-  static void decode_unicode_escape(decode_context &context, std::string &out) {
+  static unsigned decode_hex_number(decode_context &context) {
     detail::require_bytes<4>(context, "\\u must be followed by 4 hex digits");
     const auto a = decode_hex_nibble(context, *(context.position++));
     const auto b = decode_hex_nibble(context, *(context.position++));
     const auto c = decode_hex_nibble(context, *(context.position++));
     const auto d = decode_hex_nibble(context, *(context.position++));
-    const auto p = unsigned((a << 12) | (b << 8) | (c << 4) | d);
-    encode_utf8(context, out, p);
+    return unsigned((a << 12) | (b << 8) | (c << 4) | d);
   }
 
-  static void encode_utf8(decode_context &context, std::string &out, unsigned p) {
+  static void decode_unicode_escape(
+      decode_context &context,
+      std::string &out) {
+    const auto p = decode_hex_number(context);
+    if (json_likely(!handle_surrogate_pair(context, out, p))) {
+      encode_utf8(out, p);
+    }
+  }
+
+  static bool handle_surrogate_pair(
+      decode_context &context,
+      std::string &out,
+      unsigned p) {
+    if (json_unlikely(is_high_surrogate(p))) {
+      // Parse low surrogate
+      if (detail::peek_2(context, '\\', 'u')) {
+        detail::skip_unchecked_n(context, 2);
+        const auto n = decode_hex_number(context);
+        if (json_likely(is_low_surrogate(n))) {
+          // Any Unicode codepoint encoded by a surrogate pair is 4 bytes in UTF-8
+          encode_utf8_4(out, codepoint_from_surrogate_pair(p, n));
+          return true;
+        } else {
+          // Rewind context to before the escape sequence
+          context.position -= 6;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  static void encode_utf8(std::string &out, unsigned p) {
     if (json_likely(p <= 0x7F)) {
       encode_utf8_1(out, p);
     } else if (json_likely(p <= 0x07FF)) {
@@ -154,6 +185,27 @@ class string_t final {
     const char cc[] = { c0, c1, c2 };
     out.append(&cc[0], 3);
   }
+
+  static void encode_utf8_4(std::string &out, uint32_t p) {
+    const char c0 = 0xF0 | ((p >> 18) & 0x07);
+    const char c1 = 0x80 | ((p >> 12) & 0x3F);
+    const char c2 = 0x80 | ((p >>  6) & 0x3F);
+    const char c3 = 0x80 | ((p >>  0) & 0x3F);
+    const char cc[] = { c0, c1, c2, c3 };
+    out.append(&cc[0], 4);
+  }
+
+  static bool is_high_surrogate(unsigned p) {
+    return (p & 0xFC00) == 0xD800;
+  }
+
+  static bool is_low_surrogate(unsigned p) {
+    return (p & 0xFC00) == 0xDC00;
+  }
+
+  static uint32_t codepoint_from_surrogate_pair(uint32_t high, uint32_t low) {
+    return (((high & 0x03FF) << 10) | (low & 0x03FF)) + 0x10000;
+  }
 };
 
 inline string_t string() {
diff --git a/include/spotify/json/detail/decode_helpers.hpp b/include/spotify/json/detail/decode_helpers.hpp
index 3a8f29e2..0dc6b9a3 100644
--- a/include/spotify/json/detail/decode_helpers.hpp
+++ b/include/spotify/json/detail/decode_helpers.hpp
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ json_force_inline void fail_if(
 }
 
 template <size_t num_required_bytes, typename string_type>
-json_force_inline void require_bytes(
-    const decode_context &context,
-    const string_type &error = "Unexpected end of input") {
+json_force_inline void require_bytes(const decode_context &context, const string_type &error) {
   fail_if(context, context.remaining() < num_required_bytes, error);
 }
 
@@ -80,6 +78,18 @@ json_force_inline char peek(const decode_context &context) {
   return (context.remaining() ? peek_unchecked(context) : 0);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns true if the next two characters are `first` and `second`.
+ * Returns false if the characters do not match, or if there is less than 2
+ * characters remaining.
+ */
+json_force_inline bool peek_2(const decode_context &context, const char first, const char second) {
+  if (context.remaining() < 2) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return first == *context.position && second == *(context.position + 1);
+}
+
 json_force_inline char next_unchecked(decode_context &context) {
   return *(context.position++);
 }
diff --git a/test/src/test_decode_helpers.cpp b/test/src/test_decode_helpers.cpp
index c4f0a4ca..73f7fb5c 100644
--- a/test/src/test_decode_helpers.cpp
+++ b/test/src/test_decode_helpers.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,23 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(json_decode_helpers_peek) {
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(peek(make_context("ab")), 'a');
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(json_decode_helpers_peek_2) {
+  BOOST_CHECK(peek_2(make_context("ab"), 'a', 'b'));
+  BOOST_CHECK(peek_2(make_context("abcd"), 'a', 'b'));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(json_decode_helpers_peek_2_nonmatching) {
+  BOOST_CHECK(!peek_2(make_context("aa"), 'a', 'b'));
+  BOOST_CHECK(!peek_2(make_context("bb"), 'a', 'b'));
+  BOOST_CHECK(!peek_2(make_context("aab"), 'a', 'b'));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(json_decode_helpers_peek_2_too_short) {
+  BOOST_CHECK(!peek_2(make_context(""), 'a', 'b'));
+  BOOST_CHECK(!peek_2(make_context("a"), 'a', 'b'));
+  BOOST_CHECK(!peek_2(make_context("b"), 'a', 'b'));
+}
+
 /*
  * Next
  */
diff --git a/test/src/test_string.cpp b/test/src/test_string.cpp
index d8f2c89b..a8652392 100644
--- a/test/src/test_string.cpp
+++ b/test/src/test_string.cpp
@@ -205,6 +205,62 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(json_codec_string_should_decode_escaped_unicode) {
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\u20AC\""), "\xE2\x82\xAC");
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(json_codec_string_should_decode_surrogate_pairs) {
+  // [TWO HEARTS] Emoji (code point 0x1F495)
+  const std::string two_hearts = "\xf0\x9f\x92\x95";
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"I \\ud83d\\udc95 Unicode\""),
+                    "I " + two_hearts + " Unicode");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"I\\n\\ud83d\\udc95\\nUnicode\""),
+                    "I\n" + two_hearts + "\nUnicode");
+  // Extreme values of each surrogate
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\ud800\\udc00\""), "\xf0\x90\x80\x80");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\ud800\\udfff\""), "\xf0\x90\x8f\xbf");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\udbff\\udc00\""), "\xf4\x8f\xb0\x80");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\udbff\\udfff\""), "\xf4\x8f\xbf\xbf");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(json_codec_string_should_output_code_points_from_broken_surrogate_pairs) {
+  // [TWO HEARTS] Emoji (code point 0x1F495)
+  const std::string two_hearts = "\xf0\x9f\x92\x95";
+  // UTF-8 representations of code points 0xd83d and 0xdc95, which form the
+  // surrogate pairs for the emoji above.
+  const std::string high = "\xed\xa0\xbd";
+  const std::string low = "\xed\xb2\x95";
+
+  // Lone high surrogate
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\ud83d\""), high);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\n\\ud83d\\n\""), "\n" + high + "\n");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\\\\\ud83d\\\\\""), "\\" + high + "\\");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"Foo\\ud83dFoo\""), "Foo" + high + "Foo");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\ud83d\\ud83d\\udc95\""), high + two_hearts);
+
+  // Lone low surrogate
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\udc95\""), low);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\n\\udc95\\n\""), "\n" + low + "\n");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\\\\\udc95\\\\\""), "\\" + low + "\\");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"Foo\\udc95Foo\""), "Foo" + low + "Foo");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\udc95\\ud83d\\udc95\""), low + two_hearts);
+
+  // Flipped order surrogates
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\udc95\\ud83d\""), low + high);
+
+  // Double high surrogate
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\ud83d\\ud83d\""), high + high);
+
+  // Double low surrogate
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\udc95\\udc95\""), low + low);
+
+  // Intermingled valid and invalid sequences
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\ud83d\\udc95\\udc95\""), two_hearts + low);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(string_parse("\"\\ud83d\\udc95\\ud83d\""), two_hearts + high);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(json_codec_string_should_not_decode_incomplete_low_surrogate) {
+  string_parse_fail("\"\\ud83d\\\"");
+  string_parse_fail("\"\\ud83d\\u\"");
+  string_parse_fail("\"\\ud83d\\udc9\"");
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(json_codec_string_should_not_decode_invalid_escaped_characters) {
   string_parse_fail("\"\\q\"");  // \q is not a valid escape sequence
 }