diff --git a/mode-icons.el b/mode-icons.el
index c8b3de6..a9c635f 100644
--- a/mode-icons.el
+++ b/mode-icons.el
@@ -1137,7 +1137,9 @@ ACTIVE is a flag for if  the current window is active."
       (unless emojify-emojis
         (emojify-set-emoji-data))
       (let* ((emoji (ht-get emojify-emojis (nth 1 icon-spec)))
-             (image-file (expand-file-name (ht-get emoji "image") (emojify-image-dir)))
+             (image-file (expand-file-name (ht-get emoji "image") (if (fboundp 'emojify-image-dir)
+                                                                      (emojify-image-dir)
+                                                                    emojify-image-dir)))
              (image-type (intern (upcase (file-name-extension image-file)))))
         (if (not (file-exists-p image-file))
             (propertize (format "%s" mode)