diff --git a/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/Picker.tsx b/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/Picker.tsx
index 24cad2e6..ffdfd8fd 100644
--- a/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/Picker.tsx
+++ b/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/Picker.tsx
@@ -625,7 +625,10 @@ export default class Picker extends Component {
     if (emoji) {
       const emojiData = getEmojiData(emoji, { skinIndex: this.state.skin - 1 })
 
-      if (this.props.maxFrequentRows) {
+      if (
+        !this.props.customFrequentlyUsed?.enabled &&
+        this.props.maxFrequentRows
+      ) {
         FrequentlyUsed.add(emojiData, this.props)
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/PickerProps.ts b/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/PickerProps.ts
index 50eb7186..0ea80f93 100644
--- a/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/PickerProps.ts
+++ b/packages/emoji-mart/src/components/Picker/PickerProps.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ export default {
   custom: null,
   data: null,
   i18n: null,
+  customFrequentlyUsed: { enabled: false, values: [] },
 
   // Callbacks
   getImageURL: null,
diff --git a/packages/emoji-mart/src/config.ts b/packages/emoji-mart/src/config.ts
index 725e3a38..663f20fb 100644
--- a/packages/emoji-mart/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/emoji-mart/src/config.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ async function _init(props) {
     const category = Data.categories[categoryIndex]
 
     if (category.id == 'frequent') {
-      let { maxFrequentRows, perLine } = props
+      let { maxFrequentRows, perLine, customFrequentlyUsed } = props
 
       maxFrequentRows =
         maxFrequentRows >= 0
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ async function _init(props) {
           : PickerProps.maxFrequentRows.value
       perLine || (perLine = PickerProps.perLine.value)
 
-      category.emojis = FrequentlyUsed.get({ maxFrequentRows, perLine })
+      if (customFrequentlyUsed?.enabled)
+        category.emojis = customFrequentlyUsed.values
+      else category.emojis = FrequentlyUsed.get({ maxFrequentRows, perLine })
     }
 
     if (!category.emojis || !category.emojis.length) {