diff --git a/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Emoji.java b/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Emoji.java
index d4dce1162..2cee15e22 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Emoji.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Emoji.java
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ public String smiley() {
         return resolve("emoji.smileys");
     }
 
+    public String cat() {
+        return resolve("emoji.cats");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/en/emoji.yml b/src/main/resources/en/emoji.yml
index 6f8fb166e..70803fe05 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/en/emoji.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/en/emoji.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ en:
                  "😞", "😟", "😠", "😡", "😢", "😣", "😤", "😥", "😦", "😧",
                  "😨", "😩", "😪", "😫", "😬", "😭", "😮", "😯", "😰", "😱",
                  "😲", "😳", "😴", "😵", "😶", "😷" ]
+      cats: [ "😸", "😹", "😺", "😻", "😼", "😽", "😾", "😿", "🙀" ]
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/EmojiTest.java b/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/EmojiTest.java
index c83a25bc6..05ad6a1ec 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/EmojiTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/EmojiTest.java
@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@ void smiley() {
         assertThat(faker.emoji().smiley()).isNotEmpty();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void cat() {
+        assertThat(faker.emoji().cat()).isNotEmpty();
+    }
+
 }