diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/lib/main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/lib/main.js
index 5395038e6e4c..4f556eb4512f 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/lib/main.js
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ var emojiProperty = grapheme.emojiProperty;
 * // returns -1
 */
 function prevGraphemeClusterBreak( str, fromIndex ) {
+	var regexEmojiMatching;
+	var regexEmoji;
 	var breaks;
 	var emoji;
 	var ans;
@@ -74,6 +76,17 @@ function prevGraphemeClusterBreak( str, fromIndex ) {
 	if ( !isString( str ) ) {
 		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. First argument must be a string. Value: `%s`.', str ) );
 	}
+
+	regexEmoji = /\p{Extended_Pictographic}/u;
+	regexEmojiMatching = str.match(regexEmoji);
+	if (
+		regexEmoji.test(str) && 
+	  	regexEmojiMatching && 
+    	regexEmojiMatching.length === 1
+	) {
+		str = regexEmojiMatching[0];
+	}
+
 	len = str.length;
 	if ( arguments.length > 1 ) {
 		if ( !isInteger( fromIndex ) ) {
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/test/test.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/test/test.js
index e0811d476245..b4cdd800a3ca 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/test/test.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/test/test.js
@@ -245,3 +245,12 @@ tape( 'the function returns -1 if provided an empty string', function test( t )
 
 	t.end();
 });
+
+tape( 'the function returns -1 if provided a skin tone emoji', function test( t ) {
+	var out;
+
+	out = prevGraphemeClusterBreak( '👉🏿' );
+	t.strictEqual( out, -1, 'returns expected value' );
+
+	t.end();
+});