diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/print.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/print.rs
index 2afa5ec03a..f772eb6493 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/print.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/print.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::{env, fmt::Display};
 
 use soroban_env_host::xdr::{Error as XdrError, Transaction};
 
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use crate::{
     utils::{explorer_url_for_transaction, transaction_hash},
 };
 
+const TERMS: &[&str] = &["Apple_Terminal", "vscode"];
+
 pub struct Print {
     pub quiet: bool,
 }
@@ -36,6 +38,19 @@ impl Print {
         }
     }
 
+    // Some terminals like vscode's and macOS' default terminal will not render
+    // the subsequent space if the emoji codepoints size is 2; in this case,
+    // we need an additional space.
+    pub fn compute_emoji<T: Display + Sized>(&self, emoji: T) -> String {
+        if let Ok(term_program) = env::var("TERM_PROGRAM") {
+            if TERMS.contains(&term_program.as_str()) && emoji.to_string().chars().count() == 2 {
+                return format!("{emoji} ");
+            }
+        }
+
+        emoji.to_string()
+    }
+
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// Might return an error
@@ -66,14 +81,14 @@ macro_rules! create_print_functions {
             #[allow(dead_code)]
             pub fn $name<T: Display + Sized>(&self, message: T) {
                 if !self.quiet {
-                    eprint!("{} {}", $icon, message);
+                    eprint!("{} {}", self.compute_emoji($icon), message);
                 }
             }
 
             #[allow(dead_code)]
             pub fn $nameln<T: Display + Sized>(&self, message: T) {
                 if !self.quiet {
-                    eprintln!("{} {}", $icon, message);
+                    eprintln!("{} {}", self.compute_emoji($icon), message);
                 }
             }
         }