diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index dcb741f37..ffff81f75 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -18607,6 +18607,12 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg=="
     },
+    "unorm": {
+      "version": "1.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unorm/-/unorm-1.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-b2/KCUlYZUeA7JFUuRJZPUtr4gZvBh7tavtv4fvk4+KV9pfGiR6CQAQAWl49ZpR3ts2dk4FYkP7EIgDJoiOLDA==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "unpipe": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c572180c3..9e5e51189 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
     "precommit-hook": "3.0.0",
     "string-replace-loader": "2.1.1",
     "style-loader": "0.19.0",
+    "unorm": "1.6.0",
     "webpack": "4.26.1",
     "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "3.4.1",
     "webpack-cli": "3.1.2",
diff --git a/react/features/base/util/strings.native.js b/react/features/base/util/strings.native.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..154e6df50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react/features/base/util/strings.native.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as unorm from 'unorm';
+
+/**
+ * Applies NFKC normalization to the given text.
+ * NOTE: Here we use the unorm package because the JSC version in React Native for Android crashes.
+ *
+ * @param {string} text - The text that needs to be normalized.
+ * @returns {string} - The normalized text.
+ */
+export function normalizeNFKC(text: string) {
+    return unorm.nfkc(text);
+}
diff --git a/react/features/base/util/strings.web.js b/react/features/base/util/strings.web.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e07c55893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react/features/base/util/strings.web.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// @flow
+
+/**
+ * Applies NFKC normalization to the given text.
+ *
+ * @param {string} text - The text that needs to be normalized.
+ * @returns {string} - The normalized text.
+ */
+export function normalizeNFKC(text: string) {
+    return text.normalize('NFKC');
+}
diff --git a/react/features/base/util/uri.js b/react/features/base/util/uri.js
index 197b480e7..e114adcb1 100644
--- a/react/features/base/util/uri.js
+++ b/react/features/base/util/uri.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
+import { normalizeNFKC } from './strings';
+
 /**
  * The app linking scheme.
  * TODO: This should be read from the manifest files later.
@@ -120,8 +122,8 @@ export function getBackendSafeRoomName(room: ?string): ?string {
         // But in this case we're fine goin on...
     }
 
-    // Normalize the character set
-    room = room.normalize('NFKC');
+    // Normalize the character set.
+    room = normalizeNFKC(room);
 
     // Only decoded and normalized strings can be lowercased properly.
     room = room.toLowerCase();