diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5d058c0..ec349de 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "react-gettext-parser",
-  "version": "1.16.0",
+  "version": "1.16.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "react-gettext-parser",
-      "version": "1.16.0",
+      "version": "1.16.1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.22.10",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89584c8..8eda8ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-gettext-parser",
-  "version": "1.16.0",
+  "version": "1.16.1",
   "description": "A gettext parser for React. Spits out .pot files!",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=4.0.0",
diff --git a/src/parse.js b/src/parse.js
index 8863017..e55f082 100644
--- a/src/parse.js
+++ b/src/parse.js
@@ -370,9 +370,11 @@ export const getTraverser = (cb = noop, opts = {}) => {
         }
 
         // Extract comments for translators
-        if (Array.isArray(parent.leadingComments) === true) {
+        const leadingComments =
+          parent.leadingComments || parent.expression?.leadingComments
+        if (Array.isArray(leadingComments) === true) {
           const translatorCommentRegex = /Translators:.+/
-          const commentNode = parent.leadingComments.find(
+          const commentNode = leadingComments.find(
             (x) => translatorCommentRegex.test(x.value) === true
           )
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/Comments.tsx b/tests/fixtures/Comments.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8f218a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/Comments.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import { GetText, gettext } from 'gettext-lib'
+
+// This is a unique key word in typescript, we use this to test the parser
+type T = {
+  readonly key: string
+}
+
+const TsxComments = () => (
+  <div>
+    <GetText message="Translate me" comment="This is a comment" />
+
+    {
+      // Translators: This is also a comment
+      gettext('Translate me too')
+    }
+  </div>
+)
+
+export default TsxComments
diff --git a/tests/tests.js b/tests/tests.js
index 35f8eb8..0382293 100644
--- a/tests/tests.js
+++ b/tests/tests.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const getSource = (file) =>
   fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', file), 'utf8')
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line
-const getJson = file => require(`./fixtures/${file}`)
+const getJson = (file) => require(`./fixtures/${file}`)
 
 describe('react-gettext-parser', () => {
   describe('basic extraction', () => {
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ describe('react-gettext-parser', () => {
       )
     })
 
+    it("should extract translators' comments from .tsx files", () => {
+      const code = getSource('Comments.tsx')
+      const messages = extractMessages(code, { sourceType: TYPESCRIPT })
+
+      expect(messages[0].comments.extracted[0]).to.equal('This is a comment')
+      expect(messages[1].comments.extracted[0]).to.equal(
+        'This is also a comment'
+      )
+    })
+
     it('should do nothing when no strings are found', () => {
       const code = getSource('NoStrings.js')
       const messages = extractMessages(code)