diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/src/index.js
index e579d2a8a3..149c7f1050 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/src/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ const PARSED_PARAMS = new WeakSet();
 export default declare((api, { jsxPragma = "React" }) => {
   api.assertVersion(7);
 
+  const JSX_ANNOTATION_REGEX = /\*?\s*@jsx\s+([^\s]+)/;
+
   return {
     name: "transform-typescript",
     inherits: syntaxTypeScript,
@@ -38,6 +40,17 @@ export default declare((api, { jsxPragma = "React" }) => {
       Program(path, state: State) {
         state.programPath = path;
 
+        const { file } = state;
+
+        if (file.ast.comments) {
+          for (const comment of (file.ast.comments: Array<Object>)) {
+            const jsxMatches = JSX_ANNOTATION_REGEX.exec(comment.value);
+            if (jsxMatches) {
+              jsxPragma = jsxMatches[1];
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
         // remove type imports
         for (const stmt of path.get("body")) {
           if (t.isImportDeclaration(stmt)) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/test/fixtures/imports/elide-jsx-pragma-no/input.mjs b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/test/fixtures/imports/elide-jsx-pragma-no/input.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..450c0667d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/test/fixtures/imports/elide-jsx-pragma-no/input.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* @jsx htm */
+// Don't elide htm if a JSX element appears somewhere.
+import { htm } from "fake-jsx-package";
+<div></div>;
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/test/fixtures/imports/elide-jsx-pragma-no/options.json b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/test/fixtures/imports/elide-jsx-pragma-no/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a7f4c0405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/test/fixtures/imports/elide-jsx-pragma-no/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "plugins": [["transform-typescript", { "isTSX": true }]]
+}
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/test/fixtures/imports/elide-jsx-pragma-no/output.mjs b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/test/fixtures/imports/elide-jsx-pragma-no/output.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..450c0667d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-typescript/test/fixtures/imports/elide-jsx-pragma-no/output.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* @jsx htm */
+// Don't elide htm if a JSX element appears somewhere.
+import { htm } from "fake-jsx-package";
+<div></div>;