diff --git a/src/helpers.js b/src/helpers.js
index 570bad45..5d067954 100644
--- a/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/helpers.js
@@ -260,6 +260,40 @@ function makeDefaultSort(pluralSeparator) {
   }
 }
 
+// unescape common html entities
+// code from react-18next taken from
+// https://github.com/i18next/react-i18next/blob/d3247b5c232f5d8c1a154fe5dd0090ca88c82dcf/src/unescape.js
+function unescape(text) {
+  const matchHtmlEntity =
+    /&(?:amp|#38|lt|#60|gt|#62|apos|#39|quot|#34|nbsp|#160|copy|#169|reg|#174|hellip|#8230|#x2F|#47);/g
+  const htmlEntities = {
+    '&': '&',
+    '&': '&',
+    '&lt;': '<',
+    '&#60;': '<',
+    '&gt;': '>',
+    '&#62;': '>',
+    '&apos;': "'",
+    '&#39;': "'",
+    '&quot;': '"',
+    '&#34;': '"',
+    '&nbsp;': ' ',
+    '&#160;': ' ',
+    '&copy;': '©',
+    '&#169;': '©',
+    '&reg;': '®',
+    '&#174;': '®',
+    '&hellip;': '…',
+    '&#8230;': '…',
+    '&#x2F;': '/',
+    '&#47;': '/',
+  }
+
+  const unescapeHtmlEntity = (m) => htmlEntities[m]
+
+  return text.replace(matchHtmlEntity, unescapeHtmlEntity)
+}
+
 export {
   dotPathToHash,
   mergeHashes,
@@ -268,4 +302,5 @@ export {
   getSingularForm,
   getPluralSuffixPosition,
   makeDefaultSort,
+  unescape,
 }
diff --git a/src/lexers/jsx-lexer.js b/src/lexers/jsx-lexer.js
index eba68964..0546e8a8 100644
--- a/src/lexers/jsx-lexer.js
+++ b/src/lexers/jsx-lexer.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import JavascriptLexer from './javascript-lexer.js'
 import ts from 'typescript'
+import { unescape } from '../helpers.js'
 
 export default class JsxLexer extends JavascriptLexer {
   constructor(options = {}) {
@@ -91,18 +92,6 @@ export default class JsxLexer extends JavascriptLexer {
       const entry = {}
       entry.key = getKey(tagNode)
 
-      const defaultsProp = getPropValue(tagNode, 'defaults')
-      const defaultValue =
-        defaultsProp || this.nodeToString.call(this, node, sourceText)
-
-      if (defaultValue !== '') {
-        entry.defaultValue = defaultValue
-
-        if (!entry.key) {
-          entry.key = entry.defaultValue
-        }
-      }
-
       const namespace = getPropValue(tagNode, 'ns')
       if (namespace) {
         entry.namespace = namespace
@@ -143,6 +132,22 @@ export default class JsxLexer extends JavascriptLexer {
         } else entry[property.name.text] = true
       })
 
+      const defaultsProp = getPropValue(tagNode, 'defaults')
+      let defaultValue =
+        defaultsProp || this.nodeToString.call(this, node, sourceText)
+
+      if (entry.shouldUnescape === true) {
+        defaultValue = unescape(defaultValue)
+      }
+
+      if (defaultValue !== '') {
+        entry.defaultValue = defaultValue
+
+        if (!entry.key) {
+          entry.key = entry.defaultValue
+        }
+      }
+
       return entry.key ? entry : null
     } else if (tagNode.tagName.text === 'Interpolate') {
       const entry = {}
diff --git a/test/lexers/jsx-lexer.test.js b/test/lexers/jsx-lexer.test.js
index 41cf7744..b3f4dede 100644
--- a/test/lexers/jsx-lexer.test.js
+++ b/test/lexers/jsx-lexer.test.js
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ describe('JsxLexer', () => {
         done()
       })
 
-      it('invalid interpolation gets stripped', (done) => {
+      it('strips invalid interpolation', (done) => {
         const Lexer = new JsxLexer()
         const content =
           '<Trans count={count}>before{{ key1, key2 }}after</Trans>'
@@ -379,6 +379,16 @@ describe('JsxLexer', () => {
         )
         done()
       })
+
+      it('supports the shouldUnescape options', (done) => {
+        const Lexer = new JsxLexer()
+        const content = '<Trans shouldUnescape>I&apros;m Cielquan</Trans>'
+        assert.equal(
+          Lexer.extract(content)[0].defaultValue,
+          'I&apros;m Cielquan'
+        )
+        done()
+      })
     })
   })
 })