diff --git a/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js b/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js
index cd59296de7..92ad283487 100644
--- a/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js
+++ b/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ function hasSecureRel(node, allowReferrer, warnOnSpreadAttributes, spreadAttribu
   const relAttribute = node.attributes[relIndex];
   const value = getStringFromValue(relAttribute.value);
   const tags = value && typeof value === 'string' && value.toLowerCase().split(' ');
-  return tags && (allowReferrer ? tags.indexOf('noopener') >= 0 : tags.indexOf('noreferrer') >= 0);
+  const noreferrer = tags && tags.indexOf('noreferrer') >= 0;
+  return (allowReferrer ? noreferrer || (tags && tags.indexOf('noopener') >= 0) : noreferrer);
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js b/tests/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js
index b845ba60dd..703168aef1 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.js
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ ruleTester.run('jsx-no-target-blank', rule, {
       code: '<a href="foobar" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>',
       options: [{allowReferrer: true}]
     },
+    {
+      code: '<a href="foobar" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"></a>',
+      options: [{allowReferrer: true}]
+    },
     {
       code: '<a target={3} />'
     }
@@ -212,6 +216,12 @@ ruleTester.run('jsx-no-target-blank', rule, {
       output: '<a target={"_blank"} href="//example.com/19" rel="noreferrer"></a>',
       errors: defaultErrors
     },
+    {
+      code: '<a href="http://example.com/20" target="_blank"></a>',
+      output: '<a href="http://example.com/20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"></a>',
+      options: [{allowReferrer: true}],
+      errors: defaultErrors
+    },
     {
       code: '<a target="_blank" href={ dynamicLink }></a>',
       output: '<a target="_blank" href={ dynamicLink } rel="noreferrer"></a>',