diff --git a/packages/cli/src/extract-experimental/linguiEsbuildPlugin.ts b/packages/cli/src/extract-experimental/linguiEsbuildPlugin.ts
index b678201d8..1064a7c17 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/extract-experimental/linguiEsbuildPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/extract-experimental/linguiEsbuildPlugin.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const pluginLinguiMacro = (options: {
         ],
       })
 
-      return { contents: result.code, loader: "jsx" }
+      return { contents: result.code, loader: "tsx" }
     })
   },
 })
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/extractor-experimental/fixtures/pages/index.page.ts b/packages/cli/test/extractor-experimental/fixtures/pages/index.page.ts
index 7a39f67bf..8ddf8db66 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/extractor-experimental/fixtures/pages/index.page.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/extractor-experimental/fixtures/pages/index.page.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { t } from "@lingui/core/macro"
 import { RED } from "../constants"
 
-const msg = t`index page message`
+const msg: string = t`index page message`
 console.log(msg)
 console.log(RED)
+
+function test(input: string): void {
+  console.log("Should support TS type annotation syntax")
+}