diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/src/index.ts b/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/src/index.ts
index 8eaf1bca0..19bb46eb9 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/src/index.ts
@@ -232,13 +232,13 @@ export default function ({ types: t }) {
         path.node.properties
           .filter(({ key }) => copyProps.indexOf(key.name) !== -1)
           .forEach(({ key, value }, i) => {
-            if (key.name === "comment" && !t.isStringLiteral(value)) {
+            if (key.name === "comment" && !(t.isStringLiteral(value) || t.isTemplateLiteral(value))) {
               throw path
                 .get(`properties.${i}.value`)
                 .buildCodeFrameError("Only strings are supported as comments.")
             }
 
-            props[key.name] = value.value
+            props[key.name] = value.value || t.isTemplateLiteral(value) && value.quasis[0]?.value?.cooked || ``
           })
 
         collectMessage(path, file, props)
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/__snapshots__/index.ts.snap b/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/__snapshots__/index.ts.snap
index 5571ff1c3..77527941d 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/__snapshots__/index.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/__snapshots__/index.ts.snap
@@ -16,6 +16,25 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`@lingui/babel-plugin-extract-messages should extract all messages from JS files (macros) 1`] = `
 Object {
+  : Object {
+    extractedComments: Array [],
+    origin: Array [
+      Array [
+        js-with-macros.js,
+        31,
+      ],
+    ],
+  },
+  Backtick: Object {
+    extractedComments: Array [],
+    message: Message with backtick id,
+    origin: Array [
+      Array [
+        js-with-macros.js,
+        24,
+      ],
+    ],
+  },
   Description: Object {
     extractedComments: Array [
       description,
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/fixtures/js-with-macros.js b/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/fixtures/js-with-macros.js
index 607eb9c01..76411a18e 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/fixtures/js-with-macros.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-extract-messages/test/fixtures/js-with-macros.js
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ const withTId = t({
   message: "Message with id some"
 })
 
+const withTIdBacktick = t({
+  id: `Backtick`,
+  message: `Message with backtick id`
+})
+
 const id = 'message id'
 
 const withUnknownId = t({
diff --git a/packages/macro/test/js-t.ts b/packages/macro/test/js-t.ts
index a87ca7480..c5d33f597 100644
--- a/packages/macro/test/js-t.ts
+++ b/packages/macro/test/js-t.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,21 @@ export default [
         });
       `,
   },
+  {
+    name: "Support id & comment in template literal",
+    input: `
+        import { t } from '@lingui/macro'
+        const msg = t({ id: \`msgId\`, comment: \`description for translators\` })
+      `,
+    expected: `import { i18n } from "@lingui/core";
+    const msg =
+      i18n._(/*i18n*/
+        {
+          id: \`msgId\`,
+          comment: \`description for translators\`
+        });
+      `,
+  },
   {
     name: "Newlines after continuation character are removed",
     filename: "js-t-continuation-character.js",