diff --git a/src/dev/i18n/extractors/__snapshots__/pug.test.js.snap b/src/dev/i18n/extractors/__snapshots__/pug.test.js.snap
index c95fb0d149cd03..f8d0f45db63b5a 100644
--- a/src/dev/i18n/extractors/__snapshots__/pug.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/dev/i18n/extractors/__snapshots__/pug.test.js.snap
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
-exports[`dev/i18n/extractors/pug extracts messages from pug template 1`] = `
+exports[`dev/i18n/extractors/pug extracts messages from pug template with interpolation 1`] = `
+Array [
+  "message-id",
+  Object {
+    "context": "Message context",
+    "message": "Default message",
+  },
+]
+`;
+
+exports[`dev/i18n/extractors/pug extracts messages from pug template without interpolation 1`] = `
 Array [
   "message-id",
   Object {
diff --git a/src/dev/i18n/extractors/pug.js b/src/dev/i18n/extractors/pug.js
index 61b4ba0ca866c8..0f964f308403d5 100644
--- a/src/dev/i18n/extractors/pug.js
+++ b/src/dev/i18n/extractors/pug.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { createFailError } from '../../run';
 /**
  * Matches `i18n(...)` in `#{i18n('id', { defaultMessage: 'Message text' })}`
  */
-const PUG_I18N_REGEX = /(?<=\#\{)i18n\((([^)']|'([^'\\]|\\.)*')*\)(?=\}))/g;
+const PUG_I18N_REGEX = /i18n\((([^)']|'([^'\\]|\\.)*')*)\)/g;
 
 /**
  * Example: `#{i18n('message-id', { defaultMessage: 'Message text' })}`
diff --git a/src/dev/i18n/extractors/pug.test.js b/src/dev/i18n/extractors/pug.test.js
index 7f901d1d992dbc..3bfa2a14fa7e04 100644
--- a/src/dev/i18n/extractors/pug.test.js
+++ b/src/dev/i18n/extractors/pug.test.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import { extractPugMessages } from './pug';
 
 describe('dev/i18n/extractors/pug', () => {
-  test('extracts messages from pug template', () => {
+  test('extracts messages from pug template with interpolation', () => {
     const source = Buffer.from(`\
 #{i18n('message-id', { defaultMessage: 'Default message', context: 'Message context' })}
 `);
@@ -29,9 +29,18 @@ describe('dev/i18n/extractors/pug', () => {
     expect(messageObject).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
+  test('extracts messages from pug template without interpolation', () => {
+    const source = Buffer.from(`\
+.kibanaWelcomeText(data-error-message=i18n('message-id', { defaultMessage: 'Default message', context: 'Message context' }))
+`);
+    const [messageObject] = extractPugMessages(source);
+
+    expect(messageObject).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
   test('throws on empty id', () => {
     const source = Buffer.from(`\
-#{i18n('', { defaultMessage: 'Default message', context: 'Message context' })}
+h1= i18n('', { defaultMessage: 'Default message', context: 'Message context' })
 `);
 
     expect(() => extractPugMessages(source).next()).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();