diff --git a/packages/react/src/Trans.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/Trans.test.tsx
index ab0dbd11f..a7830a737 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Trans.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Trans.test.tsx
@@ -138,6 +138,38 @@ describe("Trans component", () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it("should follow jsx semantics regarding booleans", () => {
+    expect(
+      html(
+        <Trans
+          id="unknown"
+          message={"foo <0>{0}</0> bar"}
+          values={{
+            0: false && "lol",
+          }}
+          components={{
+            0: <span />,
+          }}
+        />
+      )
+    ).toEqual("foo <span></span> bar")
+
+    expect(
+      html(
+        <Trans
+          id="unknown"
+          message={"foo <0>{0}</0> bar"}
+          values={{
+            0: "lol",
+          }}
+          components={{
+            0: <span />,
+          }}
+        />
+      )
+    ).toEqual("foo <span>lol</span> bar")
+  })
+
   it("should render default string", () => {
     expect(text(<Trans id="unknown" />)).toEqual("unknown")
 
@@ -271,6 +303,28 @@ describe("Trans component", () => {
     expect(translation).toEqual("1,00 €")
   })
 
+  it("should render plural", () => {
+    const render = (count: number) =>
+      html(
+        <Trans
+          id={"tYX0sm"}
+          message={
+            "{count, plural, =0 {Zero items} one {# item} other {# <0>A lot of them</0>}}"
+          }
+          values={{
+            count,
+          }}
+          components={{
+            0: <a href="/more" />,
+          }}
+        />
+      )
+
+    expect(render(0)).toEqual("Zero items")
+    expect(render(1)).toEqual("1 item")
+    expect(render(2)).toEqual(`2 <a href="/more">A lot of them</a>`)
+  })
+
   describe("rendering", () => {
     it("should render a text node with no wrapper element", () => {
       const txt = html(<Trans id="Some text" />)
diff --git a/packages/react/src/TransNoContext.tsx b/packages/react/src/TransNoContext.tsx
index ea39f6cab..863849158 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/TransNoContext.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/TransNoContext.tsx
@@ -58,28 +58,31 @@ export function TransNoContext(
 
   if (values) {
     /*
-      Related discussion: https://github.com/lingui/js-lingui/issues/183
+      Replace values placeholders with <INDEX /> and add values to `components`.
+      This makes them processed as JSX children and follow JSX semantics.
+
+      Related discussion: https://github.com/lingui/js-lingui/issues/1904
 
-      Values *might* contain React elements with static content.
-      They're replaced with <INDEX /> placeholders and added to `components`.
+      Another use-case is when React components directly passed as values:
 
       Example:
-      Translation: Hello {name}
+      Translation: 'Hello {name}'
       Values: { name: <strong>Jane</strong> }
 
       It'll become "Hello <0 />" with components=[<strong>Jane</strong>]
-      */
 
+      Related discussion: https://github.com/lingui/js-lingui/issues/183
+    */
     Object.keys(values).forEach((key) => {
-      const value = values[key]
-      const valueIsReactEl =
-        React.isValidElement(value) ||
-        (Array.isArray(value) && value.every(React.isValidElement))
-      if (!valueIsReactEl) return
-
       const index = Object.keys(components).length
 
-      components[index] = value
+      // simple scalars should be processed as values to be able to apply formatting
+      if (typeof values[key] === "string" || typeof values[key] === "number") {
+        return
+      }
+
+      // react components, arrays, falsy values, all should be processed as JSX children
+      components[index] = <>{values[key]}</>
       values[key] = `<${index}/>`
     })
   }