diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6b90b39..68bc5a8d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ We also provide a suite of pre-built widgets to use in your applications: [(@doj
     - [`v` & `w`](#v--w)
         - [`v`](#v)
         - [`w`](#w)
+    - [tsx](#tsx)
     - [Writing custom widgets](#writing-custom-widgets)
         - [Public API](#public-api)
         - [The 'properties' lifecycle](#the-properties-lifecycle)
@@ -173,6 +174,51 @@ w('my-widget', properties, children);
 The example above that uses a string for the `widgetConstructor `, is taking advantage of the [widget registry](#widget-registry) functionality.
 The widget registry allows for the lazy loading of widgets.
 
+### tsx
+
+In additional to the programatic functions `v` and `w`, widget-core optionally supports the use of the `jsx` syntax known as [`tsx`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsx.html) in TypeScript.
+
+To start to use `jsx` in your project the widgets need to be named with a `.tsx` extension and some configuration is required in the project's `tsconfig.json`:
+
+Add the configuration options for `jsx`:
+
+```
+"jsx": "react",
+"jsxFactory": "tsx",
+```
+
+Include `.tsx` files in the project:
+
+```
+ "include": [
+ 	"./src/**/*.ts",
+ 	"./src/**/*.tsx"
+ ]
+```
+
+Once the project is configured, `tsx` can be used in a widget's `render` function simply by importing the `tsx` function as `import { tsx } from '@dojo/widget-core/tsx';`
+
+```tsx
+class MyWidgetWithTsx extends WidgetBase<MyProperties> {
+	protected render(): DNode {
+		const { clear, properties: { completed, count, activeCount, activeFilter } } = this;
+	
+		return (
+			<footer classes={this.classes(css.footer)}>
+				<span classes={this.classes(css.count)}>
+					<strong>{`${activeCount}`}</strong>
+					<span>{`${count}`}</span>
+				</span>
+				<TodoFilter activeFilter={activeFilter} />
+				{ completed ? ( <button onclick={clear} /> ) : ( null ) }
+			</footer>
+		);
+	}
+}
+```
+
+**Note:** Unfortunately `tsx` is not directly used within the module so will report as an unused import so would be needed to be ignored by linters.
+
 ### Writing Custom Widgets
 
 The `WidgetBase` class provides the functionality needed to create Custom Widgets.
diff --git a/src/tsx.ts b/src/tsx.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36e41b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tsx.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { v, w } from './d';
+import { Constructor, DNode } from './interfaces';
+import { WNode, VirtualDomProperties } from './interfaces';
+
+declare global {
+	namespace JSX {
+		type Element = WNode;
+		interface ElementAttributesProperty {
+			properties: {};
+		}
+		interface IntrinsicElements {
+			[key: string]: VirtualDomProperties;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export const REGISTRY_ITEM = Symbol('Identifier for an item from the Widget Registry.');
+
+export class FromRegistry<P> {
+	static type = REGISTRY_ITEM;
+	properties: P;
+	name: string;
+}
+
+export function fromRegistry<P>(tag: string): Constructor<FromRegistry<P>> {
+	return class extends FromRegistry<P> {
+		properties: P;
+		static type = REGISTRY_ITEM;
+		name = tag;
+	};
+}
+
+function spreadChildren(children: any[], child: any): any[] {
+	if (Array.isArray(child)) {
+		return child.reduce(spreadChildren, children);
+	}
+	else {
+		return [ ...children, child ];
+	}
+}
+
+export function tsx(tag: any, properties = {}, ...children: any[]): DNode {
+	children = children.reduce(spreadChildren, []);
+	properties = properties === null ? {} : properties;
+	if (typeof tag === 'string') {
+		return v(tag, properties, children);
+	}
+	else if (tag.type === REGISTRY_ITEM) {
+		const registryItem = new tag();
+		return w(registryItem.name, properties, children);
+	}
+	else {
+		return w(tag, properties, children);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/all.ts b/tests/unit/all.ts
index b6c713f1..5136c891 100644
--- a/tests/unit/all.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/all.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ import './main';
 import './diff';
 import './RegistryHandler';
 import './Injector';
+import './tsx';
diff --git a/tests/unit/testIntegration.tsx b/tests/unit/testIntegration.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1651f0dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/testIntegration.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import * as registerSuite from 'intern!object';
+import * as assert from 'intern/chai!assert';
+import { WidgetBase } from '../../src/WidgetBase';
+import { fromRegistry, registry } from '../../src/d';
+import { WidgetProperties } from '../../src/interfaces';
+import { VNode } from '@dojo/interfaces/vdom';
+import * as tsx from './../../src/tsx';
+
+registerSuite({
+	name: 'tsx',
+	'can use tsx'() {
+		interface FooProperties extends WidgetProperties {
+			hello: string;
+		}
+		class Foo extends WidgetBase<FooProperties> {
+			render() {
+				const { hello } = this.properties;
+				return (
+					<header classes={{ background: true }} >
+						<div>{ hello }</div>
+					</header>
+				);
+			}
+		}
+		class Bar extends WidgetBase<any> {
+			render() {
+				return <Foo hello='world' />;
+			}
+		}
+
+		class Qux extends WidgetBase<any> {
+			render() {
+				const LazyFoo = fromRegistry<FooProperties>('LazyFoo');
+				return <LazyFoo hello='cool' />;
+			}
+		}
+
+		const bar = new Bar();
+		const barRender = bar.__render__() as VNode;
+		const barChild = barRender.children![0];
+		assert.equal(barRender.vnodeSelector, 'header');
+		assert.equal(barChild.text, 'world');
+
+		const qux = new Qux();
+		const firstQuxRender = qux.__render__();
+		assert.equal(firstQuxRender, null);
+
+		registry.define('LazyFoo', Foo);
+		const secondQuxRender = qux.__render__() as VNode;
+		const secondQuxChild = secondQuxRender.children![0];
+		assert.equal(secondQuxRender.vnodeSelector, 'header');
+		assert.equal(secondQuxChild.text, 'cool');
+	}
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/tsx.ts b/tests/unit/tsx.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b77dfd9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/tsx.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import * as registerSuite from 'intern!object';
+import * as assert from 'intern/chai!assert';
+import { WidgetBase } from './../../src/WidgetBase';
+import { HNode, WidgetProperties, WNode } from '../../src/interfaces';
+import { tsx, fromRegistry, REGISTRY_ITEM } from '../../src/tsx';
+import { HNODE } from './../../src/d';
+
+registerSuite({
+	name: 'tsx',
+	'create a registry wrapper'() {
+		const RegistryWrapper = fromRegistry<WidgetProperties>('tag');
+		assert.strictEqual((<any> RegistryWrapper).type, REGISTRY_ITEM);
+		const registryWrapper = new RegistryWrapper();
+		assert.strictEqual(registryWrapper.name, 'tag');
+		// These will always be undefined but show the type inference of properties.
+		registryWrapper.properties = {};
+		assert.isUndefined(registryWrapper.properties.key);
+		assert.isUndefined(registryWrapper.properties.bind);
+	},
+	tsx: {
+		'tsx generate a HNode'() {
+			const node: HNode = <HNode> tsx('div', { hello: 'world' }, [ 'child' ]);
+			assert.deepEqual(node.tag, 'div');
+			assert.deepEqual(node.properties, { hello: 'world' });
+			assert.deepEqual(node.children, [ 'child' ]);
+			assert.strictEqual(node.type, HNODE);
+		},
+		'tsx generate a WNode'() {
+			const node: WNode = <WNode> tsx(WidgetBase, { hello: 'world' }, [ 'child' ]);
+			assert.deepEqual(node.widgetConstructor, WidgetBase);
+			assert.deepEqual(node.properties, { hello: 'world' });
+			assert.deepEqual(node.children, [ 'child' ]);
+		},
+		'tsx generate a WNode from a RegistryWrapper'() {
+			const RegistryWrapper = fromRegistry<WidgetProperties>('tag');
+			const node: WNode = <WNode> tsx(RegistryWrapper, { hello: 'world' }, [ 'child' ]);
+			assert.deepEqual(node.widgetConstructor, 'tag');
+			assert.deepEqual(node.properties, { hello: 'world' });
+			assert.deepEqual(node.children, [ 'child' ]);
+		},
+		'children arrays are spread correctly'() {
+			const node: HNode = <HNode> tsx('div', { hello: 'world' }, [ 'child', [ 'child-2', [ 'child-3' ] ] ]);
+			assert.deepEqual(node.tag, 'div');
+			assert.deepEqual(node.properties, { hello: 'world' });
+			assert.deepEqual(node.children, [ 'child', 'child-2', 'child-3' ]);
+			assert.strictEqual(node.type, HNODE);
+		},
+		'defaults properties to empty object'() {
+			const node: HNode = <HNode> tsx('div');
+			assert.deepEqual(node.tag, 'div');
+			assert.deepEqual(node.properties, {});
+			assert.deepEqual(node.children, []);
+			assert.strictEqual(node.type, HNODE);
+		},
+		'defaults `null` properties to empty object'() {
+			const node: HNode = <HNode> tsx('div', <any> null);
+			assert.deepEqual(node.tag, 'div');
+			assert.deepEqual(node.properties, {});
+			assert.deepEqual(node.children, []);
+			assert.strictEqual(node.type, HNODE);
+		}
+	}
+});
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 09111fb3..85031030 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 		"declaration": false,
 		"emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
 		"experimentalDecorators": true,
+		"jsx": "react",
+		"jsxFactory": "tsx",
 		"lib": [
 			"dom",
 			"es5",
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@
 	},
 	"include": [
 		"./src/**/*.ts",
+		"./src/**/*.tsx",
 		"./tests/**/*.ts",
 		"./typings/index.d.ts"
 	]