diff --git a/src/services/refactors/extractSymbol.ts b/src/services/refactors/extractSymbol.ts
index 9f0392f1014..37310c041e8 100644
--- a/src/services/refactors/extractSymbol.ts
+++ b/src/services/refactors/extractSymbol.ts
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ namespace ts.refactor.extractSymbol {
             // For understanding how skipTrivia functioned:
             Debug.assert(!positionIsSynthesized(nodeToCheck.pos), "This failure could trigger https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/20809 (2)");
 
-            if (!isStatement(nodeToCheck) && !(isExpressionNode(nodeToCheck) && isExtractableExpression(nodeToCheck))) {
+            if (!isStatement(nodeToCheck) && !(isExpressionNode(nodeToCheck) && isExtractableExpression(nodeToCheck)) && !isStringLiteralJsxAttribute(nodeToCheck)) {
                 return [createDiagnosticForNode(nodeToCheck, Messages.statementOrExpressionExpected)];
             }
 
@@ -625,13 +625,16 @@ namespace ts.refactor.extractSymbol {
         if (isStatement(node)) {
             return [node];
         }
-        else if (isExpressionNode(node)) {
+        if (isExpressionNode(node)) {
             // If our selection is the expression in an ExpressionStatement, expand
             // the selection to include the enclosing Statement (this stops us
             // from trying to care about the return value of the extracted function
             // and eliminates double semicolon insertion in certain scenarios)
             return isExpressionStatement(node.parent) ? [node.parent] : node as Expression;
         }
+        if (isStringLiteralJsxAttribute(node)) {
+            return node;
+        }
         return undefined;
     }
 
@@ -1649,7 +1652,7 @@ namespace ts.refactor.extractSymbol {
         // Unfortunately, this code takes advantage of the knowledge that the generated method
         // will use the contextual type of an expression as the return type of the extracted
         // method (and will therefore "use" all the types involved).
-        if (inGenericContext && !isReadonlyArray(targetRange.range)) {
+        if (inGenericContext && !isReadonlyArray(targetRange.range) && !isJsxAttribute(targetRange.range)) {
             const contextualType = checker.getContextualType(targetRange.range)!; // TODO: GH#18217
             recordTypeParameterUsages(contextualType);
         }
@@ -1997,6 +2000,11 @@ namespace ts.refactor.extractSymbol {
     }
 
     function isInJSXContent(node: Node) {
-        return (isJsxElement(node) || isJsxSelfClosingElement(node) || isJsxFragment(node)) && (isJsxElement(node.parent) || isJsxFragment(node.parent));
+        return isStringLiteralJsxAttribute(node) ||
+            (isJsxElement(node) || isJsxSelfClosingElement(node) || isJsxFragment(node)) && (isJsxElement(node.parent) || isJsxFragment(node.parent));
+    }
+
+    function isStringLiteralJsxAttribute(node: Node): node is StringLiteral {
+        return isStringLiteral(node) && node.parent && isJsxAttribute(node.parent);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/extract-const_jsxAttribute1.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/extract-const_jsxAttribute1.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f1962afece1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/extract-const_jsxAttribute1.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+// @jsx: preserve
+// @filename: a.tsx
+////function Foo() {
+////    return (
+////        <div>
+////            <a href=/*a*/"string"/*b*/></a>;
+////        </div>
+////    );
+////}
+
+goTo.file("a.tsx");
+goTo.select("a", "b");
+edit.applyRefactor({
+    refactorName: "Extract Symbol",
+    actionName: "constant_scope_1",
+    actionDescription: "Extract to constant in global scope",
+    newContent:
+`const /*RENAME*/newLocal = "string";
+function Foo() {
+    return (
+        <div>
+            <a href={newLocal}></a>;
+        </div>
+    );
+}`
+});
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/extract-const_jsxAttribute2.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/extract-const_jsxAttribute2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5f247c8d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/extract-const_jsxAttribute2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+// @jsx: preserve
+// @filename: a.tsx
+////function Foo() {
+////    return (
+////        <div>
+////            <a href=/*a*/"string"/*b*/></a>;
+////        </div>
+////    );
+////}
+
+goTo.file("a.tsx");
+goTo.select("a", "b");
+edit.applyRefactor({
+    refactorName: "Extract Symbol",
+    actionName: "constant_scope_0",
+    actionDescription: "Extract to constant in enclosing scope",
+    newContent:
+`function Foo() {
+    const /*RENAME*/newLocal = "string";
+    return (
+        <div>
+            <a href={newLocal}></a>;
+        </div>
+    );
+}`
+});
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/extract-const_jsxAttribute3.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/extract-const_jsxAttribute3.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3ab80428b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/extract-const_jsxAttribute3.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+// @jsx: preserve
+// @filename: a.tsx
+////declare var React: any;
+////class Foo extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
+////    render() {
+////        return (
+////            <div>
+////                <a href=/*a*/"string"/*b*/></a>;
+////            </div>
+////        );
+////    }
+////}
+
+goTo.file("a.tsx");
+goTo.select("a", "b");
+edit.applyRefactor({
+    refactorName: "Extract Symbol",
+    actionName: "constant_scope_1",
+    actionDescription: "Extract to readonly field in class 'Foo'",
+    newContent:
+`declare var React: any;
+class Foo extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
+    private readonly newProperty = "string";
+
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <div>
+                <a href={this./*RENAME*/newProperty}></a>;
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+}`
+});