diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index d6c4cb6afeb30..a0b6c85424620 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -17175,31 +17175,14 @@ namespace ts {
                 const minLength = elementCount - (hasRestElement ? 1 : 0);
                 // If array literal is actually a destructuring pattern, mark it as an implied type. We do this such
                 // that we get the same behavior for "var [x, y] = []" and "[x, y] = []".
+                let tupleResult: Type | undefined;
                 if (inDestructuringPattern && minLength > 0) {
                     const type = cloneTypeReference(<TypeReference>createTupleType(elementTypes, minLength, hasRestElement));
                     type.pattern = node;
                     return type;
                 }
-                if (contextualType && contextualTypeIsTupleLikeType(contextualType)) {
-                    const pattern = contextualType.pattern;
-                    // If array literal is contextually typed by a binding pattern or an assignment pattern, pad the resulting
-                    // tuple type with the corresponding binding or assignment element types to make the lengths equal.
-                    if (!hasRestElement && pattern && (pattern.kind === SyntaxKind.ArrayBindingPattern || pattern.kind === SyntaxKind.ArrayLiteralExpression)) {
-                        const patternElements = (<BindingPattern | ArrayLiteralExpression>pattern).elements;
-                        for (let i = elementCount; i < patternElements.length; i++) {
-                            const e = patternElements[i];
-                            if (hasDefaultValue(e)) {
-                                elementTypes.push((<TypeReference>contextualType).typeArguments![i]);
-                            }
-                            else if (i < patternElements.length - 1 || !(e.kind === SyntaxKind.BindingElement && (<BindingElement>e).dotDotDotToken || e.kind === SyntaxKind.SpreadElement)) {
-                                if (e.kind !== SyntaxKind.OmittedExpression) {
-                                    error(e, Diagnostics.Initializer_provides_no_value_for_this_binding_element_and_the_binding_element_has_no_default_value);
-                                }
-                                elementTypes.push(strictNullChecks ? implicitNeverType : undefinedWideningType);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    return createTupleType(elementTypes, minLength, hasRestElement);
+                else if (tupleResult = getArrayLiteralTupleTypeIfApplicable(elementTypes, contextualType, hasRestElement, elementCount)) {
+                    return tupleResult;
                 }
                 else if (forceTuple) {
                     return createTupleType(elementTypes, minLength, hasRestElement);
@@ -17208,6 +17191,31 @@ namespace ts {
             return getArrayLiteralType(elementTypes, UnionReduction.Subtype);
         }
 
+        function getArrayLiteralTupleTypeIfApplicable(elementTypes: Type[], contextualType: Type | undefined, hasRestElement: boolean, elementCount = elementTypes.length) {
+            if (contextualType && contextualTypeIsTupleLikeType(contextualType)) {
+                const minLength = elementCount - (hasRestElement ? 1 : 0);
+                const pattern = contextualType.pattern;
+                // If array literal is contextually typed by a binding pattern or an assignment pattern, pad the resulting
+                // tuple type with the corresponding binding or assignment element types to make the lengths equal.
+                if (!hasRestElement && pattern && (pattern.kind === SyntaxKind.ArrayBindingPattern || pattern.kind === SyntaxKind.ArrayLiteralExpression)) {
+                    const patternElements = (<BindingPattern | ArrayLiteralExpression>pattern).elements;
+                    for (let i = elementCount; i < patternElements.length; i++) {
+                        const e = patternElements[i];
+                        if (hasDefaultValue(e)) {
+                            elementTypes.push((<TypeReference>contextualType).typeArguments![i]);
+                        }
+                        else if (i < patternElements.length - 1 || !(e.kind === SyntaxKind.BindingElement && (<BindingElement>e).dotDotDotToken || e.kind === SyntaxKind.SpreadElement)) {
+                            if (e.kind !== SyntaxKind.OmittedExpression) {
+                                error(e, Diagnostics.Initializer_provides_no_value_for_this_binding_element_and_the_binding_element_has_no_default_value);
+                            }
+                            elementTypes.push(strictNullChecks ? implicitNeverType : undefinedWideningType);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                return createTupleType(elementTypes, minLength, hasRestElement);
+            }
+        }
+
         function getArrayLiteralType(elementTypes: Type[], unionReduction = UnionReduction.Literal) {
             return createArrayType(elementTypes.length ?
                 getUnionType(elementTypes, unionReduction) :
@@ -17623,11 +17631,13 @@ namespace ts {
                         error(attributes, Diagnostics._0_are_specified_twice_The_attribute_named_0_will_be_overwritten, unescapeLeadingUnderscores(jsxChildrenPropertyName));
                     }
 
+                    const contextualType = getApparentTypeOfContextualType(openingLikeElement.attributes);
+                    const childrenContextualType = contextualType && getTypeOfPropertyOfContextualType(contextualType, jsxChildrenPropertyName);
                     // If there are children in the body of JSX element, create dummy attribute "children" with the union of children types so that it will pass the attribute checking process
                     const childrenPropSymbol = createSymbol(SymbolFlags.Property | SymbolFlags.Transient, jsxChildrenPropertyName);
                     childrenPropSymbol.type = childrenTypes.length === 1 ?
                         childrenTypes[0] :
-                        createArrayType(getUnionType(childrenTypes));
+                        (getArrayLiteralTupleTypeIfApplicable(childrenTypes, childrenContextualType, /*hasRestElement*/ false) || createArrayType(getUnionType(childrenTypes)));
                     const childPropMap = createSymbolTable();
                     childPropMap.set(jsxChildrenPropertyName, childrenPropSymbol);
                     spread = getSpreadType(spread, createAnonymousType(attributes.symbol, childPropMap, emptyArray, emptyArray, /*stringIndexInfo*/ undefined, /*numberIndexInfo*/ undefined),
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.errors.txt b/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.errors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..66078776c5f9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.errors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx(17,18): error TS2322: Type '{ children: [Element, Element, Element]; }' is not assignable to type 'Readonly<ResizablePanelProps>'.
+  Types of property 'children' are incompatible.
+    Type '[Element, Element, Element]' is not assignable to type '[ReactNode, ReactNode]'.
+      Types of property 'length' are incompatible.
+        Type '3' is not assignable to type '2'.
+
+
+==== tests/cases/conformance/jsx/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx (1 errors) ====
+    /// <reference path="/.lib/react16.d.ts" />
+    
+    import React from 'react'
+    
+    interface ResizablePanelProps {
+      children: [React.ReactNode, React.ReactNode]
+    }
+    
+    class ResizablePanel extends React.Component<
+      ResizablePanelProps, any> {}
+    
+    const test = <ResizablePanel>
+      <div />
+      <div />
+    </ResizablePanel>
+    
+    const testErr = <ResizablePanel>
+                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2322: Type '{ children: [Element, Element, Element]; }' is not assignable to type 'Readonly<ResizablePanelProps>'.
+!!! error TS2322:   Types of property 'children' are incompatible.
+!!! error TS2322:     Type '[Element, Element, Element]' is not assignable to type '[ReactNode, ReactNode]'.
+!!! error TS2322:       Types of property 'length' are incompatible.
+!!! error TS2322:         Type '3' is not assignable to type '2'.
+      <div />
+      <div />
+      <div />
+    </ResizablePanel>
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diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.js b/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a116e7ad29a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+//// [checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx]
+/// <reference path="/.lib/react16.d.ts" />
+
+import React from 'react'
+
+interface ResizablePanelProps {
+  children: [React.ReactNode, React.ReactNode]
+}
+
+class ResizablePanel extends React.Component<
+  ResizablePanelProps, any> {}
+
+const test = <ResizablePanel>
+  <div />
+  <div />
+</ResizablePanel>
+
+const testErr = <ResizablePanel>
+  <div />
+  <div />
+  <div />
+</ResizablePanel>
+
+//// [checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.js]
+"use strict";
+/// <reference path="react16.d.ts" />
+var __extends = (this && this.__extends) || (function () {
+    var extendStatics = function (d, b) {
+        extendStatics = Object.setPrototypeOf ||
+            ({ __proto__: [] } instanceof Array && function (d, b) { d.__proto__ = b; }) ||
+            function (d, b) { for (var p in b) if (b.hasOwnProperty(p)) d[p] = b[p]; };
+        return extendStatics(d, b);
+    }
+    return function (d, b) {
+        extendStatics(d, b);
+        function __() { this.constructor = d; }
+        d.prototype = b === null ? Object.create(b) : (__.prototype = b.prototype, new __());
+    };
+})();
+var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
+    return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
+};
+exports.__esModule = true;
+var react_1 = __importDefault(require("react"));
+var ResizablePanel = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
+    __extends(ResizablePanel, _super);
+    function ResizablePanel() {
+        return _super !== null && _super.apply(this, arguments) || this;
+    }
+    return ResizablePanel;
+}(react_1["default"].Component));
+var test = react_1["default"].createElement(ResizablePanel, null,
+    react_1["default"].createElement("div", null),
+    react_1["default"].createElement("div", null));
+var testErr = react_1["default"].createElement(ResizablePanel, null,
+    react_1["default"].createElement("div", null),
+    react_1["default"].createElement("div", null),
+    react_1["default"].createElement("div", null));
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.symbols b/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.symbols
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..05c7042ad1025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.symbols
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+=== tests/cases/conformance/jsx/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx ===
+/// <reference path="react16.d.ts" />
+
+import React from 'react'
+>React : Symbol(React, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 2, 6))
+
+interface ResizablePanelProps {
+>ResizablePanelProps : Symbol(ResizablePanelProps, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 2, 25))
+
+  children: [React.ReactNode, React.ReactNode]
+>children : Symbol(ResizablePanelProps.children, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 4, 31))
+>React : Symbol(React, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 2, 6))
+>ReactNode : Symbol(React.ReactNode, Decl(react16.d.ts, 216, 49))
+>React : Symbol(React, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 2, 6))
+>ReactNode : Symbol(React.ReactNode, Decl(react16.d.ts, 216, 49))
+}
+
+class ResizablePanel extends React.Component<
+>ResizablePanel : Symbol(ResizablePanel, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 6, 1))
+>React.Component : Symbol(React.Component, Decl(react16.d.ts, 345, 54), Decl(react16.d.ts, 349, 94))
+>React : Symbol(React, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 2, 6))
+>Component : Symbol(React.Component, Decl(react16.d.ts, 345, 54), Decl(react16.d.ts, 349, 94))
+
+  ResizablePanelProps, any> {}
+>ResizablePanelProps : Symbol(ResizablePanelProps, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 2, 25))
+
+const test = <ResizablePanel>
+>test : Symbol(test, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 11, 5))
+>ResizablePanel : Symbol(ResizablePanel, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 6, 1))
+
+  <div />
+>div : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.div, Decl(react16.d.ts, 2420, 114))
+
+  <div />
+>div : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.div, Decl(react16.d.ts, 2420, 114))
+
+</ResizablePanel>
+>ResizablePanel : Symbol(ResizablePanel, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 6, 1))
+
+const testErr = <ResizablePanel>
+>testErr : Symbol(testErr, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 16, 5))
+>ResizablePanel : Symbol(ResizablePanel, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 6, 1))
+
+  <div />
+>div : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.div, Decl(react16.d.ts, 2420, 114))
+
+  <div />
+>div : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.div, Decl(react16.d.ts, 2420, 114))
+
+  <div />
+>div : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.div, Decl(react16.d.ts, 2420, 114))
+
+</ResizablePanel>
+>ResizablePanel : Symbol(ResizablePanel, Decl(checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx, 6, 1))
+
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.types b/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.types
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a710c9b178775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.types
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+=== tests/cases/conformance/jsx/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx ===
+/// <reference path="react16.d.ts" />
+
+import React from 'react'
+>React : typeof React
+
+interface ResizablePanelProps {
+  children: [React.ReactNode, React.ReactNode]
+>children : [React.ReactNode, React.ReactNode]
+>React : any
+>React : any
+}
+
+class ResizablePanel extends React.Component<
+>ResizablePanel : ResizablePanel
+>React.Component : React.Component<ResizablePanelProps, any, any>
+>React : typeof React
+>Component : typeof React.Component
+
+  ResizablePanelProps, any> {}
+
+const test = <ResizablePanel>
+>test : JSX.Element
+><ResizablePanel>  <div />  <div /></ResizablePanel> : JSX.Element
+>ResizablePanel : typeof ResizablePanel
+
+  <div />
+><div /> : JSX.Element
+>div : any
+
+  <div />
+><div /> : JSX.Element
+>div : any
+
+</ResizablePanel>
+>ResizablePanel : typeof ResizablePanel
+
+const testErr = <ResizablePanel>
+>testErr : JSX.Element
+><ResizablePanel>  <div />  <div />  <div /></ResizablePanel> : JSX.Element
+>ResizablePanel : typeof ResizablePanel
+
+  <div />
+><div /> : JSX.Element
+>div : any
+
+  <div />
+><div /> : JSX.Element
+>div : any
+
+  <div />
+><div /> : JSX.Element
+>div : any
+
+</ResizablePanel>
+>ResizablePanel : typeof ResizablePanel
+
diff --git a/tests/cases/conformance/jsx/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx b/tests/cases/conformance/jsx/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..646bfebca5e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/conformance/jsx/checkJsxChildrenCanBeTupleType.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// @jsx: react
+// @strict: true
+// @esModuleInterop: true
+/// <reference path="/.lib/react16.d.ts" />
+
+import React from 'react'
+
+interface ResizablePanelProps {
+  children: [React.ReactNode, React.ReactNode]
+}
+
+class ResizablePanel extends React.Component<
+  ResizablePanelProps, any> {}
+
+const test = <ResizablePanel>
+  <div />
+  <div />
+</ResizablePanel>
+
+const testErr = <ResizablePanel>
+  <div />
+  <div />
+  <div />
+</ResizablePanel>
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