diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e3c54bfc8..7269e25e8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Babel Changelog
 ===============
 
+Version 2.10.0
+--------------
+
+Improvements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Support for javascript template strings
+
 Version 2.9.1
 -------------
 
diff --git a/babel/__init__.py b/babel/__init__.py
index 3e20e4bd1..edfe10c2f 100644
--- a/babel/__init__.py
+++ b/babel/__init__.py
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
     negotiate_locale, parse_locale, get_locale_identifier
 
 
-__version__ = '2.9.1'
+__version__ = '2.10.0'
diff --git a/babel/messages/extract.py b/babel/messages/extract.py
index 64497762c..f9c2c95ff 100644
--- a/babel/messages/extract.py
+++ b/babel/messages/extract.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
 
+import io
 import os
 from os.path import relpath
 import sys
@@ -521,8 +522,10 @@ def extract_javascript(fileobj, keywords, comment_tags, options):
     :param options: a dictionary of additional options (optional)
                     Supported options are:
                     * `jsx` -- set to false to disable JSX/E4X support.
-                    * `template_string` -- set to false to disable ES6
-                                           template string support.
+                    * `template_string` -- if `True`, supports gettext(`key`)
+                    * `parse_template_string` -- if `True` will parse the
+                                                 contents of javascript
+                                                 template strings.
     """
     from babel.messages.jslexer import Token, tokenize, unquote_string
     funcname = message_lineno = None
@@ -551,7 +554,11 @@ def extract_javascript(fileobj, keywords, comment_tags, options):
             call_stack = 0
             token = Token('operator', ')', token.lineno)
 
-        if token.type == 'operator' and token.value == '(':
+        if options.get('parse_template_string') and not funcname and token.type == 'template_string':
+            for item in parse_template_string(token.value, fileobj, keywords, comment_tags, options):
+                yield item
+
+        elif token.type == 'operator' and token.value == '(':
             if funcname:
                 message_lineno = token.lineno
                 call_stack += 1
@@ -643,3 +650,43 @@ def extract_javascript(fileobj, keywords, comment_tags, options):
             funcname = token.value
 
         last_token = token
+
+
+def parse_template_string(template_string, fileobj, keywords, comment_tags, options):
+
+    prev_character = None
+    level = 0
+    inside_str = False
+    expression_contents = ''
+
+    for character in template_string[1:-1]:
+
+        if not inside_str and character in ('"', "'", '`'):
+            inside_str = character
+        elif inside_str == character and prev_character != r'\\':
+            inside_str = False
+
+        if level:
+            expression_contents += character
+
+        if not inside_str:
+
+            if character == '{' and prev_character == '$':
+                level += 1
+
+            elif level and character == '}':
+
+                level -= 1
+
+                if level == 0 and expression_contents:
+
+                    expression_contents = expression_contents[0:-1]
+
+                    fake_file_obj = io.BytesIO(expression_contents.encode())
+
+                    for item in extract_javascript(fake_file_obj, keywords, comment_tags, options):
+                        yield item
+
+                    expression_contents = ''
+
+        prev_character = character
diff --git a/babel/messages/jslexer.py b/babel/messages/jslexer.py
index c57b1213f..a10869558 100644
--- a/babel/messages/jslexer.py
+++ b/babel/messages/jslexer.py
@@ -25,7 +25,57 @@
 name_re = re.compile(r'[\w$_][\w\d$_]*', re.UNICODE)
 dotted_name_re = re.compile(r'[\w$_][\w\d$_.]*[\w\d$_.]', re.UNICODE)
 division_re = re.compile(r'/=?')
-regex_re = re.compile(r'/(?:[^/\\]*(?:\\.[^/\\]*)*)/[a-zA-Z]*', re.DOTALL)
+
+regex_re = re.compile(
+    r'''
+
+        # Opening slash of the regex
+        /
+
+        (?:
+
+            # 1) Blackslashed character
+            #
+            # Match a backslash `\` and then it's following character, allowing
+            # to blackslash the `/` for example.
+            (?:\\.)?
+
+            |
+
+            # 2) Regex character class `[a-z]`
+            #
+            # Match regex character class, like `[a-z]`. Inside a character
+            # class, a `/` character may appear, which does not close the
+            # regex. Therefore we allow it here inside a character class.
+            \[
+                (?:
+                    [^\]]*
+                    |
+                    \\\]
+                )*
+            \]
+
+            |
+
+            # 3) Other characters
+            #
+            # Match anything except a closing slash `/`, a backslash `\`, or a
+            # opening bracket `[`. Those last two will be handled by the other
+            # matchers.
+            [^/\\\[]*
+
+        )*
+
+        # Closing slash of the regex
+        /
+
+        # regex flags
+        [a-zA-Z]*
+
+    ''',
+    re.DOTALL + re.VERBOSE
+)
+
 line_re = re.compile(r'(\r\n|\n|\r)')
 line_join_re = re.compile(r'\\' + line_re.pattern)
 uni_escape_re = re.compile(r'[a-fA-F0-9]{1,4}')