diff --git a/src/__tests__/data/SyntheticDefaultComponent.tsx b/src/__tests__/data/SyntheticDefaultComponent.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b22cd32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/data/SyntheticDefaultComponent.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+export interface Props {
+  /** prop1 description */
+  prop1: boolean;
+  /** prop2 description */
+  prop2: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * SyntheticDefaultComponent description
+ */
+export default class SimpleComponent extends React.Component<Props> {
+  render() {
+    return <div>{this.props.prop1 && this.props.prop2}</div>;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/__tests__/parser.ts b/src/__tests__/parser.ts
index 300a8347..f9cc02da 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/parser.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/parser.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ import { check, checkComponent, fixturePath } from './testUtils';
 describe('parser', () => {
   const children = { type: 'ReactNode', required: false, description: '' };
 
+  it('should parse a react class component using synthetic default export', () => {
+    check('SyntheticDefaultComponent', {
+      SyntheticDefaultComponent: {
+        prop1: { type: 'boolean' },
+        prop2: { type: 'string' }
+      }
+    });
+  });
   it('should parse simple react class component', () => {
     check('Column', {
       Column: {