diff --git a/lib/react_on_rails/helper.rb b/lib/react_on_rails/helper.rb
index 67b404b0f..3529956cc 100644
--- a/lib/react_on_rails/helper.rb
+++ b/lib/react_on_rails/helper.rb
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ def react_component(component_name, options = {}, &block)
     #    <% end %>
     #    <%= react_helmet_app["componentHtml"] %>
     #
-    def react_component_hash(component_name, options = {})
+    def react_component_hash(component_name, options = {}, &block)
+      (options[:props] ||= {})[:children_html] = capture(&block) if block
       options[:prerender] = true
+
       internal_result = internal_react_component(component_name, options)
       server_rendered_html = internal_result[:result]["html"]
       console_script = internal_result[:result]["consoleReplayScript"]
diff --git a/spec/dummy/client/app/startup/ChildrenExample.jsx b/spec/dummy/client/app/startup/ChildrenExample.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4fc65287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/dummy/client/app/startup/ChildrenExample.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+const ComponentWithChildren = ({ children }) => (
+  <div>
+    <h1>This is component for testing passing children in from Rails</h1>
+    { children }
+  </div>
+);
+
+export default ComponentWithChildren;