diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/transform.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/transform.ts
index e975e10c09c..7ed6e9760fd 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/transform.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/transform.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ namespace ts {
             return (file: SourceFile) => file;
         }
 
+        function replaceIdentifiersNamedOldNameWithNewName2(context: TransformationContext) {
+            const visitor: Visitor = (node) => {
+                if (isIdentifier(node) && node.text === "oldName") {
+                    return createIdentifier("newName");
+                }
+        
+                return visitEachChild(node, visitor, context);
+            }
+            return (node: SourceFile) => visitNode(node, visitor);
+        }
+
         function transformSourceFile(sourceText: string, transformers: TransformerFactory<SourceFile>[]) {
             const transformed = transform(createSourceFile("source.ts", sourceText, ScriptTarget.ES2015), transformers);
             const printer = createPrinter({ newLine: NewLineKind.CarriageReturnLineFeed }, {
@@ -81,6 +92,18 @@ namespace ts {
             }).outputText;
         });
 
+        testBaseline("issue27854", () => {
+            return transpileModule(`oldName<{ a: string; }>\` ... \`;`, {
+                transformers: {
+                    before: [replaceIdentifiersNamedOldNameWithNewName2]
+                },
+                compilerOptions: {
+                    newLine: NewLineKind.CarriageReturnLineFeed,
+                    target: ts.ScriptTarget.Latest
+                }
+            }).outputText;
+        });
+
         testBaseline("rewrittenNamespace", () => {
             return transpileModule(`namespace Reflect { const x = 1; }`, {
                 transformers: {
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/transformApi/transformsCorrectly.issue27854.js b/tests/baselines/reference/transformApi/transformsCorrectly.issue27854.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5afec3fccae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/transformApi/transformsCorrectly.issue27854.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+newName<{
+    a: string;
+}> ` ... `;