diff --git a/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/SelectColumn.tsx b/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/SelectColumn.tsx
index deefaf0657b..c2e2de64205 100644
--- a/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/SelectColumn.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/SelectColumn.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export interface SelectColumnProps {
   onSelect?: (event: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
   selectVariant?: RowSelectVariant;
   /** text to display on the tooltip */
-  tooltip?: string;
+  tooltip?: React.ReactNode;
   /** other props to pass to the tooltip */
   tooltipProps?: Omit<TooltipProps, 'content'>;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/SortColumn.tsx b/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/SortColumn.tsx
index 5c51914abab..9e5945195ca 100644
--- a/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/SortColumn.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/SortColumn.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export interface SortColumnProps extends React.ButtonHTMLAttributes<HTMLButtonEl
   isSortedBy?: boolean;
   onSort?: Function;
   sortDirection?: string;
-  tooltip?: string;
+  tooltip?: React.ReactNode;
   tooltipProps?: Omit<TooltipProps, 'content'>;
   tooltipHasDefaultBehavior?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/TableText.tsx b/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/TableText.tsx
index 15cba859c31..8293160e456 100644
--- a/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/TableText.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/TableText.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export interface TableTextProps extends React.HTMLProps<HTMLDivElement> {
   /** Determines which wrapping modifier to apply to the table text */
   wrapModifier?: WrapModifier | 'wrap' | 'nowrap' | 'truncate' | 'breakWord' | 'fitContent';
   /** text to display on the tooltip */
-  tooltip?: string;
+  tooltip?: React.ReactNode;
   /** other props to pass to the tooltip */
   tooltipProps?: Omit<TooltipProps, 'content'>;
   /** callback used to create the tooltip if text is truncated */
diff --git a/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/TableTypes.tsx b/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/TableTypes.tsx
index 0111d990811..e0658d41f3e 100644
--- a/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/TableTypes.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/TableTypes.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export interface IExtra extends IExtraData {
   rowData?: IRowData;
   className?: string;
   ariaLabel?: string;
-  tooltip?: string;
+  tooltip?: React.ReactNode;
   tooltipProps?: Omit<TooltipProps, 'content'>;
   tooltipHasDefaultBehavior?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/Th.tsx b/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/Th.tsx
index d2ef2034be9..aaa07a5bcfe 100644
--- a/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/Th.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-table/src/components/Table/Th.tsx
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ const ThBase: React.FunctionComponent<ThProps> = ({
         triggerRef={cellRef as React.RefObject<any>}
         content={tooltip || (tooltip === '' && children)}
         isVisible
+        {...tooltipProps}
       />
     </>
   ) : (