diff --git a/js/src/tooltip.js b/js/src/tooltip.js
index 5fd4987b90..1ff2c4f6e0 100644
--- a/js/src/tooltip.js
+++ b/js/src/tooltip.js
@@ -605,6 +605,14 @@ const Tooltip = (($) => {
         }
       }
 
+      if (config.title && typeof config.title === 'number') {
+        config.title = config.title.toString()
+      }
+
+      if (config.content && typeof config.content === 'number') {
+        config.content = config.content.toString()
+      }
+
       Util.typeCheckConfig(
         NAME,
         config,
diff --git a/js/tests/unit/popover.js b/js/tests/unit/popover.js
index 64c8c556ac..eaa9fa0c0d 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/popover.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/popover.js
@@ -364,4 +364,22 @@ $(function () {
       })
       .modal('show')
   })
+
+  QUnit.test('should convert number to string without error for content and title', function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(2)
+    var done = assert.async()
+    var $popover = $('<a href="#">@mdo</a>')
+      .appendTo('#qunit-fixture')
+      .bootstrapPopover({
+        title: 5,
+        content: 7
+      })
+      .on('shown.bs.popover', function () {
+        assert.strictEqual($('.popover .popover-title').text(), '5')
+        assert.strictEqual($('.popover .popover-content').text(), '7')
+        done()
+      })
+
+    $popover.bootstrapPopover('show')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/js/tests/unit/tooltip.js b/js/tests/unit/tooltip.js
index e739f06a50..8cb1a6fdf1 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/tooltip.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/tooltip.js
@@ -886,4 +886,20 @@ $(function () {
 
     $el.bootstrapTooltip('hide')
   })
+
+  QUnit.test('should convert number in title to string', function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(1)
+    var done = assert.async()
+    var $el = $('<a href="#" rel="tooltip" title="7"/>')
+      .appendTo('#qunit-fixture')
+      .bootstrapTooltip('show')
+      .on('shown.bs.tooltip', function () {
+        var tooltip = $el.data('bs.tooltip')
+        var $tooltip = $(tooltip.getTipElement())
+        assert.strictEqual($tooltip.children().text(), '7')
+        done()
+      })
+
+    $el.bootstrapTooltip('show')
+  })
 })