diff --git a/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinExpressionTypes.swift b/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinExpressionTypes.swift
index cea0452e..4378fa14 100644
--- a/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinExpressionTypes.swift
+++ b/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinExpressionTypes.swift
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ final class KotlinBinaryOperator: KotlinExpression, KotlinSingleStatementVetoing
     var lhs: KotlinExpression
     var rhs: KotlinExpression
     var mayBeSharedMutableStruct = false
+    /// The inferred result type of the operator expression, used e.g. to decide whether a statement-level
+    /// operator that produces a View (such as `Text + Text`) needs a Compose tail call.
+    var inferredType: TypeSignature = .none
 
     static func translate(expression: BinaryOperator, translator: KotlinTranslator) -> KotlinExpression {
         // Special case when assigning to _
@@ -209,6 +212,7 @@ final class KotlinBinaryOperator: KotlinExpression, KotlinSingleStatementVetoing
 
         let kexpression = KotlinBinaryOperator(expression: expression, lhs: klhs, rhs: krhs)
         kexpression.mayBeSharedMutableStruct = expression.inferredType.kotlinMayBeSharedMutableStruct(codebaseInfo: translator.codebaseInfo)
+        kexpression.inferredType = expression.inferredType.resolvingSelf(in: expression)
 
         switch expression.op.symbol {
         case "<<=", ">>=", "&=", "|=", "^=", "~=":
diff --git a/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinSwiftUITransformer.swift b/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinSwiftUITransformer.swift
index 99666b94..22907443 100644
--- a/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinSwiftUITransformer.swift
+++ b/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinSwiftUITransformer.swift
@@ -720,6 +720,22 @@ private final class TranslateVisitor {
                 } else {
                     return .recurse(nil)
                 }
+            } else if let binaryOperator = node as? KotlinBinaryOperator {
+                var parent = node.parent
+                if parent is KotlinSRef {
+                    parent = parent?.parent
+                }
+                // A statement-level operator expression that evaluates to a View — most notably
+                // `Text + Text` concatenation — is built into the TupleView like any other view and
+                // must get a Compose tail call. Wrap it in parentheses so `.Compose` applies to the
+                // whole operator result rather than binding to its right-hand operand.
+                if let expressionStatement = parent as? KotlinExpressionStatement, !isInAssignmentExpression(expressionStatement, in: codeBlock),
+                    isSwiftUIType(named: "View", type: binaryOperator.inferredType, codebaseInfo: translator.codebaseInfo) {
+                    addComposeTailCall(to: KotlinParenthesized(content: binaryOperator), statement: expressionStatement)
+                    return .skip
+                } else {
+                    return .recurse(nil)
+                }
             } else {
                 return .recurse(nil)
             }
diff --git a/Tests/SkipSyntaxTests/SwiftUITests.swift b/Tests/SkipSyntaxTests/SwiftUITests.swift
index 290697dc..d1174697 100644
--- a/Tests/SkipSyntaxTests/SwiftUITests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SkipSyntaxTests/SwiftUITests.swift
@@ -2884,4 +2884,46 @@ final class SwiftUITests: XCTestCase {
         }
         """)
     }
+
+    func testViewProducingOperatorTailCall() async throws {
+        // A statement-level operator expression that evaluates to a View (e.g. `Text + Text`
+        // concatenation) must get a Compose tail call, wrapped in parentheses so `.Compose`
+        // applies to the whole operator result rather than its right-hand operand.
+        let supportingSwift = baseSupportingSwift + """
+        extension Text {
+            // SKIP DECLARE: operator fun plus(other: Text): Text
+            func plus(other: Text) -> Text {
+            }
+        }
+        """
+
+        try await check(supportingSwift: supportingSwift, swift: """
+        import SwiftUI
+        func f() {
+            VStack {
+                Text("a") + Text("b")
+            }
+        }
+        """, kotlin: """
+        import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+        import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+        import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+        import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+        import androidx.compose.runtime.saveable.Saver
+        import androidx.compose.runtime.saveable.rememberSaveable
+        import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+
+        import skip.ui.*
+        import skip.foundation.*
+        import skip.model.*
+        internal fun f() {
+            VStack { ->
+                ComposeBuilder { composectx: ComposeContext ->
+                    (Text("a") + Text("b")).Compose(composectx)
+                    ComposeResult.ok
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        """)
+    }
 }