diff --git a/TestUtils.ts b/TestUtils.ts
index ba80887bda29..1275e4ecb8eb 100644
--- a/TestUtils.ts
+++ b/TestUtils.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const DEFAULT_GLOBAL_CONFIG: Config.GlobalConfig = {
   testNamePattern: '',
   testPathPattern: '',
   testResultsProcessor: null,
+  timeout: 5000,
   updateSnapshot: 'none',
   useStderr: false,
   verbose: false,
diff --git a/docs/CLI.md b/docs/CLI.md
index 2530a940879b..d6a7a7b664cd 100644
--- a/docs/CLI.md
+++ b/docs/CLI.md
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ Lets you specify a custom test runner.
 
 Lets you specify a custom test sequencer. Please refer to the documentation of the corresponding configuration property for details.
 
+### `--timeout=<number>`
+
+Default timeout of the test case. If the value is 0 then the timeout is 1 193 days.
+
 ### `--updateSnapshot`
 
 Alias: `-u`. Use this flag to re-record every snapshot that fails during this test run. Can be used together with a test suite pattern or with `--testNamePattern` to re-record snapshots.
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/timeouts.test.ts.snap b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/timeouts.test.ts.snap
index 19ed2b0400be..2375a758ccc6 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/timeouts.test.ts.snap
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/timeouts.test.ts.snap
@@ -20,3 +20,37 @@ Snapshots:   0 total
 Time:        <<REPLACED>>
 Ran all test suites.
 `;
+
+exports[`exceeds the command line timeout 1`] = `
+Test Suites: 1 failed, 1 total
+Tests:       1 failed, 1 total
+Snapshots:   0 total
+Time:        <<REPLACED>>
+Ran all test suites.
+`;
+
+exports[`does not exceed the command line timeout 1`] = `
+PASS __tests__/a-banana.js
+  ✓ banana
+`;
+
+exports[`does not exceed the command line timeout 2`] = `
+Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
+Tests:       1 passed, 1 total
+Snapshots:   0 total
+Time:        <<REPLACED>>
+Ran all test suites.
+`;
+
+exports[`if command line timeout=0 its mean no timeout 1`] = `
+PASS __tests__/a-banana.js
+  ✓ banana
+`;
+
+exports[`if command line timeout=0 its mean no timeout 2`] = `
+Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
+Tests:       1 passed, 1 total
+Snapshots:   0 total
+Time:        <<REPLACED>>
+Ran all test suites.
+`;
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/timeouts.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/timeouts.test.ts
index 09d38e6e9d1b..b5177166c475 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/timeouts.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/timeouts.test.ts
@@ -60,3 +60,73 @@ test('does not exceed the timeout', () => {
   expect(wrap(summary)).toMatchSnapshot();
   expect(status).toBe(0);
 });
+
+test('exceeds the command line timeout', () => {
+  writeFiles(DIR, {
+    '__tests__/a-banana.js': `
+
+      test('banana', () => {
+        return new Promise(resolve => {
+          setTimeout(resolve, 1000);
+        });
+      });
+    `,
+    'package.json': '{}',
+  });
+
+  const {stderr, status} = runJest(DIR, [
+    '-w=1',
+    '--ci=false',
+    '--timeout=200',
+  ]);
+  const {rest, summary} = extractSummary(stderr);
+  expect(rest).toMatch(
+    /(jest\.setTimeout|jasmine\.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL|Exceeded timeout)/,
+  );
+  expect(wrap(summary)).toMatchSnapshot();
+  expect(status).toBe(1);
+});
+
+test('does not exceed the command line timeout', () => {
+  writeFiles(DIR, {
+    '__tests__/a-banana.js': `
+
+      test('banana', () => {
+        return new Promise(resolve => {
+          setTimeout(resolve, 200);
+        });
+      });
+    `,
+    'package.json': '{}',
+  });
+
+  const {stderr, status} = runJest(DIR, [
+    '-w=1',
+    '--ci=false',
+    '--timeout=1000',
+  ]);
+  const {rest, summary} = extractSummary(stderr);
+  expect(wrap(rest)).toMatchSnapshot();
+  expect(wrap(summary)).toMatchSnapshot();
+  expect(status).toBe(0);
+});
+
+test('if command line timeout=0 its mean no timeout', () => {
+  writeFiles(DIR, {
+    '__tests__/a-banana.js': `
+
+      test('banana', () => {
+        return new Promise(resolve => {
+          setTimeout(resolve, 6000);
+        });
+      });
+    `,
+    'package.json': '{}',
+  });
+
+  const {stderr, status} = runJest(DIR, ['-w=1', '--ci=false', '--timeout=0']);
+  const {rest, summary} = extractSummary(stderr);
+  expect(wrap(rest)).toMatchSnapshot();
+  expect(wrap(summary)).toMatchSnapshot();
+  expect(status).toBe(0);
+});
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
index 2f7c38aa0279..ec48ec359f13 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
@@ -626,6 +626,12 @@ export const options = {
     description: 'This option sets the URL for the jsdom environment.',
     type: 'string' as 'string',
   },
+  timeout: {
+    description:
+      'This option sets the default timeouts of test cases.' +
+      "If you don't want timeout set it to 0",
+    type: 'number' as 'number',
+  },
   timers: {
     description:
       'Setting this value to fake allows the use of fake timers ' +
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
index 97e22dc030da..b1e743606d30 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ const initialOptions: Config.InitialOptions = {
   testRunner: 'jasmine2',
   testSequencer: '@jest/test-sequencer',
   testURL: 'http://localhost',
+  timeout: 5000,
   timers: 'real',
   transform: {
     '^.+\\.js$': '<rootDir>/preprocessor.js',
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
index 88e557f1939e..6d721808e479 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
@@ -1562,3 +1562,19 @@ describe('displayName', () => {
     },
   );
 });
+
+describe('timeout', () => {
+  it('should return timeout value if defined', () => {
+    console.warn.mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const {options} = normalize({rootDir: '/root/', timeout: 1000}, {});
+
+    expect(options.timeout).toBe(1000);
+    expect(console.warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should return with 2^32 -1 if timeout=0', () => {
+    const {options} = normalize({rootDir: '/root/', timeout: 0}, {});
+
+    expect(options.timeout).toBe(Math.pow(2, 31) - 1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
index 337e7ab47c81..9cf7161ef9ab 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ const groupOptions = (
     testPathPattern: options.testPathPattern,
     testResultsProcessor: options.testResultsProcessor,
     testSequencer: options.testSequencer,
+    timeout: options.timeout,
     updateSnapshot: options.updateSnapshot,
     useStderr: options.useStderr,
     verbose: options.verbose,
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
index 813706ab60f2..f84424c49a9d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import VALID_CONFIG from './ValidConfig';
 const ERROR = `${BULLET}Validation Error`;
 const PRESET_EXTENSIONS = ['.json', '.js'];
 const PRESET_NAME = 'jest-preset';
+const MAX_32_BIT_SIGNED_INTEGER = Math.pow(2, 31) - 1;
 
 type AllOptions = Config.ProjectConfig & Config.GlobalConfig;
 
@@ -789,6 +790,11 @@ export default function normalize(
         value = oldOptions[key];
         break;
       }
+      case 'timeout': {
+        value =
+          oldOptions[key] === 0 ? MAX_32_BIT_SIGNED_INTEGER : oldOptions[key];
+        break;
+      }
       case 'automock':
       case 'browser':
       case 'cache':
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap b/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap
index fc4ae3ee76e0..b3aff5324245 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ exports[`prints the config object 1`] = `
     "testNamePattern": "",
     "testPathPattern": "",
     "testResultsProcessor": null,
+    "timeout": 5000,
     "updateSnapshot": "none",
     "useStderr": false,
     "verbose": false,
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts
index 1860ad51bf96..25c8db594d34 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ async function jasmine2(
   const reporter = new JasmineReporter(globalConfig, config, testPath);
   const jasmineFactory = runtime.requireInternalModule(JASMINE);
   const jasmine = jasmineFactory.create({
+    globalConfig,
     process,
     testPath,
   });
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/jasmineLight.ts b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/jasmineLight.ts
index bde9103904fb..3b2ae0f88458 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/jasmineLight.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/jasmineLight.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import Timer from './Timer';
 const create = function(createOptions: Record<string, any>): Jasmine {
   const j$ = {...createOptions} as Jasmine;
 
-  j$._DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 5000;
+  j$._DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = createOptions.globalConfig.timeout || 5000;
 
   j$.getEnv = function(options?: object) {
     const env = (j$.currentEnv_ = j$.currentEnv_ || new j$.Env(options));
diff --git a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
index b5a479c884d5..2ac8785baa01 100644
--- a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ export type InitialOptions = {
   testRunner?: string;
   testSequencer?: string;
   testURL?: string;
+  timeout?: number;
   timers?: 'real' | 'fake';
   transform?: {
     [key: string]: string;
@@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ export type GlobalConfig = {
   testPathPattern: string;
   testResultsProcessor: string | null | undefined;
   testSequencer: string;
+  timeout: number;
   updateSnapshot: SnapshotUpdateState;
   useStderr: boolean;
   verbose: boolean | null | undefined;
@@ -489,6 +491,7 @@ export type Argv = Arguments<
     testRunner: string;
     testSequencer: string;
     testURL: string;
+    timeout: number | null | undefined;
     timers: string;
     transform: string;
     transformIgnorePatterns: Array<string>;