diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a386a795440..821fecb28ca5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 - `[jest-environment-node]` Implement `compileFunction` ([#9140](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/9140))
 - `[@jest/fake-timers]` Add Lolex as implementation of fake timers ([#8897](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8897))
 - `[jest-get-type]` Add `BigInt` support. ([#8382](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8382))
+- `[jest-haste-map]` Enable crawling for symlinked test files ([#9350](https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/9350))
 - `[jest-matcher-utils]` Add `BigInt` support to `ensureNumbers` `ensureActualIsNumber`, `ensureExpectedIsNumber` ([#8382](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8382))
 - `[jest-reporters]` Export utils for path formatting ([#9162](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/9162))
 - `[jest-runner]` Warn if a worker had to be force exited ([#8206](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8206))
diff --git a/e2e/Utils.ts b/e2e/Utils.ts
index a98e2e6bca39..f294fbb09138 100644
--- a/e2e/Utils.ts
+++ b/e2e/Utils.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,25 @@ export const writeFiles = (
   });
 };
 
+export const writeSymlinks = (
+  directory: string,
+  symlinks: {[existingFile: string]: string},
+) => {
+  createDirectory(directory);
+  Object.keys(symlinks).forEach(fileOrPath => {
+    const symLinkPath = symlinks[fileOrPath];
+    const dirname = path.dirname(symLinkPath);
+
+    if (dirname !== '/') {
+      createDirectory(path.join(directory, dirname));
+    }
+    fs.symlinkSync(
+      path.resolve(directory, ...fileOrPath.split('/')),
+      path.resolve(directory, ...symLinkPath.split('/')),
+    );
+  });
+};
+
 const NUMBER_OF_TESTS_TO_FORCE_USING_WORKERS = 25;
 /**
  * Forces Jest to use workers by generating many test files to run.
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/crawlSymlinks.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/crawlSymlinks.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a6477863468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/crawlSymlinks.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import {tmpdir} from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import {writeFiles, writeSymlinks} from '../Utils';
+import runJest from '../runJest';
+const DIR = path.resolve(tmpdir(), 'crawl-symlinks-test');
+
+test('Node crawler picks up symlinked files', () => {
+  if (fs.existsSync(DIR)) {
+    fs.rmdirSync(DIR, {recursive: true});
+  }
+
+  writeFiles(DIR, {
+    'package.json': `
+            {
+              "jest": {
+                "testMatch": ["<rootDir>/test-files/test.js"]
+              }
+            }
+          `,
+    'symlinked-files/test.js': `
+            test('1+1', () => {
+              expect(1).toBe(1);
+            });
+          `,
+  });
+
+  writeSymlinks(DIR, {
+    'symlinked-files/test.js': 'test-files/test.js',
+  });
+
+  const {stdout, stderr, exitCode} = runJest(DIR, ['--no-watchman']);
+  expect(stderr).toContain('Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total');
+  expect(stdout).toEqual('');
+  expect(exitCode).toEqual(0);
+});
diff --git a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/__tests__/node.test.js b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/__tests__/node.test.js
index 69d3c3d6ca73..97e7094bdebf 100644
--- a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/__tests__/node.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/__tests__/node.test.js
@@ -118,8 +118,13 @@ describe('node crawler', () => {
       expect(childProcess.spawn).lastCalledWith('find', [
         '/project/fruits',
         '/project/vegtables',
+        '(',
         '-type',
         'f',
+        '-o',
+        '-type',
+        'l',
+        ')',
         '(',
         '-iname',
         '*.js',
diff --git a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.ts b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.ts
index 6e6b6b5d4c9d..13c13a0511c2 100644
--- a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.ts
@@ -48,13 +48,32 @@ function find(
         fs.lstat(file, (err, stat) => {
           activeCalls--;
 
-          if (!err && stat && !stat.isSymbolicLink()) {
-            if (stat.isDirectory()) {
-              search(file);
+          if (!err && stat) {
+            if (stat.isSymbolicLink()) {
+              activeCalls++;
+              fs.stat(file, (err, stat) => {
+                activeCalls--;
+                if (!err && stat) {
+                  if (stat.isFile()) {
+                    const ext = path.extname(file).substr(1);
+                    if (extensions.indexOf(ext) !== -1) {
+                      result.push([file, stat.mtime.getTime(), stat.size]);
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+
+                if (activeCalls === 0) {
+                  callback(result);
+                }
+              });
             } else {
-              const ext = path.extname(file).substr(1);
-              if (extensions.indexOf(ext) !== -1) {
-                result.push([file, stat.mtime.getTime(), stat.size]);
+              if (stat.isDirectory()) {
+                search(file);
+              } else {
+                const ext = path.extname(file).substr(1);
+                if (extensions.indexOf(ext) !== -1) {
+                  result.push([file, stat.mtime.getTime(), stat.size]);
+                }
               }
             }
           }
@@ -84,7 +103,8 @@ function findNative(
   callback: Callback,
 ): void {
   const args = Array.from(roots);
-  args.push('-type', 'f');
+  args.push('(', '-type', 'f', '-o', '-type', 'l', ')');
+
   if (extensions.length) {
     args.push('(');
   }
@@ -121,7 +141,8 @@ function findNative(
     } else {
       lines.forEach(path => {
         fs.stat(path, (err, stat) => {
-          if (!err && stat) {
+          // Filter out symlinks that describe directories
+          if (!err && stat && !stat.isDirectory()) {
             result.push([path, stat.mtime.getTime(), stat.size]);
           }
           if (--count === 0) {