diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0dbc8210e4a..574d06ebfbcb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## master
 
+### Features
+
+- `[babel-jest]` Add support for `babel.config.js` added in Babel 7.0.0 ([#6911](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6911))
+
 ### Fixes
 
 - `[expect]` Fix variadic custom asymmetric matchers ([#6898](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6898))
diff --git a/packages/babel-jest/src/index.js b/packages/babel-jest/src/index.js
index fb0ac333249e..5484019e2f4f 100644
--- a/packages/babel-jest/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-jest/src/index.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import babelIstanbulPlugin from 'babel-plugin-istanbul';
 
 const BABELRC_FILENAME = '.babelrc';
 const BABELRC_JS_FILENAME = '.babelrc.js';
+const BABEL_CONFIG_JS_FILENAME = 'babel.config.js';
 const BABEL_CONFIG_KEY = 'babel';
 const PACKAGE_JSON = 'package.json';
 const THIS_FILE = fs.readFileSync(__filename);
@@ -45,7 +46,13 @@ const createTransformer = (options: any): Transformer => {
         cache[directory] = fs.readFileSync(configFilePath, 'utf8');
         break;
       }
-      const configJsFilePath = path.join(directory, BABELRC_JS_FILENAME);
+      let configJsFilePath = path.join(directory, BABELRC_JS_FILENAME);
+      if (fs.existsSync(configJsFilePath)) {
+        // $FlowFixMe
+        cache[directory] = JSON.stringify(require(configJsFilePath));
+        break;
+      }
+      configJsFilePath = path.join(directory, BABEL_CONFIG_JS_FILENAME);
       if (fs.existsSync(configJsFilePath)) {
         // $FlowFixMe
         cache[directory] = JSON.stringify(require(configJsFilePath));