diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/TestPathPatterns.ts b/packages/jest-util/src/TestPathPatterns.ts
index 2770b8728b8d..587c13c24901 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/TestPathPatterns.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/TestPathPatterns.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {replacePathSepForRegex} from 'jest-regex-util';
 
-type PatternsFullConfig = Pick<Config.GlobalConfig, 'testPathPatterns'>;
+type PatternsConfig = Pick<Config.GlobalConfig, 'rootDir'>;
+type PatternsFullConfig = PatternsConfig &
+  Pick<Config.GlobalConfig, 'testPathPatterns'>;
 
 export default class TestPathPatterns {
   readonly patterns: Array<string>;
 
   private _regexString: string | null = null;
 
-  constructor(patterns: Array<string>);
+  constructor(patterns: Array<string>, config?: PatternsConfig);
   constructor(config: PatternsFullConfig);
   constructor(patternsOrConfig: Array<string> | PatternsFullConfig) {
     let patterns;
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/TestPathPatterns.test.ts b/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/TestPathPatterns.test.ts
index b5be21943629..0ecdb932393e 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/TestPathPatterns.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/__tests__/TestPathPatterns.test.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ describe('TestPathPatterns', () => {
       expect(testPathPatterns.isMatch('/a/b/c/d')).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it('returns true for explicit relative path', () => {
+      const testPathPatterns = new TestPathPatterns(['./b/c']);
+      expect(testPathPatterns.isMatch('/a/b/c')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
     it('returns true for partial file match', () => {
       const testPathPatterns = new TestPathPatterns(['aaa']);
       expect(testPathPatterns.isMatch('/foo/..aaa..')).toBe(true);
@@ -102,6 +107,21 @@ describe('TestPathPatterns', () => {
       expect(testPathPatterns.isMatch('/foo/bc')).toBe(false);
     });
 
+    it('returns true only if matches relative path', () => {
+      const testPathPatterns = new TestPathPatterns(['home'], {
+        rootDir: '/home/myuser/',
+      });
+      expect(testPathPatterns.isMatch('/home/myuser/LoginPage.js')).toBe(false);
+      expect(testPathPatterns.isMatch('/home/myuser/HomePage.js')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('matches absolute paths regardless of rootDir', () => {
+      const testPathPatterns = new TestPathPatterns(['/a/b'], {
+        rootDir: '/foo/bar',
+      });
+      expect(testPathPatterns.isMatch('/a/b')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
     it('returns true if match any paths', () => {
       const testPathPatterns = new TestPathPatterns(['a/b', 'c/d']);