diff --git a/integration-tests/__tests__/each.test.js b/integration-tests/__tests__/each.test.js
index 54e16cfda251..6e49091519be 100644
--- a/integration-tests/__tests__/each.test.js
+++ b/integration-tests/__tests__/each.test.js
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ const runJest = require('../runJest');
 const {extractSummary} = require('../Utils');
 const dir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../each');
 const SkipOnWindows = require('../../scripts/SkipOnWindows');
+const SkipOnJestCircus = require('../../scripts/SkipOnJestCircus');
 
 SkipOnWindows.suite();
+SkipOnJestCircus.suite();
 
 test('works with passing tests', () => {
   const result = runJest(dir, ['success.test.js']);
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/run_test.js b/packages/jest-runner/src/run_test.js
index 8a351610c856..e190f2e9e437 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/run_test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/run_test.js
@@ -68,8 +68,12 @@ async function runTestInternal(
 
   /* $FlowFixMe */
   const TestEnvironment = (require(testEnvironment): EnvironmentClass);
-  /* $FlowFixMe */
-  const testFramework = (require(config.testRunner): TestFramework);
+  const testFramework = ((process.env.JEST_CIRCUS === '1'
+    ? /* $FlowFixMe */
+      require('jest-circus/build/legacy_code_todo_rewrite/jest_adapter.js') // eslint-disable-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+        .default
+    : /* $FlowFixMe */
+      require(config.testRunner)): TestFramework);
   /* $FlowFixMe */
   const Runtime = (require(config.moduleLoader || 'jest-runtime'): Class<
     RuntimeClass,
diff --git a/scripts/SkipOnJestCircus.js b/scripts/SkipOnJestCircus.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4460d38dfb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/SkipOnJestCircus.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. 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.
+ *
+ * @flow
+ */
+
+/* eslint-disable jest/no-focused-tests */
+
+const SkipOnJestCircus = {
+  suite() {
+    if (process.env.JEST_CIRCUS === '1') {
+      fit('does not work on jest-circus', () => {
+        console.warn('[SKIP] Does not work on jest-circus');
+      });
+    }
+  },
+
+  test() {
+    if (process.env.JEST_CIRCUS === '1') {
+      console.warn('[SKIP] Does not work on jest-circus');
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  },
+};
+
+module.exports = SkipOnJestCircus;