diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ed6cd49c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = {
+    'transform': {
+      '^.+\\.(bmp|gif|jpg|jpeg|mp4|png|psd|svg|webp)$': '<rootDir>/jest/assetFileTransformer.js',
+      '.*': './jest/preprocessor.js',
+    },
+    'setupFiles': [
+      './jest/setup.js',
+    ],
+    'timers': 'fake',
+    'moduleNameMapper': {
+      '^React$': '<rootDir>/Libraries/react-native/React.js',
+    },
+    'testRegex': '/__tests__/.*-test\\.js$',
+    'testPathIgnorePatterns': [
+      '/node_modules/',
+      '<rootDir>/template',
+      'Libraries/Renderer',
+      'RNTester/e2e',
+    ],
+    'haste': {
+      'defaultPlatform': 'ios',
+      'hasteImplModulePath': '<rootDir>/jest/hasteImpl.js',
+      'providesModuleNodeModules': [
+        'react-native',
+      ],
+      'platforms': [
+        'ios',
+        'android',
+      ],
+    },
+    'modulePathIgnorePatterns': [
+      '/node_modules/(?!react|fbjs|react-native|react-transform-hmr|core-js|promise)/',
+      'node_modules/react/node_modules/fbjs/',
+      'node_modules/react/lib/ReactDOM.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/Map.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/Promise.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/fetch.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/ErrorUtils.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/URI.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/Deferred.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/PromiseMap.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/UserAgent.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/areEqual.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/base62.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/crc32.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/everyObject.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/fetchWithRetries.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/filterObject.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/flattenArray.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/forEachObject.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/isEmpty.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/removeFromArray.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/resolveImmediate.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/someObject.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/sprintf.js',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/lib/xhrSimpleDataSerializer.js',
+      'node_modules/jest-cli',
+      'node_modules/react/dist',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/.*/__mocks__/',
+      'node_modules/fbjs/node_modules/',
+    ],
+    'unmockedModulePathPatterns': [
+      'node_modules/react/',
+      'Libraries/Renderer',
+      'promise',
+      'source-map',
+      'fastpath',
+      'denodeify',
+      'fbjs',
+    ],
+    'testEnvironment': 'node',
+    'collectCoverageFrom': [
+      'Libraries/**/*.js',
+    ],
+    'coveragePathIgnorePatterns': [
+      '/__tests__/',
+      '/vendor/',
+      '<rootDir>/Libraries/react-native/',
+    ],
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 88a2ed42cf5..6778f28e379 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,86 +18,6 @@
     "jsxBracketSameLine": true,
     "parser": "flow"
   },
-  "jest": {
-    "transform": {
-      "^.+\\.(bmp|gif|jpg|jpeg|mp4|png|psd|svg|webp)$": "<rootDir>/jest/assetFileTransformer.js",
-      ".*": "./jest/preprocessor.js"
-    },
-    "setupFiles": [
-      "./jest/setup.js"
-    ],
-    "timers": "fake",
-    "moduleNameMapper": {
-      "^React$": "<rootDir>/Libraries/react-native/React.js"
-    },
-    "testRegex": "/__tests__/.*-test\\.js$",
-    "testPathIgnorePatterns": [
-      "/node_modules/",
-      "<rootDir>/template",
-      "Libraries/Renderer",
-      "RNTester/e2e"
-    ],
-    "haste": {
-      "defaultPlatform": "ios",
-      "hasteImplModulePath": "<rootDir>/jest/hasteImpl.js",
-      "providesModuleNodeModules": [
-        "react-native"
-      ],
-      "platforms": [
-        "ios",
-        "android"
-      ]
-    },
-    "modulePathIgnorePatterns": [
-      "/node_modules/(?!react|fbjs|react-native|react-transform-hmr|core-js|promise)/",
-      "node_modules/react/node_modules/fbjs/",
-      "node_modules/react/lib/ReactDOM.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/Map.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/Promise.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/fetch.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/ErrorUtils.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/URI.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/Deferred.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/PromiseMap.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/UserAgent.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/areEqual.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/base62.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/crc32.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/everyObject.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/fetchWithRetries.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/filterObject.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/flattenArray.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/forEachObject.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/isEmpty.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/removeFromArray.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/resolveImmediate.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/someObject.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/sprintf.js",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/lib/xhrSimpleDataSerializer.js",
-      "node_modules/jest-cli",
-      "node_modules/react/dist",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/.*/__mocks__/",
-      "node_modules/fbjs/node_modules/"
-    ],
-    "unmockedModulePathPatterns": [
-      "node_modules/react/",
-      "Libraries/Renderer",
-      "promise",
-      "source-map",
-      "fastpath",
-      "denodeify",
-      "fbjs"
-    ],
-    "testEnvironment": "node",
-    "collectCoverageFrom": [
-      "Libraries/**/*.js"
-    ],
-    "coveragePathIgnorePatterns": [
-      "/__tests__/",
-      "/vendor/",
-      "<rootDir>/Libraries/react-native/"
-    ]
-  },
   "jest-junit": {
     "outputDirectory": "reports/junit",
     "outputName": "js-test-results.xml"