diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 01f0a2781f..9b625ea397 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@
   "devEngines": {
     "node": "8.x || 9.x"
   },
+  "jest": {
+    "testRegex": "/scripts/jest/dont-run-jest-directly\\.js$"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "npm run version-check && node ./scripts/rollup/build.js",
     "flow-coverage": "flow-coverage-report --config ./.flowcoverage",
diff --git a/scripts/jest/dont-run-jest-directly.js b/scripts/jest/dont-run-jest-directly.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..672d07caec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/jest/dont-run-jest-directly.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+'use strict';
+
+throw new Error("Don't run `jest` directly. Run `yarn test` instead.");