diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70a833a46b4b..4c862aebb7b9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - `[jest-jasmine2/jest-circus/jest-cli]` Add test.todo ([#6996](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6996))
 - `[pretty-format]` Option to not escape strings in diff messages ([#5661](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5661))
+- `[jest-haste-map]` Support for symlinks in `node_modules` ([#6993](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6993))
 - `[jest-haste-map]` Add `getFileIterator` to `HasteFS` for faster file iteration ([#7010](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7010)).
 - `[jest-worker]` [**BREAKING**] Add functionality to call a `setup` method in the worker before the first call and a `teardown` method when ending the farm ([#7014](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7014)).
 - `[jest-config]` [**BREAKING**] Set default `notifyMode` to `failure-change` ([#7024](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7024))
diff --git a/packages/jest-haste-map/package.json b/packages/jest-haste-map/package.json
index b0e5089cf015..2437c738a0a4 100644
--- a/packages/jest-haste-map/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-haste-map/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "jest-serializer": "^23.0.1",
     "jest-worker": "^23.2.0",
     "micromatch": "^2.3.11",
+    "realpath-native": "^1.0.0",
     "sane": "^3.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.js b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.js
index 8d8557457ec7..4e31f30aaf66 100644
--- a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.js
+++ b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.js
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ module.exports = function nodeCrawl(
         }
       });
       data.files = files;
+      data.links = new Map();
       resolve(data);
     };
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/watchman.js b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/watchman.js
index 027017afed3e..4e17672f547a 100644
--- a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/watchman.js
+++ b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/watchman.js
@@ -19,6 +19,21 @@ import H from '../constants';
 const watchmanURL =
   'https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/troubleshooting.html';
 
+// Matches symlinks in "node_modules" directories.
+const nodeModules = ['**/node_modules/*', '**/node_modules/@*/*'];
+const linkExpression = [
+  'allof',
+  ['type', 'l'],
+  ['anyof'].concat(
+    nodeModules.map(glob => [
+      'match',
+      glob,
+      'wholename',
+      {includedotfiles: true},
+    ]),
+  ),
+];
+
 function WatchmanError(error: Error): Error {
   error.message =
     `Watchman error: ${error.message.trim()}. Make sure watchman ` +
@@ -29,9 +44,9 @@ function WatchmanError(error: Error): Error {
 module.exports = async function watchmanCrawl(
   options: CrawlerOptions,
 ): Promise<InternalHasteMap> {
-  const fields = ['name', 'exists', 'mtime_ms'];
+  const fields = ['name', 'type', 'exists', 'mtime_ms'];
   const {data, extensions, ignore, rootDir, roots} = options;
-  const defaultWatchExpression = [
+  const fileExpression = [
     'allof',
     ['type', 'f'],
     ['anyof'].concat(extensions.map(extension => ['suffix', extension])),
@@ -93,21 +108,24 @@ module.exports = async function watchmanCrawl(
     await Promise.all(
       Array.from(rootProjectDirMappings).map(
         async ([root, directoryFilters]) => {
-          const expression = Array.from(defaultWatchExpression);
+          let expression = ['anyof', fileExpression, linkExpression];
           const glob = [];
 
           if (directoryFilters.length > 0) {
-            expression.push([
-              'anyof',
-              ...directoryFilters.map(dir => ['dirname', dir]),
-            ]);
+            expression = [
+              'allof',
+              ['anyof'].concat(directoryFilters.map(dir => ['dirname', dir])),
+              expression,
+            ];
 
             for (const directory of directoryFilters) {
+              glob.push(...nodeModules.map(glob => directory + '/' + glob));
               for (const extension of extensions) {
                 glob.push(`${directory}/**/*.${extension}`);
               }
             }
           } else {
+            glob.push(...nodeModules);
             for (const extension of extensions) {
               glob.push(`**/*.${extension}`);
             }
@@ -118,7 +136,7 @@ module.exports = async function watchmanCrawl(
             ? // Use the `since` generator if we have a clock available
               {expression, fields, since: clocks.get(relativeRoot)}
             : // Otherwise use the `glob` filter
-              {expression, fields, glob};
+              {expression, fields, glob, glob_includedotfiles: true};
 
           const response = await cmd('query', root, query);
 
@@ -139,6 +157,7 @@ module.exports = async function watchmanCrawl(
   }
 
   let files = data.files;
+  let links = data.links;
   let watchmanFiles;
   try {
     const watchmanRoots = await getWatchmanRoots(roots);
@@ -148,6 +167,7 @@ module.exports = async function watchmanCrawl(
     // files.
     if (watchmanFileResults.isFresh) {
       files = new Map();
+      links = new Map();
     }
 
     watchmanFiles = watchmanFileResults.files;
@@ -166,29 +186,38 @@ module.exports = async function watchmanCrawl(
 
     for (const fileData of response.files) {
       const filePath = fsRoot + path.sep + normalizePathSep(fileData.name);
-      const relativeFilePath = fastPath.relative(rootDir, filePath);
+      const fileName = fastPath.relative(rootDir, filePath);
 
+      const cache: Map<string, any> = fileData.type === 'f' ? files : links;
       if (!fileData.exists) {
-        files.delete(relativeFilePath);
+        cache.delete(filePath);
       } else if (!ignore(filePath)) {
         const mtime =
           typeof fileData.mtime_ms === 'number'
             ? fileData.mtime_ms
             : fileData.mtime_ms.toNumber();
+
         let sha1hex = fileData['content.sha1hex'];
         if (typeof sha1hex !== 'string' || sha1hex.length !== 40) {
           sha1hex = null;
         }
 
-        const existingFileData = data.files.get(relativeFilePath);
+        const existingFileData: any =
+          fileData.type === 'f'
+            ? data.files.get(fileName)
+            : data.links.get(fileName);
+
         if (existingFileData && existingFileData[H.MTIME] === mtime) {
-          files.set(relativeFilePath, existingFileData);
+          cache.set(fileName, existingFileData);
+        } else if (fileData.type !== 'f') {
+          // See ../constants.js
+          cache.set(fileName, [undefined, mtime]);
         } else if (
-          existingFileData &&
           sha1hex &&
+          existingFileData &&
           existingFileData[H.SHA1] === sha1hex
         ) {
-          files.set(relativeFilePath, [
+          cache.set(fileName, [
             existingFileData[0],
             mtime,
             existingFileData[2],
@@ -197,12 +226,13 @@ module.exports = async function watchmanCrawl(
           ]);
         } else {
           // See ../constants.js
-          files.set(relativeFilePath, ['', mtime, 0, [], sha1hex]);
+          cache.set(fileName, ['', mtime, 0, [], sha1hex]);
         }
       }
     }
   }
 
   data.files = files;
+  data.links = links;
   return data;
 };
diff --git a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/haste_fs.js b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/haste_fs.js
index 69df848a5975..beade8e31e95 100644
--- a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/haste_fs.js
+++ b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/haste_fs.js
@@ -8,19 +8,30 @@
  */
 
 import type {Glob, Path} from 'types/Config';
-import type {FileData} from 'types/HasteMap';
+import type {FileData, LinkData} from 'types/HasteMap';
 
 import * as fastPath from './lib/fast_path';
 import micromatch from 'micromatch';
+import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
 import H from './constants';
 
 export default class HasteFS {
   _rootDir: Path;
   _files: FileData;
+  _links: LinkData;
 
-  constructor({rootDir, files}: {rootDir: Path, files: FileData}) {
+  constructor({
+    rootDir,
+    files,
+    links,
+  }: {
+    rootDir: Path,
+    files: FileData,
+    links: LinkData,
+  }) {
     this._rootDir = rootDir;
     this._files = files;
+    this._links = links;
   }
 
   getModuleName(file: Path): ?string {
@@ -42,6 +53,17 @@ export default class HasteFS {
     return this._getFileData(file) != null;
   }
 
+  follow(file: Path): Path {
+    const link = this._links[file];
+    if (link === undefined) {
+      return file;
+    }
+    if (link[0] === undefined) {
+      link[0] = realpath(file);
+    }
+    return link[0];
+  }
+
   getAllFiles(): Array<string> {
     return Array.from(this.getFileIterator());
   }
diff --git a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/index.js b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/index.js
index 31ac05fd4e49..d0fdd735eeb2 100644
--- a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/index.js
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ class HasteMap extends EventEmitter {
           const rootDir = this._options.rootDir;
           const hasteFS = new HasteFS({
             files: hasteMap.files,
+            links: hasteMap.links,
             rootDir,
           });
           const moduleMap = new HasteModuleMap({
@@ -760,6 +761,7 @@ class HasteMap extends EventEmitter {
           eventsQueue,
           hasteFS: new HasteFS({
             files: hasteMap.files,
+            links: hasteMap.links,
             rootDir,
           }),
           moduleMap: new HasteModuleMap({
@@ -811,6 +813,7 @@ class HasteMap extends EventEmitter {
               clocks: new Map(hasteMap.clocks),
               duplicates: new Map(hasteMap.duplicates),
               files: new Map(hasteMap.files),
+              links: new Map(hasteMap.links),
               map: new Map(hasteMap.map),
               mocks: new Map(hasteMap.mocks),
             };
@@ -1006,6 +1009,7 @@ class HasteMap extends EventEmitter {
       clocks: new Map(),
       duplicates: new Map(),
       files: new Map(),
+      links: new Map(),
       map: new Map(),
       mocks: new Map(),
     };
diff --git a/types/HasteMap.js b/types/HasteMap.js
index 01865ad57790..8c69e9f64d24 100644
--- a/types/HasteMap.js
+++ b/types/HasteMap.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export type ModuleMap = _ModuleMap;
 export type SerializableModuleMap = _SerializableModuleMap;
 
 export type FileData = Map<Path, FileMetaData>;
+export type LinkData = Map<Path, LinkMetaData>;
 export type MockData = Map<string, Path>;
 export type ModuleMapData = Map<string, ModuleMapItem>;
 export type WatchmanClocks = Map<Path, string>;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export type InternalHasteMap = {|
   clocks: WatchmanClocks,
   duplicates: DuplicatesIndex,
   files: FileData,
+  links: LinkData,
   map: ModuleMapData,
   mocks: MockData,
 |};
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ export type FileMetaData = [
   /* sha1 */ ?string,
 ];
 
+export type LinkMetaData = [/* target */ ?string, /* mtime */ number];
+
 type ModuleMapItem = {[platform: string]: ModuleMetaData, __proto__: null};
 export type ModuleMetaData = [Path, /* type */ number];