diff --git a/integration_tests/__tests__/stack_trace_no_captureStackTrace.test.js b/integration_tests/__tests__/stack_trace_no_captureStackTrace.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f57fa7d270cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/__tests__/stack_trace_no_captureStackTrace.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+const runJest = require('../runJest');
+
+describe('Stack Trace', () => {
+  it('prints a usable stack trace even if no Error.captureStackTrace', () => {
+    const result = runJest('stack_trace_no_captureStackTrace');
+    const stderr = result.stderr.toString();
+
+    const assertErrorLines = stderr.split('\n').slice(3, 9);
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe(1);
+
+    expect(stderr).toMatch(/\s+at\sJestAssertionError\s.*/);
+
+    expect(assertErrorLines).toEqual([
+      '    expect(received).toBe(expected)',
+      '    ',
+      '    Expected value to be (using ===):',
+      '      2',
+      '    Received:',
+      '      1',
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/integration_tests/stack_trace_no_captureStackTrace/__tests__/runtime_error.test.js b/integration_tests/stack_trace_no_captureStackTrace/__tests__/runtime_error.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05ef466d94ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/stack_trace_no_captureStackTrace/__tests__/runtime_error.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+Error.captureStackTrace = undefined;
+
+test('some test', () => {
+  expect(1).toBe(2);
+});
diff --git a/integration_tests/stack_trace_no_captureStackTrace/package.json b/integration_tests/stack_trace_no_captureStackTrace/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..148788b25446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/stack_trace_no_captureStackTrace/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "jest": {
+    "testEnvironment": "node"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/jest-matchers/src/index.js b/packages/jest-matchers/src/index.js
index 4344a0f568f1..bc1397202542 100644
--- a/packages/jest-matchers/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-matchers/src/index.js
@@ -194,8 +194,11 @@ const makeThrowingMatcher = (
     try {
       result = matcher.apply(matcherContext, [actual].concat(args));
     } catch (error) {
-      // Remove this and deeper functions from the stack trace frame.
-      Error.captureStackTrace(error, throwingMatcher);
+      // Try to remove this and deeper functions from the stack trace frame.
+      // Guard for some environments (browsers) that do not support this feature.
+      if (Error.captureStackTrace) {
+        Error.captureStackTrace(error, throwingMatcher);
+      }
       throw error;
     }
 
@@ -211,8 +214,11 @@ const makeThrowingMatcher = (
       // reporter could access the actual and expected objects of the result
       // for example in order to display a custom visual diff
       error.matcherResult = result;
-      // Remove this function from the stack trace frame.
-      Error.captureStackTrace(error, throwingMatcher);
+      // Try to remove this function from the stack trace frame.
+      // Guard for some environments (browsers) that do not support this feature.
+      if (Error.captureStackTrace) {
+        Error.captureStackTrace(error, throwingMatcher);
+      }
 
       if (throws) {
         throw error;