diff --git a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
index b563bbb4fb21..412e3ba41168 100644
--- a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export default class ScriptTransformer {
         return transformer;
       }
 
-      transform = require(transformPath);
+      transform = await import(transformPath);
 
       if (!transform) {
         throw new TypeError('Jest: a transform must export something.');
diff --git a/packages/jest-transform/tsconfig.json b/packages/jest-transform/tsconfig.json
index 73d865a32cda..86498ca1e5cf 100644
--- a/packages/jest-transform/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/jest-transform/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "rootDir": "src",
     "outDir": "build"
   },
   "references": [
@@ -9,5 +8,6 @@
     {"path": "../jest-regex-util"},
     {"path": "../jest-types"},
     {"path": "../jest-util"}
-  ]
+  ],
+  "include": ["src/**/*", "package.json"], 
 }