diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapterInit.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapterInit.ts
index 6e00f54eed5f..f348e9006932 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapterInit.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapterInit.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ export const initialize = async ({
   const snapshotState = new SnapshotState(snapshotPath, {
     expand: globalConfig.expand,
     prettierPath: config.prettierPath,
+    rootDir: config.rootDir,
     snapshotFormat: config.snapshotFormat,
     updateSnapshot: globalConfig.updateSnapshot,
   });
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/setup_jest_globals.ts b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/setup_jest_globals.ts
index 1a8cec06c940..add4a72f4c7a 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/setup_jest_globals.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/setup_jest_globals.ts
@@ -104,12 +104,13 @@ export default async function setupJestGlobals({
 
   patchJasmine();
   const {expand, updateSnapshot} = globalConfig;
-  const {prettierPath, snapshotFormat} = config;
+  const {prettierPath, rootDir, snapshotFormat} = config;
   const snapshotResolver = await buildSnapshotResolver(config, localRequire);
   const snapshotPath = snapshotResolver.resolveSnapshotPath(testPath);
   const snapshotState = new SnapshotState(snapshotPath, {
     expand,
     prettierPath,
+    rootDir,
     snapshotFormat,
     updateSnapshot,
   });
diff --git a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/InlineSnapshots.ts b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/InlineSnapshots.ts
index 4f1310528f47..1bc45aeac5dd 100644
--- a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/InlineSnapshots.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/InlineSnapshots.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export type InlineSnapshot = {
 
 export function saveInlineSnapshots(
   snapshots: Array<InlineSnapshot>,
+  rootDir: string,
   prettierPath: string,
 ): void {
   let prettier: Prettier | null = null;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export function saveInlineSnapshots(
     saveSnapshotsForFile(
       snapshotsByFile[sourceFilePath],
       sourceFilePath,
+      rootDir,
       prettier && semver.gte(prettier.version, '1.5.0') ? prettier : undefined,
     );
   }
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ export function saveInlineSnapshots(
 const saveSnapshotsForFile = (
   snapshots: Array<InlineSnapshot>,
   sourceFilePath: string,
+  rootDir: string,
   prettier?: Prettier,
 ) => {
   const sourceFile = fs.readFileSync(sourceFilePath, 'utf8');
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ const saveSnapshotsForFile = (
     filename: sourceFilePath,
     plugins,
     presets,
-    root: path.dirname(sourceFilePath),
+    root: rootDir,
   });
   if (!ast) {
     throw new Error(`jest-snapshot: Failed to parse ${sourceFilePath}`);
diff --git a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/State.ts b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/State.ts
index fc96a3b47add..ef424b8bfe48 100644
--- a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/State.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/State.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export type SnapshotStateOptions = {
   prettierPath: string;
   expand?: boolean;
   snapshotFormat: PrettyFormatOptions;
+  rootDir: string;
 };
 
 export type SnapshotMatchOptions = {
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export default class SnapshotState {
   private _uncheckedKeys: Set<string>;
   private _prettierPath: string;
   private _snapshotFormat: PrettyFormatOptions;
+  private _rootDir: string;
 
   added: number;
   expand: boolean;
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ export default class SnapshotState {
     this._updateSnapshot = options.updateSnapshot;
     this.updated = 0;
     this._snapshotFormat = options.snapshotFormat;
+    this._rootDir = options.rootDir;
   }
 
   markSnapshotsAsCheckedForTest(testName: string): void {
@@ -154,7 +157,11 @@ export default class SnapshotState {
         saveSnapshotFile(this._snapshotData, this._snapshotPath);
       }
       if (hasInlineSnapshots) {
-        saveInlineSnapshots(this._inlineSnapshots, this._prettierPath);
+        saveInlineSnapshots(
+          this._inlineSnapshots,
+          this._rootDir,
+          this._prettierPath,
+        );
       }
       status.saved = true;
     } else if (!hasExternalSnapshots && fs.existsSync(this._snapshotPath)) {