diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d26f7237dbde..b83b64e30170 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 - `[jest-worker]` Fix `jest-worker` when using pre-allocated jobs ([#7934](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7934))
 - `[jest-changed-files]` Fix `getChangedFilesFromRoots` to not return parts of the commit messages as if they were files, when the commit messages contained multiple paragraphs ([#7961](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7961))
 - `[static]` Remove console log '-' on the front page
+- `[jest-jasmine2]`: Throw explicit error when errors happen after test is considered complete ([#8005](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8005))
+- `[jest-circus]`: Throw explicit error when errors happen after test is considered complete ([#8005](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8005))
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/failures.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/failures.test.ts
index f99bed6a4938..851bb3d1a39b 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/failures.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/failures.test.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import runJest from '../runJest';
 
 const dir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../failures');
 
-const normalizeDots = text => text.replace(/\.{1,}$/gm, '.');
+const normalizeDots = (text: string) => text.replace(/\.{1,}$/gm, '.');
 
-function cleanStderr(stderr) {
+function cleanStderr(stderr: string) {
   const {rest} = extractSummary(stderr);
   return rest
     .replace(/.*(jest-jasmine2|jest-circus).*\n/g, '')
@@ -182,3 +182,12 @@ test('works with named snapshot failures', () => {
     wrap(result.substring(0, result.indexOf('Snapshot Summary'))),
   ).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
+
+test('errors after test has completed', () => {
+  const {stderr} = runJest(dir, ['errorAfterTestComplete.test.js']);
+
+  expect(stderr).toMatch(
+    /Error: Caught error after test environment was torn down/,
+  );
+  expect(stderr).toMatch(/Failed: "fail async"/);
+});
diff --git a/e2e/failures/__tests__/errorAfterTestComplete.test.js b/e2e/failures/__tests__/errorAfterTestComplete.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6bfb7dc3ae79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/failures/__tests__/errorAfterTestComplete.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @emails oncall+jsinfra
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+test('a failing test', done => {
+  setTimeout(() => done('fail async'), 5);
+  done();
+});
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts
index 7917d1356e9d..b09c21f445e0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/utils.ts
@@ -153,12 +153,17 @@ const _makeTimeoutMessage = (timeout: number, isHook: boolean) =>
 // the original values in the variables before we require any files.
 const {setTimeout, clearTimeout} = global;
 
+function checkIsError(error: any): error is Error {
+  return !!(error && (error as Error).message && (error as Error).stack);
+}
+
 export const callAsyncCircusFn = (
   fn: AsyncFn,
   testContext: TestContext | undefined,
   {isHook, timeout}: {isHook?: boolean | null; timeout: number},
 ): Promise<any> => {
   let timeoutID: NodeJS.Timeout;
+  let completed = false;
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     timeoutID = setTimeout(
@@ -170,15 +175,26 @@ export const callAsyncCircusFn = (
     // soon as `done` called.
     if (fn.length) {
       const done = (reason?: Error | string): void => {
-        const isError =
-          reason && (reason as Error).message && (reason as Error).stack;
-        return reason
-          ? reject(
-              isError
-                ? reason
-                : new Error(`Failed: ${prettyFormat(reason, {maxDepth: 3})}`),
-            )
-          : resolve();
+        let errorAsErrorObject: Error;
+
+        if (checkIsError(reason)) {
+          errorAsErrorObject = reason;
+        } else {
+          errorAsErrorObject = new Error(
+            `Failed: ${prettyFormat(reason, {maxDepth: 3})}`,
+          );
+        }
+
+        // Consider always throwing, regardless if `reason` is set or not
+        if (completed && reason) {
+          errorAsErrorObject.message =
+            'Caught error after test environment was torn down\n\n' +
+            errorAsErrorObject.message;
+
+          throw errorAsErrorObject;
+        }
+
+        return reason ? reject(errorAsErrorObject) : resolve();
       };
 
       return fn.call(testContext, done);
@@ -230,6 +246,9 @@ export const callAsyncCircusFn = (
       timeoutID.unref && timeoutID.unref();
       clearTimeout(timeoutID);
       throw error;
+    })
+    .finally(() => {
+      completed = true;
     });
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/Env.js b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/Env.js
index 49e8963980b7..c1e6b70992b0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/Env.js
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine/Env.js
@@ -586,13 +586,24 @@ export default function(j$) {
         message = check.message;
       }
 
-      currentRunnable().addExpectationResult(false, {
+      const errorAsErrorObject = checkIsError ? error : new Error(message);
+      const runnable = currentRunnable();
+
+      if (!runnable) {
+        errorAsErrorObject.message =
+          'Caught error after test environment was torn down\n\n' +
+          errorAsErrorObject.message;
+
+        throw errorAsErrorObject;
+      }
+
+      runnable.addExpectationResult(false, {
         matcherName: '',
         passed: false,
         expected: '',
         actual: '',
         message,
-        error: checkIsError ? error : new Error(message),
+        error: errorAsErrorObject,
       });
     };
   }