diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd1237f2bde2..e189e4cd114d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- `[@jest/console]` Print to stderr when calling `console.error` or `console.assert` in verbose mode or using the `jest-runtime` CLI ([#8261](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8261))
 - `[expect]` Add negative equality tests for iterables ([#8260](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8260))
 - `[jest-haste-map]` Resolve fs watcher EMFILE error ([#8258](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8258))
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts b/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts
index 13bcd0e7ec23..cd109a14e0ab 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-console/src/CustomConsole.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {LogCounters, LogMessage, LogTimers, LogType} from './types';
 
 // TODO: Copied from `jest-util`. Import from it in Jest 25
-function clearLine(stream: NodeJS.WritableStream) {
-  if (process.stdout.isTTY) {
+function clearLine(stream: NodeJS.WritableStream & {isTTY?: boolean}) {
+  if (stream.isTTY) {
     stream.write('\x1b[999D\x1b[K');
   }
 }
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type Formatter = (type: LogType, message: LogMessage) => string;
 
 export default class CustomConsole extends Console {
   private _stdout: NodeJS.WritableStream;
+  private _stderr: NodeJS.WritableStream;
   private _formatBuffer: Formatter;
   private _counters: LogCounters;
   private _timers: LogTimers;
@@ -34,21 +35,27 @@ export default class CustomConsole extends Console {
   ) {
     super(stdout, stderr);
     this._stdout = stdout;
+    this._stderr = stderr;
     this._formatBuffer = formatBuffer;
     this._counters = {};
     this._timers = {};
     this._groupDepth = 0;
   }
 
-  private _logToParentConsole(message: string) {
-    super.log(message);
-  }
-
   private _log(type: LogType, message: string) {
-    clearLine(this._stdout);
-    this._logToParentConsole(
-      this._formatBuffer(type, '  '.repeat(this._groupDepth) + message),
+    const isErrorType = type === 'error' || type === 'assert';
+    const formattedMessage = this._formatBuffer(
+      type,
+      '  '.repeat(this._groupDepth) + message,
     );
+
+    if (isErrorType) {
+      clearLine(this._stderr);
+      super.error(formattedMessage);
+    } else {
+      clearLine(this._stdout);
+      super.log(formattedMessage);
+    }
   }
 
   assert(value: any, message?: string | Error) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/console.test.ts b/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/CustomConsole.test.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/console.test.ts
rename to packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/CustomConsole.test.ts
index 4b994fc6e888..feaab8083a4a 100644
--- a/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/console.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-console/src/__tests__/CustomConsole.test.ts
@@ -5,47 +5,77 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
+import {Writable} from 'stream';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import CustomConsole from '../CustomConsole';
 
 describe('CustomConsole', () => {
   let _console;
-  let _stdout = '';
+  let _stdout;
+  let _stderr;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    _console = new CustomConsole(process.stdout, process.stderr);
-    jest.spyOn(_console, '_logToParentConsole').mockImplementation(message => {
-      _stdout += message + '\n';
+    _stdout = '';
+    _stderr = '';
+
+    const stdout = new Writable({
+      write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+        _stdout += chunk.toString();
+        callback();
+      },
     });
 
-    _stdout = '';
+    const stderr = new Writable({
+      write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+        _stderr += chunk.toString();
+        callback();
+      },
+    });
+
+    _console = new CustomConsole(stdout, stderr);
+  });
+
+  describe('log', () => {
+    test('should print to stdout', () => {
+      _console.log('Hello world!');
+
+      expect(_stdout).toBe('Hello world!\n');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('error', () => {
+    test('should print to stderr', () => {
+      _console.error('Found some error!');
+
+      expect(_stderr).toBe('Found some error!\n');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('assert', () => {
     test('do not log when the assertion is truthy', () => {
       _console.assert(true);
 
-      expect(_stdout).toMatch('');
+      expect(_stderr).toMatch('');
     });
 
     test('do not log when the assertion is truthy and there is a message', () => {
       _console.assert(true, 'ok');
 
-      expect(_stdout).toMatch('');
+      expect(_stderr).toMatch('');
     });
 
     test('log the assertion error when the assertion is falsy', () => {
       _console.assert(false);
 
-      expect(_stdout).toMatch('AssertionError');
-      expect(_stdout).toMatch('false == true');
+      expect(_stderr).toMatch('AssertionError');
+      expect(_stderr).toMatch('false == true');
     });
 
     test('log the assertion error when the assertion is falsy with another message argument', () => {
       _console.assert(false, 'ok');
 
-      expect(_stdout).toMatch('AssertionError');
-      expect(_stdout).toMatch('ok');
+      expect(_stderr).toMatch('AssertionError');
+      expect(_stderr).toMatch('ok');
     });
   });