diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts b/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
index dc8d49a807bb..743311b9829e 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ async function runTestInternal(
 
   const transformer = new ScriptTransformer(config);
   const TestEnvironment: typeof JestEnvironment = interopRequireDefault(
-    transformer.requireAndTranspileModule(testEnvironment),
+    await transformer.requireAndTranspileModule(testEnvironment),
   ).default;
   const testFramework: TestFramework =
     process.env.JEST_CIRCUS === '1'
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.ts
index b3bb62b563c8..a0653fdb919e 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ export function run(cliArgv?: Config.Argv, cliInfo?: Array<string>) {
     maxWorkers: Math.max(os.cpus().length - 1, 1),
     watchman: globalConfig.watchman,
   }) as Promise<Context>)
-    .then(hasteMap => {
+    .then(async hasteMap => {
       const transformer = new Runtime.ScriptTransformer(config);
-      const Environment: typeof JestEnvironment = transformer.requireAndTranspileModule(
+      const Environment: typeof JestEnvironment = await transformer.requireAndTranspileModule(
         config.testEnvironment,
       );
       const environment = new Environment(config);