diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0a118b441ed..8df91a3b87b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ### Features
 
+- `[@jest/core, @jest/test-sequencer]` Move `testSequencer` to individual package `@jest/test-sequencer` ([#8223](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8223))
+- `[@jest/core, jest-cli, jest-config]` Add option `testSequencer` allow user use custom sequencer. ([#8223](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8223))
+
 ### Fixes
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
diff --git a/docs/CLI.md b/docs/CLI.md
index 92b7e943441f..f6b483391f7b 100644
--- a/docs/CLI.md
+++ b/docs/CLI.md
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ An array of regexp pattern strings that is tested against all tests paths before
 
 Lets you specify a custom test runner.
 
+### `--testSequencer=<path>`
+
+Lets you specify a custom test sequencer. Please refer to the documentation of the corresponding configuration property for details.
+
 ### `--updateSnapshot`
 
 Alias: `-u`. Use this flag to re-record every snapshot that fails during this test run. Can be used together with a test suite pattern or with `--testNamePattern` to re-record snapshots.
diff --git a/docs/Configuration.md b/docs/Configuration.md
index 39801978f964..aec1b074f6d4 100644
--- a/docs/Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration.md
@@ -1018,6 +1018,31 @@ function testRunner(
 
 An example of such function can be found in our default [jasmine2 test runner package](https://github.com/facebook/jest/blob/master/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.js).
 
+### `testSequencer` [string]
+
+Default: `@jest/test-sequencer`
+
+This option allows you to use a custom sequencer instead of Jest's default.
+
+Example:
+
+Sort test path alphabetically
+
+```js
+const Sequencer = require('@jest/test-sequencer').default;
+
+class CustomSequencer extends Sequencer {
+  sort(tests) {
+    // Test structure information
+    // https://github.com/facebook/jest/blob/6b8b1404a1d9254e7d5d90a8934087a9c9899dab/packages/jest-runner/src/types.ts#L17-L21
+    const copyTests = Array.from(tests);
+    return copyTests.sort((testA, testB) => (testA.path > testB.path ? 1 : -1));
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = CustomSequencer;
+```
+
 ### `testURL` [string]
 
 Default: `http://localhost`
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/showConfig.test.ts.snap b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/showConfig.test.ts.snap
index 8b27dc1ba115..44f0f007f29a 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/showConfig.test.ts.snap
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/showConfig.test.ts.snap
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ exports[`--showConfig outputs config info and exits 1`] = `
     "testFailureExitCode": 1,
     "testPathPattern": "",
     "testResultsProcessor": null,
+    "testSequencer": "@jest/test-sequencer",
     "updateSnapshot": "all",
     "useStderr": false,
     "verbose": null,
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/customTestSequencers.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/customTestSequencers.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9cb5f039db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/customTestSequencers.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import path from 'path';
+import runJest from '../runJest';
+import {extractSummary} from '../Utils';
+const dir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../custom-test-sequencer');
+
+test('run prioritySequence first', () => {
+  const result = runJest(dir, ['-i']);
+  expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+  const sequence = extractSummary(result.stderr)
+    .rest.replace(/PASS /g, '')
+    .split('\n');
+  expect(sequence).toEqual([
+    './a.test.js',
+    './b.test.js',
+    './c.test.js',
+    './d.test.js',
+    './e.test.js',
+  ]);
+});
diff --git a/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/a.test.js b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/a.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1187e8309f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/a.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+test('a', () => {});
diff --git a/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/b.test.js b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/b.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..04e77e777bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/b.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+test('b', () => {});
diff --git a/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/c.test.js b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/c.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..332d8682ab00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/c.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+test('c', () => {});
diff --git a/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/d.test.js b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/d.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4102fe8c1925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/d.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+test('d', () => {});
diff --git a/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/e.test.js b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/e.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b4bbf07b9b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/e.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+test('e', () => {});
diff --git a/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/package.json b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80ef569e593c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "jest": {
+    "testEnvironment": "node",
+    "testSequencer": "<rootDir>/testSequencer.js"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/testSequencer.js b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/testSequencer.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4248cf62a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/custom-test-sequencer/testSequencer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+const Sequencer = require('@jest/test-sequencer').default;
+
+class CustomSequencer extends Sequencer {
+  sort(tests) {
+    const copyTests = Array.from(tests);
+    return copyTests.sort((testA, testB) => (testA.path > testB.path ? 1 : -1));
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = CustomSequencer;
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
index b98baa1791b1..4c68b6e1a9c9 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
@@ -615,6 +615,13 @@ export const options = {
       '`<rootDir>/path/to/testRunner.js`.',
     type: 'string' as 'string',
   },
+  testSequencer: {
+    description:
+      'Allows to specify a custom test sequencer. The default is ' +
+      '`@jest/test-sequencer`. A path to a custom test sequencer can be ' +
+      'provided: `<rootDir>/path/to/testSequencer.js`',
+    type: 'string' as 'string',
+  },
   testURL: {
     description: 'This option sets the URL for the jsdom environment.',
     type: 'string' as 'string',
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/package.json b/packages/jest-config/package.json
index 6492f315bc76..2d79bde69b57 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-config/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "types": "build/index.d.ts",
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.1.0",
+    "@jest/test-sequencer": "^24.6.0",
     "@jest/types": "^24.6.0",
     "babel-jest": "^24.6.0",
     "chalk": "^2.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/Defaults.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/Defaults.ts
index 15bde5d04bd2..4058e7a59f18 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/Defaults.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/Defaults.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ const defaultOptions: Config.DefaultOptions = {
   testRegex: [],
   testResultsProcessor: null,
   testRunner: 'jasmine2',
+  testSequencer: '@jest/test-sequencer',
   testURL: 'http://localhost',
   timers: 'real',
   transform: null,
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
index 6cdd558591b5..aa5ec67c747d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ const initialOptions: Config.InitialOptions = {
   ),
   testResultsProcessor: 'processor-node-module',
   testRunner: 'jasmine2',
+  testSequencer: '@jest/test-sequencer',
   testURL: 'http://localhost',
   timers: 'real',
   transform: {
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
index 45bebcafcdac..9f929864554b 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ const groupOptions = (
     testNamePattern: options.testNamePattern,
     testPathPattern: options.testPathPattern,
     testResultsProcessor: options.testResultsProcessor,
+    testSequencer: options.testSequencer,
     updateSnapshot: options.updateSnapshot,
     useStderr: options.useStderr,
     verbose: options.verbose,
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
index 819f792b188b..335b8c1e2293 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   getRunner,
   getWatchPlugin,
   resolve,
+  getSequencer,
 } from './utils';
 import {DEFAULT_JS_PATTERN, DEFAULT_REPORTER_LABEL} from './constants';
 import {validateReporters} from './ReporterValidationErrors';
@@ -588,6 +589,17 @@ export default function normalize(
             });
         }
         break;
+      case 'testSequencer':
+        {
+          const option = oldOptions[key];
+          value =
+            option &&
+            getSequencer(newOptions.resolver, {
+              filePath: option,
+              rootDir: options.rootDir,
+            });
+        }
+        break;
       case 'prettierPath':
         {
           // We only want this to throw if "prettierPath" is explicitly passed
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
index ca7c5d9d0047..3cd9f3965a51 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/utils.ts
@@ -223,3 +223,15 @@ export const isJSONString = (text?: JSONString | string): text is JSONString =>
   typeof text === 'string' &&
   text.startsWith('{') &&
   text.endsWith('}');
+
+export const getSequencer = (
+  resolver: string | undefined | null,
+  {filePath, rootDir}: {filePath: string; rootDir: Config.Path},
+) =>
+  resolveWithPrefix(resolver, {
+    filePath,
+    humanOptionName: 'Jest Sequencer',
+    optionName: 'testSequencer',
+    prefix: 'jest-sequencer-',
+    rootDir,
+  });
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/package.json b/packages/jest-core/package.json
index 1da737dca08b..34bd6e9e7990 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-core/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "strip-ansi": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@jest/test-sequencer": "^24.6.0",
     "@types/ansi-escapes": "^3.0.1",
     "@types/exit": "^0.1.30",
     "@types/graceful-fs": "^4.1.2",
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/run_jest.test.js b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/run_jest.test.js
index 3c4c6d170cbc..3293dd4fbcbc 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/run_jest.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/run_jest.test.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('runJest', () => {
     await runJest({
       changedFilesPromise: Promise.resolve({repos: {git: {size: 0}}}),
       contexts: [],
-      globalConfig: {watch: true},
+      globalConfig: {testSequencer: '@jest/test-sequencer', watch: true},
       onComplete: () => null,
       outputStream: {},
       startRun: {},
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
index fad2435d8ee0..fd88593d05e4 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
 import {CustomConsole} from '@jest/console';
-import {formatTestResults} from 'jest-util';
+import {formatTestResults, interopRequireDefault} from 'jest-util';
 import exit from 'exit';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import {JestHook, JestHookEmitter} from 'jest-watcher';
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ import {
   AggregatedResult,
   makeEmptyAggregatedTestResult,
 } from '@jest/test-result';
+import TestSequencer from '@jest/test-sequencer'; // eslint-disable-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import {ChangedFiles, ChangedFilesPromise} from 'jest-changed-files';
 import getNoTestsFoundMessage from './getNoTestsFoundMessage';
 import runGlobalHook from './runGlobalHook';
 import SearchSource from './SearchSource';
 import TestScheduler, {TestSchedulerContext} from './TestScheduler';
-import TestSequencer from './TestSequencer';
 import FailedTestsCache from './FailedTestsCache';
 import collectNodeHandles from './collectHandles';
 import TestWatcher from './TestWatcher';
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ export default (async function runJest({
   failedTestsCache?: FailedTestsCache;
   filter?: Filter;
 }) {
-  const sequencer = new TestSequencer();
+  const Sequencer: typeof TestSequencer = interopRequireDefault(
+    require(globalConfig.testSequencer),
+  ).default;
+  const sequencer = new Sequencer();
   let allTests: Array<Test> = [];
 
   if (changedFilesPromise && globalConfig.watch) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/jest-core/tsconfig.json
index 79f9f35b848b..f943dccf39d0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/jest-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     {"path": "../jest-runtime"},
     {"path": "../jest-snapshot"},
     {"path": "../jest-test-result"},
+    {"path": "../jest-test-sequencer"},
     {"path": "../jest-types"},
     {"path": "../jest-transform"},
     {"path": "../jest-util"},
diff --git a/packages/jest-test-sequencer/.npmignore b/packages/jest-test-sequencer/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85e48fe7b0a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jest-test-sequencer/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+**/__mocks__/**
+**/__tests__/**
+src
diff --git a/packages/jest-test-sequencer/package.json b/packages/jest-test-sequencer/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aec99f7bfab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jest-test-sequencer/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "name": "@jest/test-sequencer",
+  "version": "24.6.0",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/facebook/jest.git",
+    "directory": "packages/test-sequencer"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "main": "build/index.js",
+  "types": "build/index.d.ts",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@jest/test-result": "^24.6.0",
+    "jest-haste-map": "^24.6.0",
+    "jest-runner": "^24.6.0",
+    "jest-runtime": "^24.6.0"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 6"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "gitHead": "800533020f5b2f153615c821ed7cb12fd868fa6f"
+}
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/test_sequencer.test.js b/packages/jest-test-sequencer/src/__tests__/test_sequencer.test.js
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/test_sequencer.test.js
rename to packages/jest-test-sequencer/src/__tests__/test_sequencer.test.js
index 2e0c8d00f0ea..1252dc1e6e15 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/test_sequencer.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-test-sequencer/src/__tests__/test_sequencer.test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
-import TestSequencer from '../TestSequencer';
+import TestSequencer from '../index';
 
 jest.mock('fs');
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/TestSequencer.ts b/packages/jest-test-sequencer/src/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/jest-core/src/TestSequencer.ts
rename to packages/jest-test-sequencer/src/index.ts
diff --git a/packages/jest-test-sequencer/tsconfig.json b/packages/jest-test-sequencer/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78fc3a6be9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jest-test-sequencer/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "build"
+  },
+  "references": [
+    {"path": "../jest-haste-map"},
+    {"path": "../jest-runner"},
+    {"path": "../jest-test-result"},
+    {"path": "../jest-types"}
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
index 4aed202a21a6..4d6da36d6bd8 100644
--- a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export type DefaultOptions = {
   testRegex: Array<string>;
   testResultsProcessor: string | null | undefined;
   testRunner: string | null | undefined;
+  testSequencer: string;
   testURL: string;
   timers: 'real' | 'fake';
   transform:
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ export type InitialOptions = {
   testRegex?: string | Array<string>;
   testResultsProcessor?: string | null | undefined;
   testRunner?: string;
+  testSequencer?: string;
   testURL?: string;
   timers?: 'real' | 'fake';
   transform?: {
@@ -340,6 +342,7 @@ export type GlobalConfig = {
   testNamePattern: string;
   testPathPattern: string;
   testResultsProcessor: string | null | undefined;
+  testSequencer: string;
   updateSnapshot: SnapshotUpdateState;
   useStderr: boolean;
   verbose: boolean | null | undefined;
@@ -483,6 +486,7 @@ export type Argv = Arguments<
     testRegex: string | Array<string>;
     testResultsProcessor: string | null | undefined;
     testRunner: string;
+    testSequencer: string;
     testURL: string;
     timers: string;
     transform: string;