diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 13b20390b701..a33bbe692568 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - `[babel-plugin-jest-hoist]` Expand list of whitelisted globals in global mocks ([#8429](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8429)
 - `[jest-core]` Make watch plugin initialization errors look nice ([#8422](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8422))
 - `[jest-snapshot]` Prevent inline snapshots from drifting when inline snapshots are updated ([#8492](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8492))
+- `[jest-haste-map]` Don't throw on missing mapper in Node crawler ([#8558](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8558))
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/__tests__/index.test.js b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/__tests__/index.test.js
index a24f9c3bddbf..196094edd1c8 100644
--- a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/__tests__/index.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/__tests__/index.test.js
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ describe('HasteMap', () => {
         const hasteMap = new HasteMap({
           ...defaultConfig,
           computeSha1: true,
+          mapper: file => [file],
           maxWorkers: 1,
           useWatchman,
         });
diff --git a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.ts b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.ts
index 71ee6c053a3b..87bcb00b9680 100644
--- a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/crawlers/node.ts
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ export = function nodeCrawl(
   removedFiles: FileData;
   hasteMap: InternalHasteMap;
 }> {
-  if (options.mapper) {
-    throw new Error(`Option 'mapper' isn't supported by the Node crawler`);
-  }
-
   const {
     data,
     extensions,