diff --git a/src/config/paths-to-module-name-mapper.spec.ts b/src/config/paths-to-module-name-mapper.spec.ts
index 20f3e0877b..7fa187473a 100644
--- a/src/config/paths-to-module-name-mapper.spec.ts
+++ b/src/config/paths-to-module-name-mapper.spec.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ describe('pathsToModuleNameMapper', () => {
       '^@foo\\-bar/common$': '../common/dist/library',
       '^@pkg/(.*)\\.js$': './packages/$1',
       '^@pkg/(.*)$': './packages/$1',
+      '^(\\.{1,2}/.*)\\.js$': '$1',
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/src/config/paths-to-module-name-mapper.ts b/src/config/paths-to-module-name-mapper.ts
index b2b6e48d20..024d60945a 100644
--- a/src/config/paths-to-module-name-mapper.ts
+++ b/src/config/paths-to-module-name-mapper.ts
@@ -58,5 +58,9 @@ export const pathsToModuleNameMapper = (
     }
   }
 
+  if (removeJsExtension) {
+    jestMap['^(\\.{1,2}/.*)\\.js$'] = '$1'
+  }
+
   return jestMap
 }