diff --git a/packages/jest-config/package.json b/packages/jest-config/package.json
index d0677510d6f8..acb0fe2c87ae 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-config/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "^1.1.1",
+    "find-cache-dir": "^0.1.1",
     "jest-environment-jsdom": "^17.0.2",
     "jest-environment-node": "^17.0.2",
     "jest-jasmine2": "^17.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/defaults.js b/packages/jest-config/src/defaults.js
index cadcda57dfd6..0f0bdf9d58ea 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/defaults.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/defaults.js
@@ -16,14 +16,17 @@ const constants = require('./constants');
 const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
 const {replacePathSepForRegex} = require('jest-util');
+const findCacheDir = require('find-cache-dir');
 
+const cacheDir = findCacheDir({name: 'jest'});
+const fallbackCacheDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'jest');
 const NODE_MODULES_REGEXP = replacePathSepForRegex(constants.NODE_MODULES);
 
 module.exports = ({
   automock: false,
   bail: false,
   browser: false,
-  cacheDirectory: path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'jest'),
+  cacheDirectory: cacheDir || fallbackCacheDir,
   coveragePathIgnorePatterns: [NODE_MODULES_REGEXP],
   coverageReporters: ['json', 'text', 'lcov', 'clover'],
   expand: false,
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.js b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.js
index 68b07ec81286..7c7456dd8a59 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const transform = require('./transform');
 const {
   createDirectory,
   replacePathSepForRegex,
+  escapeStrForRegex,
 } = require('jest-util');
 
 type Module = {|
@@ -195,7 +196,9 @@ class Runtime {
     options?: HasteMapOptions,
   ): HasteMap {
     const ignorePattern = new RegExp(
-      [config.cacheDirectory].concat(config.modulePathIgnorePatterns).join('|'),
+      [escapeStrForRegex(config.cacheDirectory)]
+        .concat(config.modulePathIgnorePatterns)
+        .join('|'),
     );
 
     return new HasteMap({