diff --git a/packages/jest/src/executors/jest/jest.impl.spec.ts b/packages/jest/src/executors/jest/jest.impl.spec.ts
index 26728946853423..87327cbd70345d 100644
--- a/packages/jest/src/executors/jest/jest.impl.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/jest/src/executors/jest/jest.impl.spec.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ describe('Jest Executor', () => {
         },
         mockContext
       );
+      expect(process.argv).toContain('--group=core');
       expect(runCLI).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         expect.objectContaining({
           _: [],
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ describe('Jest Executor', () => {
         }),
         ['/root/jest.config.js']
       );
+      process.argv.pop(); // clean extra arg.
     });
 
     it('should send appropriate options to jestCLI when testFile is specified', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/jest/src/executors/jest/jest.impl.ts b/packages/jest/src/executors/jest/jest.impl.ts
index 2c8210d5cb89f1..f36e13134c35c3 100644
--- a/packages/jest/src/executors/jest/jest.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/jest/src/executors/jest/jest.impl.ts
@@ -17,14 +17,22 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import type { BatchResults } from 'nx/src/tasks-runner/batch/batch-messages';
 process.env.NODE_ENV ??= 'test';
 
+function injectExtraArgsToProcessArgv(extraArgs) {
+  if (typeof extraArgs === 'object') {
+    for (const arg in extraArgs) {
+      process.argv.push(`--${arg}=${extraArgs[arg]}`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export async function jestExecutor(
   options: JestExecutorOptions,
   context: ExecutorContext
 ): Promise<{ success: boolean }> {
   const config = await jestConfigParser(options, context);
+  injectExtraArgsToProcessArgv(config.extraArgs);
 
   const { results } = await runCLI(config, [options.jestConfig]);
-
   return { success: results.success };
 }
 
@@ -97,6 +105,10 @@ export async function jestConfigParser(
     randomize: options.randomize,
   };
 
+  if (Object.keys(extraArgs).length > 0) {
+    config['extraArgs'] = extraArgs;
+  }
+
   if (!multiProjects) {
     options.jestConfig = path.resolve(context.root, options.jestConfig);