diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0fa49a26b8a..a80f9d1efce5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
   ([#5864](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5864))
 * `[jest-editor-support]` Add `no-color` option to runner
   ([#5909](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5909))
+* `[jest-cli]` Added support to access configuration from `globalSetup` and
+  `globalTeardown` ([#5961](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5961))
 
 ### Fixes
 
diff --git a/docs/Configuration.md b/docs/Configuration.md
index 10ef341fcd07..2e31b0b497a2 100644
--- a/docs/Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration.md
@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ Default: `undefined`
 This option allows the use of a custom global setup module which exports an
 async function that is triggered once before all test suites.
 
+Jest's configuration object is passed as a parameter to the `globalSetup`
+function.
+
 ### `globalTeardown` [string]
 
 Default: `undefined`
@@ -365,6 +368,9 @@ Default: `undefined`
 This option allows the use of a custom global teardown module which exports an
 async function that is triggered once after all test suites.
 
+Jest's configuration object is passed as a parameter to the `globalTeardown`
+function.
+
 ### `moduleFileExtensions` [array<string>]
 
 Default: `["js", "json", "jsx", "node"]`
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/run_jest.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/run_jest.js
index f4bd499ddbff..8e685feba623 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/run_jest.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/run_jest.js
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ export default (async function runJest({
       );
     }
 
-    await globalSetup();
+    await globalSetup(globalConfig);
   }
   const results = await new TestScheduler(
     globalConfig,
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export default (async function runJest({
       );
     }
 
-    await globalTeardown();
+    await globalTeardown(globalConfig);
   }
   return processResults(results, {
     isJSON: globalConfig.json,