diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/index.ts
index 573dac6cabaa..04967c2fb367 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/index.ts
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-export {run} from './run';
+export {run, buildArgv} from './run';
 export {options as yargsOptions} from './args';
diff --git a/packages/jest/src/index.ts b/packages/jest/src/index.ts
index 0391990e7846..13ffde6b76ce 100644
--- a/packages/jest/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest/src/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ export {
   runCLI,
 } from '@jest/core';
 
-export {run} from 'jest-cli';
+export {run, buildArgv} from 'jest-cli';
 
 export type Config = ConfigTypes.InitialOptions;