diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aac48933d95d..44945b22f8e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 
 ### Features
 
+* `[jest-config]` Add `testEnvironmentOptions` to apply to jsdom options or node context.
+  ([#5003](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5003))
 * `[jest-jasmine2]` Update Timeout error message to `jest.timeout` and display
   current timeout value ([#4990](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/4990))
 * `[jest-runner]` Enable experimental detection of leaked contexts
diff --git a/docs/Configuration.md b/docs/Configuration.md
index 08064930b626..ea418231cfe3 100644
--- a/docs/Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration.md
@@ -726,6 +726,17 @@ class CustomEnvironment extends NodeEnvironment {
 }
 ```
 
+### `testEnvironmentOptions` [Object]
+
+##### available in Jest **22.0.0+**
+
+Default: `{}`
+
+Test environment options that will be passed to the `testEnvironment`.  The
+relevant options depend on the environment.  For example you can override
+options given to [jsdom](https://github.com/tmpvar/jsdom) such as
+`{userAgent: "Agent/007"}`.
+
 ### `testMatch` [array<string>]
 
 ##### available in Jest **19.0.0+**
diff --git a/integration_tests/__tests__/__snapshots__/show_config.test.js.snap b/integration_tests/__tests__/__snapshots__/show_config.test.js.snap
index 5fa329deb625..bc52f635f121 100644
--- a/integration_tests/__tests__/__snapshots__/show_config.test.js.snap
+++ b/integration_tests/__tests__/__snapshots__/show_config.test.js.snap
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ exports[`--showConfig outputs config info and exits 1`] = `
       \\"setupFiles\\": [],
       \\"snapshotSerializers\\": [],
       \\"testEnvironment\\": \\"jest-environment-jsdom\\",
+      \\"testEnvironmentOptions\\": {},
       \\"testLocationInResults\\": false,
       \\"testMatch\\": [
         \\"**/__tests__/**/*.js?(x)\\",
diff --git a/integration_tests/__tests__/config.test.js b/integration_tests/__tests__/config.test.js
index 12a29e6edba9..a0a8fa7ac700 100644
--- a/integration_tests/__tests__/config.test.js
+++ b/integration_tests/__tests__/config.test.js
@@ -59,3 +59,18 @@ test('config from argv is respected with sane config JSON', () => {
 
   expect(stdout).toMatch('"watchman": false');
 });
+
+test('works with jsdom testEnvironmentOptions config JSON', () => {
+  const result = runJest('environmentOptions', [
+    '--config=' +
+      JSON.stringify({
+        testEnvironmentOptions: {
+          userAgent: 'Agent/007',
+        },
+      }),
+  ]);
+  const stderr = result.stderr.toString();
+
+  expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+  expect(stderr).toMatch('found userAgent Agent/007');
+});
diff --git a/integration_tests/environmentOptions/__tests__/environmentOptions.test.js b/integration_tests/environmentOptions/__tests__/environmentOptions.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..504f1c945b52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/environmentOptions/__tests__/environmentOptions.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+'use strict';
+/*global window */
+
+test('found userAgent Agent/007', () => {
+  expect(window.navigator.userAgent).toBe('Agent/007');
+});
diff --git a/integration_tests/environmentOptions/package.json b/integration_tests/environmentOptions/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ded940b7cb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/environmentOptions/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "jest": {
+    "testEnvironment": "jsdom"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/defaults.js b/packages/jest-config/src/defaults.js
index 4fe4ac704d7f..404a75b90445 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/defaults.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/defaults.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export default ({
   runner: 'jest-runner',
   snapshotSerializers: [],
   testEnvironment: 'jest-environment-jsdom',
+  testEnvironmentOptions: {},
   testFailureExitCode: 1,
   testLocationInResults: false,
   testMatch: ['**/__tests__/**/*.js?(x)', '**/?(*.)(spec|test).js?(x)'],
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/index.js b/packages/jest-config/src/index.js
index d070c3789173..e14dd07b560d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/index.js
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ const getConfigs = (
       skipNodeResolution: options.skipNodeResolution,
       snapshotSerializers: options.snapshotSerializers,
       testEnvironment: options.testEnvironment,
+      testEnvironmentOptions: options.testEnvironmentOptions,
       testLocationInResults: options.testLocationInResults,
       testMatch: options.testMatch,
       testPathIgnorePatterns: options.testPathIgnorePatterns,
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js
index 412289e19071..25d26d10bd13 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ export default function normalize(options: InitialOptions, argv: Argv) {
       case 'silent':
       case 'skipNodeResolution':
       case 'testEnvironment':
+      case 'testEnvironmentOptions':
       case 'testFailureExitCode':
       case 'testLocationInResults':
       case 'testNamePattern':
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/valid_config.js b/packages/jest-config/src/valid_config.js
index 5c6bf89f166d..d51658901b7d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/valid_config.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/valid_config.js
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export default ({
   skipNodeResolution: false,
   snapshotSerializers: ['my-serializer-module'],
   testEnvironment: 'jest-environment-jsdom',
+  testEnvironmentOptions: {},
   testFailureExitCode: 1,
   testLocationInResults: false,
   testMatch: ['**/__tests__/**/*.js?(x)', '**/?(*.)(spec|test).js?(x)'],
diff --git a/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/index.js b/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/index.js
index 33293fe28aec..4d6bada02876 100644
--- a/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-environment-jsdom/src/index.js
@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ class JSDOMEnvironment {
   moduleMocker: ?ModuleMocker;
 
   constructor(config: ProjectConfig) {
-    this.dom = new JSDOM('<!DOCTYPE html>', {
-      pretendToBeVisual: true,
-      runScripts: 'dangerously',
-      url: config.testURL,
-    });
+    this.dom = new JSDOM(
+      '<!DOCTYPE html>',
+      Object.assign(
+        {
+          pretendToBeVisual: true,
+          runScripts: 'dangerously',
+          url: config.testURL,
+        },
+        config.testEnvironmentOptions,
+      ),
+    );
     const global = (this.global = this.dom.window.document.defaultView);
     // Node's error-message stack size is limited at 10, but it's pretty useful
     // to see more than that when a test fails.
diff --git a/packages/jest-environment-node/src/index.js b/packages/jest-environment-node/src/index.js
index 89147f3e031c..168afd72ee7d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-environment-node/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-environment-node/src/index.js
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ class NodeEnvironment {
 
   constructor(config: ProjectConfig) {
     this.context = vm.createContext();
-    const global = (this.global = vm.runInContext('this', this.context));
+    const global = (this.global = vm.runInContext(
+      'this',
+      Object.assign(this.context, config.testEnvironmentOptions),
+    ));
     global.global = global;
     global.clearInterval = clearInterval;
     global.clearTimeout = clearTimeout;
diff --git a/test_utils.js b/test_utils.js
index d3bf95950d99..49c4e5136de0 100644
--- a/test_utils.js
+++ b/test_utils.js
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ const DEFAULT_PROJECT_CONFIG: ProjectConfig = {
   skipNodeResolution: false,
   snapshotSerializers: [],
   testEnvironment: 'node',
+  testEnvironmentOptions: {},
   testLocationInResults: false,
   testMatch: [],
   testPathIgnorePatterns: [],
diff --git a/types/Config.js b/types/Config.js
index 585cd27ee8ce..067987a76ebb 100644
--- a/types/Config.js
+++ b/types/Config.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export type DefaultOptions = {|
   runTestsByPath: boolean,
   snapshotSerializers: Array<Path>,
   testEnvironment: string,
+  testEnvironmentOptions: Object,
   testFailureExitCode: string | number,
   testLocationInResults: boolean,
   testMatch: Array<Glob>,
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ export type InitialOptions = {
   skipNodeResolution?: boolean,
   snapshotSerializers?: Array<Path>,
   testEnvironment?: string,
+  testEnvironmentOptions?: Object,
   testFailureExitCode?: string | number,
   testLocationInResults?: boolean,
   testMatch?: Array<Glob>,
@@ -222,6 +224,7 @@ export type ProjectConfig = {|
   skipNodeResolution: boolean,
   snapshotSerializers: Array<Path>,
   testEnvironment: string,
+  testEnvironmentOptions: Object,
   testMatch: Array<Glob>,
   testLocationInResults: boolean,
   testPathIgnorePatterns: Array<string>,