diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e3cadb0b6788..f7051b683e40 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - restore-cache: *restore-cache
       - run: yarn --no-progress
       - save-cache: *save-cache
-      - run: yarn lint --format junit -o reports/junit/js-lint-results.xml && yarn typecheck && yarn lint-es5-build --format junit -o reports/junit/js-es5-lint-results.xml  && yarn lint:md:ci
+      - run: yarn lint --format junit -o reports/junit/js-lint-results.xml && yarn typecheck && yarn lint-es5-build --format junit -o reports/junit/js-es5-lint-results.xml  && yarn lint:md:ci && yarn check-copyright-headers
       - store_test_results:
           path: reports/junit
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 257e66b24706..ccfa03859ae9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
 - `[docs]` Remove duplicate code in `MockFunctions` ([#7297](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7297))
 - `[jest-worker]` Standardize filenames ([#7316](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7316))
 - `[pretty-format]` Standardize filenames ([#7316](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7316))
+- `[*]` Add check for Facebook copyright headers on CI ([#7370](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7370))
 
 ### Performance
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 238af5ff7b8a..987d4eb37f73 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "flow-bin": "^0.85.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.1",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.1.11",
+    "isbinaryfile": "^3.0.3",
     "istanbul-api": "^1.3.1",
     "istanbul-lib-coverage": "^1.0.0",
     "jasmine-reporters": "^2.2.0",
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build-clean": "rm -rf ./packages/*/build ./packages/*/build-es5",
     "build": "node ./scripts/build.js",
+    "check-copyright-headers": "node ./scripts/checkCopyrightHeaders.js",
     "clean-all": "rm -rf ./node_modules && rm -rf ./packages/*/node_modules && yarn clean-e2e && yarn build-clean",
     "clean-e2e": "find ./e2e -not \\( -path ./e2e/presets/js -prune \\) -not \\( -path ./e2e/presets/json -prune \\) -mindepth 2 -type d \\( -name node_modules -prune \\) -exec rm -r '{}' +",
     "jest": "node ./packages/jest-cli/bin/jest.js",
diff --git a/scripts/checkCopyrightHeaders.js b/scripts/checkCopyrightHeaders.js
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..43ecbc7c7388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/checkCopyrightHeaders.js
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/**
+ * 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';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const {execSync} = require('child_process');
+const isbinaryfile = require('isbinaryfile');
+
+const getFileContents = path => fs.readFileSync(path, {encoding: 'utf-8'});
+const isDirectory = path => fs.lstatSync(path).isDirectory();
+const createRegExp = pattern => new RegExp(pattern);
+
+// Important: this patterns must be in sync with internal Facebook tools
+
+const GENERIC_IGNORED_EXTENSIONS = [
+  'lock',
+  'patch',
+  'exe',
+  'bin',
+  'cfg',
+  'config',
+  'conf',
+  'html',
+  'md',
+  'markdown',
+  'opam',
+  'osm',
+  'descr',
+  'rst',
+  'json',
+  'key',
+  'ini',
+  'plist',
+  'snap',
+  'svg',
+  'txt',
+  'xcodeproj',
+  'xcscheme',
+  'xml',
+  'yaml',
+  'yml',
+  'textile',
+  'tsv',
+  'csv',
+  'pem',
+  'csr',
+  'der',
+  'crt',
+  'cert',
+  'cer',
+  'p7b',
+  'iml',
+  'org',
+  'podspec',
+  'modulemap',
+  'pch',
+  'lproj',
+  'xcworkspace',
+  'storyboard',
+  'tvml',
+  'xib',
+  'pbxproj',
+  'xcworkspacedata',
+  'xccheckout',
+  'xcsettings',
+  'strings',
+  'ipynb',
+  'htm',
+  'toml',
+].map(extension => createRegExp(`\.${extension}$`));
+
+const GENERIC_IGNORED_PATTERNS = [
+  '(^|/)\\.[^/]+(/|$)',
+
+  'third[_\\-. ]party/',
+  '^node[_\\-. ]modules/',
+  'gradlew\\.bat$',
+  'gradlew$',
+  'gradle/wrapper/',
+  '.idea/',
+  '__init__\\.py$',
+  '^Setup.hs$',
+  '^(readme|README|Readme)\\..*$',
+  'Cargo\\.toml$',
+  '^Cartfile.*$',
+  '^.*\\.xcodeproj/$',
+  '^.*\\.xcworkspace/$',
+  '^.*\\.lproj/$',
+  '^.*\\.bundle/$',
+  '^MANIFEST\\.in$',
+].map(createRegExp);
+
+const CUSTOM_IGNORED_PATTERNS = [
+  '\\.(example|map)$',
+  '^examples/.*',
+  '^flow-typed/.*',
+  '^packages/expect/src/jasmineUtils\\.js$',
+  '^packages/jest-config/src/vendor/jsonlint\\.js$',
+].map(createRegExp);
+
+const IGNORED_PATTERNS = [
+  ...GENERIC_IGNORED_EXTENSIONS,
+  ...GENERIC_IGNORED_PATTERNS,
+  ...CUSTOM_IGNORED_PATTERNS,
+];
+
+const INCLUDED_PATTERNS = [
+  // Any file with an extension
+  /\.[^/]+$/,
+];
+
+const COPYRIGHT_HEADER_RE = /(Facebook, Inc(.|,)? and its affiliates)|([0-9]{4}-present(.|,)? Facebook)|([0-9]{4}(.|,)? Facebook)/;
+
+function needsCopyrightHeader(file) {
+  const contents = getFileContents(file);
+  return contents.trim().length > 0 && !COPYRIGHT_HEADER_RE.test(contents);
+}
+
+function check() {
+  const allFiles = execSync('git ls-files', {encoding: 'utf-8'})
+    .trim()
+    .split('\n');
+
+  const invalidFiles = allFiles.filter(
+    file =>
+      INCLUDED_PATTERNS.some(pattern => pattern.test(file)) &&
+      !IGNORED_PATTERNS.some(pattern => pattern.test(file)) &&
+      !isDirectory(file) &&
+      !isbinaryfile.sync(file) &&
+      needsCopyrightHeader(file)
+  );
+
+  if (invalidFiles.length > 0) {
+    console.log(`Facebook copyright header check failed for the following files:
+
+  ${invalidFiles.join('\n  ')}
+
+Please include the header or blacklist the files in \`scripts/checkCopyrightHeaders.js\``);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+check();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6e6fb15d740c..cfe08495395d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7819,7 +7819,7 @@ isarray@^2.0.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isarray/-/isarray-2.0.4.tgz#38e7bcbb0f3ba1b7933c86ba1894ddfc3781bbb7"
   integrity sha512-GMxXOiUirWg1xTKRipM0Ek07rX+ubx4nNVElTJdNLYmNO/2YrDkgJGw9CljXn+r4EWiDQg/8lsRdHyg2PJuUaA==
 
-isbinaryfile@^3.0.0:
+isbinaryfile@^3.0.0, isbinaryfile@^3.0.3:
   version "3.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isbinaryfile/-/isbinaryfile-3.0.3.tgz#5d6def3edebf6e8ca8cae9c30183a804b5f8be80"
   integrity sha512-8cJBL5tTd2OS0dM4jz07wQd5g0dCCqIhUxPIGtZfa5L6hWlvV5MHTITy/DBAsF+Oe2LS1X3krBUhNwaGUWpWxw==