diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/package.json b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
index 82e2451f70ac..fee9812441ad 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "ansi-escapes": "^3.0.0",
     "chalk": "^2.0.1",
+    "exit": "^0.1.2",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.1.11",
     "import-local": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js
index 223b6e40665d..b4725deba08b 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {version as VERSION} from '../../package.json';
 import * as args from './args';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import createContext from '../lib/create_context';
+import exit from 'exit';
 import getChangedFilesPromise from '../get_changed_files_promise';
 import handleDeprecationWarnings from '../lib/handle_deprecation_warnings';
 import logDebugMessages from '../lib/log_debug_messages';
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export async function run(maybeArgv?: Argv, project?: Path) {
     clearLine(process.stderr);
     clearLine(process.stdout);
     console.error(chalk.red(error.stack));
-    process.exit(1);
+    exit(1);
     throw error;
   }
 }
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ export const runCLI = async (
       process.stdout.write(`Cleared ${config.cacheDirectory}\n`);
     });
 
-    process.exit(0);
+    exit(0);
   }
 
   await _run(
@@ -111,9 +112,11 @@ const readResultsAndExit = (
   globalConfig: GlobalConfig,
 ) => {
   const code = !result || result.success ? 0 : globalConfig.testFailureExitCode;
-  process.on('exit', () => process.exit(code));
+
+  process.on('exit', () => exit(code));
+
   if (globalConfig.forceExit) {
-    process.exit(code);
+    exit(code);
   }
 };
 
@@ -164,13 +167,13 @@ const printDebugInfoAndExitIfNeeded = (
     logDebugMessages(globalConfig, configs, outputStream);
   }
   if (argv.showConfig) {
-    process.exit(0);
+    exit(0);
   }
 };
 
 const printVersionAndExit = outputStream => {
   outputStream.write(`v${VERSION}\n`);
-  process.exit(0);
+  exit(0);
 };
 
 const ensureNoDuplicateConfigs = (parsedConfigs, projects) => {
@@ -346,7 +349,7 @@ const runWatch = async (
       await handleDeprecationWarnings(outputStream, process.stdin);
       return watch(globalConfig, contexts, outputStream, hasteMapInstances);
     } catch (e) {
-      process.exit(0);
+      exit(0);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/coverage_worker.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/coverage_worker.js
index 3039cca352d5..b838e5708b83 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/coverage_worker.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/coverage_worker.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import type {GlobalConfig, ProjectConfig, Path} from 'types/Config';
 
+import exit from 'exit';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import generateEmptyCoverage from '../generate_empty_coverage';
 import type {CoverageWorkerResult} from '../generate_empty_coverage';
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ export type {CoverageWorkerResult};
 // Make sure uncaught errors are logged before we exit.
 process.on('uncaughtException', err => {
   console.error(err.stack);
-  process.exit(1);
+  exit(1);
 });
 
 export function worker({
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/notify_reporter.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/notify_reporter.js
index 8cd5aba22fab..055668039202 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/notify_reporter.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/notify_reporter.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {GlobalConfig} from 'types/Config';
 import type {AggregatedResult} from 'types/TestResult';
 import type {Context} from 'types/Context';
 
+import exit from 'exit';
 import path from 'path';
 import util from 'util';
 import notifier from 'node-notifier';
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export default class NotifyReporter extends BaseReporter {
             return;
           }
           if (metadata.activationValue === quitAnswer) {
-            process.exit(0);
+            exit(0);
             return;
           }
           if (metadata.activationValue === restartAnswer) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/run_jest.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/run_jest.js
index c2f975be5c9e..d6453c13ffff 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/run_jest.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/run_jest.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type TestWatcher from './test_watcher';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import path from 'path';
 import {Console, formatTestResults} from 'jest-util';
+import exit from 'exit';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import getNoTestsFoundMessage from './get_no_test_found_message';
 import SearchSource from './search_source';
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ export default (async function runJest({
           ' is not supported without git/hg, please use --watchAll ' +
           '\n',
       );
-      process.exit(1);
+      exit(1);
     }
   }
 
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ export default (async function runJest({
     } else {
       new Console(outputStream, outputStream).error(noTestsFoundMessage);
 
-      process.exit(1);
+      exit(1);
     }
   } else if (
     allTests.length === 1 &&
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/test_scheduler.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/test_scheduler.js
index 02947c2da0b4..633a0ad2c31f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/test_scheduler.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/test_scheduler.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from './test_result_helpers';
 import CoverageReporter from './reporters/coverage_reporter';
 import DefaultReporter from './reporters/default_reporter';
+import exit from 'exit';
 import NotifyReporter from './reporters/notify_reporter';
 import ReporterDispatcher from './reporter_dispatcher';
 import snapshot from 'jest-snapshot';
@@ -324,11 +325,12 @@ export default class TestScheduler {
       if (watcher.isWatchMode()) {
         watcher.setState({interrupted: true});
       } else {
-        const exit = () => process.exit(1);
+        const failureExit = () => exit(1);
+
         return this._dispatcher
           .onRunComplete(contexts, aggregatedResults)
-          .then(exit)
-          .catch(exit);
+          .then(failureExit)
+          .catch(failureExit);
       }
     }
     return Promise.resolve();
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/watch.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/watch.js
index 6bdb1de7a1d3..d0e09c4c9d45 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/watch.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/watch.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type {WatchPlugin} from './types';
 import ansiEscapes from 'ansi-escapes';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import getChangedFilesPromise from './get_changed_files_promise';
+import exit from 'exit';
 import {replacePathSepForRegex} from 'jest-regex-util';
 import HasteMap from 'jest-haste-map';
 import isValidPath from './lib/is_valid_path';
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ export default function watch(
   const onKeypress = (key: string) => {
     if (key === KEYS.CONTROL_C || key === KEYS.CONTROL_D) {
       outputStream.write('\n');
-      process.exit(0);
+      exit(0);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ export default function watch(
     switch (key) {
       case KEYS.Q:
         outputStream.write('\n');
-        process.exit(0);
+        exit(0);
         return;
       case KEYS.ENTER:
         startRun(globalConfig);
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/package.json b/packages/jest-runner/package.json
index 482b7bf88e89..a2afb6d254c2 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "dependencies": {
+    "exit": "^0.1.2",
     "jest-config": "^22.1.0",
     "jest-docblock": "^22.1.0",
     "jest-haste-map": "^22.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/index.js b/packages/jest-runner/src/index.js
index db7473108844..f4a2ce92c1ab 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import type {
 
 import typeof {worker} from './test_worker';
 
+import exit from 'exit';
 import runTest from './run_test';
 import throat from 'throat';
 import Worker from 'jest-worker';
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class TestRunner {
           'A worker process has quit unexpectedly! ' +
             'Most likely this is an initialization error.',
         );
-        process.exit(1);
+        exit(1);
       }
     };
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/test_worker.js b/packages/jest-runner/src/test_worker.js
index cdf7d3ab844b..b482756c0530 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/test_worker.js
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/test_worker.js
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@ import type {GlobalConfig, Path, ProjectConfig} from 'types/Config';
 import type {SerializableError, TestResult} from 'types/TestResult';
 import type {RawModuleMap} from 'types/HasteMap';
 
-// Make sure uncaught errors are logged before we exit.
-process.on('uncaughtException', err => {
-  console.error(err.stack);
-  process.exit(1);
-});
-
+import exit from 'exit';
 import HasteMap from 'jest-haste-map';
 import {separateMessageFromStack} from 'jest-message-util';
 import Runtime from 'jest-runtime';
@@ -29,6 +24,12 @@ export type WorkerData = {|
   rawModuleMap: ?RawModuleMap,
 |};
 
+// Make sure uncaught errors are logged before we exit.
+process.on('uncaughtException', err => {
+  console.error(err.stack);
+  exit(1);
+});
+
 const formatError = (error: string | Error): SerializableError => {
   if (typeof error === 'string') {
     const {message, stack} = separateMessageFromStack(error);
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
index 02c9d0ce9932..19e33e2ce3fa 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "babel-plugin-istanbul": "^4.1.5",
     "chalk": "^2.0.1",
     "convert-source-map": "^1.4.0",
+    "exit": "^0.1.2",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.1.11",
     "jest-config": "^22.1.0",
     "jest-haste-map": "^22.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.js b/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.js
index 1d6e862b813b..3c785116cd08 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.js
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 import type {Argv} from 'types/Argv';
 import type {EnvironmentClass} from 'types/Environment';
 
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import exit from 'exit';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
 import {Console, setGlobal, validateCLIOptions} from 'jest-util';
 import {readConfig} from 'jest-config';
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export function run(cliArgv?: Argv, cliInfo?: Array<string>) {
 
   if (argv.help) {
     yargs.showHelp();
-    process.on('exit', () => process.exit(1));
+    process.on('exit', () => exit(1));
     return;
   }
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export function run(cliArgv?: Argv, cliInfo?: Array<string>) {
 
   if (!argv._.length) {
     console.log('Please provide a path to a script. (See --help for details)');
-    process.on('exit', () => process.exit(1));
+    process.on('exit', () => exit(1));
     return;
   }
 
@@ -92,6 +93,6 @@ export function run(cliArgv?: Argv, cliInfo?: Array<string>) {
     })
     .catch(e => {
       console.error(chalk.red(e.stack || e));
-      process.on('exit', () => process.exit(1));
+      process.on('exit', () => exit(1));
     });
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d770ee32711f..70019f611eda 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3065,6 +3065,10 @@ execa@^0.8.0:
     signal-exit "^3.0.0"
     strip-eof "^1.0.0"
 
+exit@^0.1.2:
+  version "0.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/exit/-/exit-0.1.2.tgz#0632638f8d877cc82107d30a0fff1a17cba1cd0c"
+
 expand-braces@^0.1.1:
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expand-braces/-/expand-braces-0.1.2.tgz#488b1d1d2451cb3d3a6b192cfc030f44c5855fea"