diff --git a/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/coverage_reporter.test.js b/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/coverage_reporter.test.js
index 491a52173711..0f1a5d12fed1 100644
--- a/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/coverage_reporter.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-reporters/src/__tests__/coverage_reporter.test.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jest
 let libCoverage;
 let libSourceMaps;
 let CoverageReporter;
+let istanbulReports;
 
 import path from 'path';
 import mock from 'mock-fs';
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   CoverageReporter = require('../coverage_reporter').default;
   libCoverage = require('istanbul-lib-coverage');
   libSourceMaps = require('istanbul-lib-source-maps');
+  istanbulReports = require('istanbul-reports');
 
   const fileTree = {};
   fileTree[process.cwd() + '/path-test-files'] = {
@@ -417,4 +419,23 @@ describe('onRunComplete', () => {
         expect(testReporter.getLastError()).toBeUndefined();
       });
   });
+
+  test(`that it passes custom options when creating reporters`, () => {
+    const testReporter = new CoverageReporter({
+      coverageReporters: ['json', ['lcov', {maxCols: 10, projectRoot: './'}]],
+    });
+    testReporter.log = jest.fn();
+    return testReporter
+      .onRunComplete(new Set(), {}, mockAggResults)
+      .then(() => {
+        expect(istanbulReports.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith('json', {
+          maxCols: process.stdout.columns || Infinity,
+        });
+        expect(istanbulReports.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith('lcov', {
+          maxCols: process.stdout.columns || Infinity,
+          projectRoot: './',
+        });
+        expect(testReporter.getLastError()).toBeUndefined();
+      });
+  });
 });