diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2b54d8f4387..8b46bacd725b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+* `[babel-plugin-jest-hoist]` Allow using `console` global variable
+  ([#6074](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6074))
 * `[jest-jasmine2]` Always remove node core message from assert stack traces
   ([#6055](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6055))
 * `[expect]` Add stack trace when `expect.assertions` and `expect.hasAssertions`
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.js
index f6efc313b92d..5ace55013709 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.js
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ const WHITELISTED_IDENTIFIERS = {
   WeakMap: true,
   WeakSet: true,
   arguments: true,
+  console: true,
   expect: true,
   isNaN: true,
   jest: true,