diff --git a/TestUtils.ts b/TestUtils.ts
index 7150270a7b2e..65777a08b43d 100644
--- a/TestUtils.ts
+++ b/TestUtils.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const DEFAULT_GLOBAL_CONFIG: Config.GlobalConfig = {
   expand: false,
   extraGlobals: [],
   filter: null,
-  findRelatedTests: false,
+  findRelatedTests: [],
   forceExit: false,
   globalSetup: null,
   globalTeardown: null,
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/findRelatedFiles.test.ts.snap b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/findRelatedFiles.test.ts.snap
index d0183e881440..f8238286ae0b 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/findRelatedFiles.test.ts.snap
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/findRelatedFiles.test.ts.snap
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
 Tests:       1 passed, 1 total
 Snapshots:   0 total
 Time:        <<REPLACED>>
-Ran all test suites related to files matching /a.js|b.js/i.
+Ran all test suites.
 `;
 
 exports[`--findRelatedTests flag coverage configuration is applied correctly 2`] = `
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
 Tests:       1 passed, 1 total
 Snapshots:   0 total
 Time:        <<REPLACED>>
-Ran all test suites related to files matching /a.js/i.
+Ran all test suites.
 `;
 
 exports[`--findRelatedTests flag generates coverage report for filename 5`] = `
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/showConfig.test.ts.snap b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/showConfig.test.ts.snap
index dbafaaad3ca1..0e9396207875 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/showConfig.test.ts.snap
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/showConfig.test.ts.snap
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ exports[`--showConfig outputs config info and exits 1`] = `
     "errorOnDeprecated": false,
     "expand": false,
     "filter": null,
+    "findRelatedTests": [],
     "globalSetup": null,
     "globalTeardown": null,
     "json": false,
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/findRelatedFiles.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/findRelatedFiles.test.ts
index a5a8e2e686fa..ee6b5f57ba21 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/findRelatedFiles.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/findRelatedFiles.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('--findRelatedTests flag', () => {
     const {stderr} = runJest(DIR, ['--findRelatedTests', 'a.js']);
     expect(stderr).toMatch('PASS __tests__/test.test.js');
 
-    const summaryMsg = 'Ran all test suites related to files matching /a.js/i.';
+    const summaryMsg = 'Ran all test suites.';
     expect(stderr).toMatch(summaryMsg);
   });
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe('--findRelatedTests flag', () => {
     expect(stderr).toMatch('PASS __tests__/test.test.js');
     expect(stderr).not.toMatch('PASS __tests__/test-skip-deps.test.js');
 
-    const summaryMsg = 'Ran all test suites related to files matching /a.js/i.';
+    const summaryMsg = 'Ran all test suites.';
     expect(stderr).toMatch(summaryMsg);
   });
 
@@ -191,4 +191,41 @@ describe('--findRelatedTests flag', () => {
     expect(stdout).toMatch('No tests found');
     expect(stderr).toBe('');
   });
+
+  test('exclude tests that do not match --testPathPattern flag', () => {
+    writeFiles(DIR, {
+      '.watchmanconfig': '',
+      '__tests__/a.test.js': `
+        require('../a');
+        test('a', () => expect(1).toBe(1));
+      `,
+      '__tests__/b.test.js': `
+        require('../b');
+        test('b', () => expect(1).toBe(1));
+      `,
+      'a.js': 'module.exports = {}',
+      'b.js': 'module.exports = {}',
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+        jest: {
+          collectCoverage: true,
+          collectCoverageFrom: ['b.js', 'a.js'],
+          testEnvironment: 'node',
+        },
+      }),
+    });
+
+    /* eslint-disable prefer-const */
+    let stdout;
+    let stderr;
+    ({stdout, stderr} = runJest(
+      DIR,
+      ['--findRelatedTests', 'a.js', 'b.js', '--testPathPattern', 'xyz'],
+      {
+        stripAnsi: true,
+      },
+    ));
+
+    expect(stdout).toMatch('No tests found');
+    expect(stderr).toBe('');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/__tests__/cli/args.test.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/__tests__/cli/args.test.ts
index 8b1c3a291637..958b4a6bd980 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/__tests__/cli/args.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/__tests__/cli/args.test.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ describe('check', () => {
 
   it('raises an exception if findRelatedTests is specified with no file paths', () => {
     const argv = {
-      _: [] as Array<string>,
-      findRelatedTests: true,
+      findRelatedTests: [],
     } as Config.Argv;
     expect(() => check(argv)).toThrow(
       'The --findRelatedTests option requires file paths to be specified',
@@ -64,11 +63,9 @@ describe('check', () => {
 
 describe('buildArgv', () => {
   it('should return only camelcased args ', () => {
-    // @ts-ignore
     const mockProcessArgv = jest
       .spyOn(process.argv, 'slice')
       .mockImplementation(() => ['--clear-mocks']);
-    // @ts-ignore
     const actual = buildArgv(null);
     expect(actual).not.toHaveProperty('clear-mocks');
     expect(actual).toHaveProperty('clearMocks', true);
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
index 7bba9a038621..21865229bee7 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const check = (argv: Config.Argv) => {
     }
   }
 
-  if (argv.findRelatedTests && argv._.length === 0) {
+  if (argv.findRelatedTests && argv.findRelatedTests.length === 0) {
     throw new Error(
       'The --findRelatedTests option requires file paths to be specified.\n' +
         'Example usage: jest --findRelatedTests ./src/source.js ' +
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ export const options = {
       'Find related tests for a list of source files that were ' +
       'passed in as arguments. Useful for pre-commit hook integration to run ' +
       'the minimal amount of tests necessary.',
-    type: 'boolean' as 'boolean',
+    type: 'array' as 'array',
   },
   forceExit: {
     default: undefined,
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
index 3930cd473e09..e42cc906ab9b 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
@@ -248,12 +248,11 @@ describe('findRelatedTests', () => {
         rootDir: '/root/path/foo/',
       },
       {
-        _: [
+        findRelatedTests: [
           `/root/path/${sourceFile}`,
           sourceFile,
           `<rootDir>/bar/${sourceFile}`,
         ],
-        findRelatedTests: true,
       },
     );
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
index d31047ac538d..d2170f0e6955 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
@@ -950,14 +950,26 @@ export default function normalize(
     );
   }
 
+  if (newOptions.findRelatedTests && newOptions.findRelatedTests.length > 0) {
+    newOptions.findRelatedTests = newOptions.findRelatedTests.filter(Boolean);
+  }
+
+  if (argv.findRelatedTests && argv.findRelatedTests.length > 0) {
+    argv.findRelatedTests = argv.findRelatedTests.filter(Boolean);
+  }
+
   // If collectCoverage is enabled while using --findRelatedTests we need to
   // avoid having false negatives in the generated coverage report.
   // The following: `--findRelatedTests '/rootDir/file1.js' --coverage`
   // Is transformed to: `--findRelatedTests '/rootDir/file1.js' --coverage --collectCoverageFrom 'file1.js'`
   // where arguments to `--collectCoverageFrom` should be globs (or relative
   // paths to the rootDir)
-  if (newOptions.collectCoverage && argv.findRelatedTests) {
-    let collectCoverageFrom = argv._.map(filename => {
+  if (
+    newOptions.collectCoverage &&
+    argv.findRelatedTests &&
+    argv.findRelatedTests.length > 0
+  ) {
+    let collectCoverageFrom = argv.findRelatedTests.map(filename => {
       filename = replaceRootDirInPath(options.rootDir, filename);
       return path.isAbsolute(filename)
         ? path.relative(options.rootDir, filename)
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/SearchSource.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/SearchSource.ts
index 5e9a8d330a80..7b955d69cdca 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/SearchSource.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/SearchSource.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export type SearchResult = {
 
 export type TestSelectionConfig = {
   input?: string;
-  findRelatedTests?: boolean;
+  findRelatedTests?: Array<string>;
   onlyChanged?: boolean;
   paths?: Array<Config.Path>;
   shouldTreatInputAsPattern?: boolean;
@@ -265,11 +265,19 @@ export default class SearchSource {
       );
     } else if (globalConfig.runTestsByPath && paths && paths.length) {
       return this.findTestsByPaths(paths);
-    } else if (globalConfig.findRelatedTests && paths && paths.length) {
-      return this.findRelatedTestsFromPattern(
-        paths,
+    } else if (globalConfig.findRelatedTests.length > 0) {
+      const relatedTests = this.findRelatedTestsFromPattern(
+        globalConfig.findRelatedTests,
         globalConfig.collectCoverage,
       );
+      if (globalConfig.testPathPattern != null) {
+        return this._filterTestPathsWithStats(
+          relatedTests.tests,
+          globalConfig.testPathPattern,
+        );
+      } else {
+        return relatedTests;
+      }
     } else if (globalConfig.testPathPattern != null) {
       return this.findMatchingTests(globalConfig.testPathPattern);
     } else {
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap b/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap
index 357612825f0a..ceee7270e43c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/log_debug_messages.test.ts.snap
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ exports[`prints the config object 1`] = `
     "expand": false,
     "extraGlobals": [],
     "filter": null,
-    "findRelatedTests": false,
+    "findRelatedTests": [],
     "forceExit": false,
     "globalSetup": null,
     "globalTeardown": null,
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
index b0906aeb616e..905b13c09d9b 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ export default (async function runJest({
 
     if (
       globalConfig.passWithNoTests ||
-      globalConfig.findRelatedTests ||
+      (globalConfig.findRelatedTests &&
+        globalConfig.findRelatedTests.length > 0) ||
       globalConfig.lastCommit ||
       globalConfig.onlyChanged
     ) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/lib/FSEventsWatcher.ts b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/lib/FSEventsWatcher.ts
index b0ebad2867dd..95b515b083dc 100644
--- a/packages/jest-haste-map/src/lib/FSEventsWatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-haste-map/src/lib/FSEventsWatcher.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import path from 'path';
 import {EventEmitter} from 'events';
 import anymatch from 'anymatch';
 import micromatch from 'micromatch';
-// eslint-disable-next-line
 import {Watcher} from 'fsevents';
 // @ts-ignore no types
 import walker from 'walker';
diff --git a/packages/jest-reporters/src/summary_reporter.ts b/packages/jest-reporters/src/summary_reporter.ts
index e94cffb2d0a5..f1ae33c2bf00 100644
--- a/packages/jest-reporters/src/summary_reporter.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-reporters/src/summary_reporter.ts
@@ -195,9 +195,10 @@ export default class SummaryReporter extends BaseReporter {
     globalConfig: Config.GlobalConfig,
   ) {
     const getMatchingTestsInfo = () => {
-      const prefix = globalConfig.findRelatedTests
-        ? ' related to files matching '
-        : ' matching ';
+      const prefix =
+        globalConfig.findRelatedTests.length > 0
+          ? ' related to files matching '
+          : ' matching ';
 
       return (
         chalk.dim(prefix) +
diff --git a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
index 00a78f0bd1ca..fc9d82e9bce3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export type InitialOptions = {
   expand?: boolean;
   extraGlobals?: Array<string>;
   filter?: Path;
-  findRelatedTests?: boolean;
+  findRelatedTests?: Array<string>;
   forceCoverageMatch?: Array<Glob>;
   forceExit?: boolean;
   json?: boolean;
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ export type GlobalConfig = {
   expand: boolean;
   extraGlobals: Array<string>;
   filter: Path | null | undefined;
-  findRelatedTests: boolean;
+  findRelatedTests: Array<string>;
   forceExit: boolean;
   json: boolean;
   globalSetup: string | null | undefined;
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ export type Argv = Arguments<
     debug: boolean;
     env: string;
     expand: boolean;
-    findRelatedTests: boolean;
+    findRelatedTests: Array<string>;
     forceExit: boolean;
     globals: string;
     globalSetup: string | null | undefined;