diff --git a/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/shallow.js b/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/shallow.js
index 12773ff..a0ca86f 100644
--- a/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/shallow.js
+++ b/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/shallow.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ShallowRender {
     this._render();
   }
 
-  _render(customProps) {
+  _render(customProps, forceUpdate) {
     let firstRender = false;
 
     const prevDispatcher = ReactCurrentDispatcher.current;
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class ShallowRender {
       this._instance.props = props;
 
       if (
+        !forceUpdate &&
         !firstRender &&
         typeof this._instance.shouldComponentUpdate === 'function' &&
         !this._instance.shouldComponentUpdate(
diff --git a/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/shallow.spec.js b/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/shallow.spec.js
index f56b10b..290020b 100644
--- a/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/shallow.spec.js
+++ b/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/shallow.spec.js
@@ -1036,7 +1036,28 @@ describe('react shallow render', () => {
   describe('componentDidCatch', () => {
     // TODO
   });
-  describe('forceUpdate', () => {});
+  describe('forceUpdate', () => {
+    it('should trigger a render whenever shouldComponentUpdate return false', () => {
+      class Component extends React.Component {
+        shouldComponentUpdate() {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        render() {
+          return (
+            <div onClick={() => this.forceUpdate()}>{this.props.value}</div>
+          );
+        }
+      }
+
+      const cmp = shallow(<Component value={1}/>);
+
+      cmp.setProps({value: 42});
+      cmp.dispatchEvent('Click');
+
+      expect(cmp.html()).toEqual('<div onClick="[onClick]">42</div>');
+    });
+  });
 
   describe('displayName', () => {
     it('should ovewrite the name displayed by html method', () => {
diff --git a/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/updater/updater.js b/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/updater/updater.js
index 2b622c1..95876a9 100644
--- a/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/updater/updater.js
+++ b/packages/component-test-utils-react/src/updater/updater.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class Updater {
 
   enqueueForceUpdate(publicInstance, callback) {
     this._enqueueCallback(callback, publicInstance);
-    this._shallow._render();
+    this._shallow._render(undefined, true);
   }
 
   enqueueReplaceState(publicInstance, completeState, callback) {