diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2eb8e94eea35..bc6d8606eb1c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 ## master
 
+### Fixes
+
+* `[jest-cli]` Use `import-local` to support global Jest installations.
+  ([#5304](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5304))
+
 ## jest 22.0.7
 
 ### Fixes
 
-* `[jest-runner]` Fix memory leak in coverage reporting ([#5289](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5289))
+* `[jest-runner]` Fix memory leak in coverage reporting
+  ([#5289](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5289))
 
 ### Features
 
-* `[jest-cli]` Make Jest exit without an error when no tests are found in
-  the case of `--lastCommit`, `--findRelatedTests`, or `--onlyChanged` options
+* `[jest-cli]` Make Jest exit without an error when no tests are found in the
+  case of `--lastCommit`, `--findRelatedTests`, or `--onlyChanged` options
   having been passed to the CLI
 
 ### Fixes
@@ -24,13 +30,15 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
-* `[jest-jasmine2]` Fix memory leak in snapshot reporting ([#5279](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5279))
-* `[jest-config]` Fix breaking change in `--testPathPattern` ([#5269](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5269))
+* `[jest-jasmine2]` Fix memory leak in snapshot reporting
+  ([#5279](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5279))
+* `[jest-config]` Fix breaking change in `--testPathPattern`
+  ([#5269](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5269))
 
 ### Fixes
 
 * `[docs]` Document caveat with mocks, Enzyme, snapshots and React 16
-   ([#5258](https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/5258))
+  ([#5258](https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/5258))
 
 ## jest 22.0.5
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/bin/jest.js b/packages/jest-cli/bin/jest.js
index 101e506c9e9f..fb02a852250a 100755
--- a/packages/jest-cli/bin/jest.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/bin/jest.js
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV == null) {
-  process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
-}
+const importLocal = require('import-local');
+
+if (!importLocal(__filename)) {
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV == null) {
+    process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
+  }
 
-require('../build/cli').run();
+  require('../build/cli').run();
+}
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/package.json b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
index 1a28c06c4ec5..d2606dbe1fc0 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "chalk": "^2.0.1",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.1.11",
+    "import-local": "^1.0.0",
     "is-ci": "^1.0.10",
     "istanbul-api": "^1.1.14",
     "istanbul-lib-coverage": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/get_jest.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/get_jest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c97b663c00e..000000000000
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/get_jest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- *
- * @flow
- */
-
-import type {Path} from 'types/Config';
-
-import path from 'path';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
-import fs from 'graceful-fs';
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/default
-import jest from '../jest';
-
-export default function getJest(packageRoot: Path) {
-  const packageJSONPath = path.join(packageRoot, 'package.json');
-  const binPath = path.join(packageRoot, 'node_modules/jest-cli');
-  if (fs.existsSync(binPath)) {
-    /* $FlowFixMe */
-    return require(binPath);
-  } else {
-    // Check if Jest is specified in `package.json` but not installed.
-    if (fs.existsSync(packageJSONPath)) {
-      /* $FlowFixMe */
-      const packageJSON = require(packageJSONPath);
-      const dependencies = packageJSON.dependencies;
-      const devDependencies = packageJSON.devDependencies;
-      if (
-        (dependencies && dependencies['jest-cli']) ||
-        (devDependencies && devDependencies['jest-cli'])
-      ) {
-        process.on('exit', () =>
-          console.log(
-            chalk.red(
-              'Please run `npm install` to use the version of Jest intended ' +
-                'for this project.',
-            ),
-          ),
-        );
-      }
-    }
-    return jest;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js
index 6c7b3f45eb92..223b6e40665d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import * as args from './args';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import createContext from '../lib/create_context';
 import getChangedFilesPromise from '../get_changed_files_promise';
-import getJest from './get_jest';
 import handleDeprecationWarnings from '../lib/handle_deprecation_warnings';
 import logDebugMessages from '../lib/log_debug_messages';
 import {print as preRunMessagePrint} from '../pre_run_message';
@@ -39,11 +38,8 @@ export async function run(maybeArgv?: Argv, project?: Path) {
   try {
     const argv: Argv = buildArgv(maybeArgv, project);
     const projects = getProjectListFromCLIArgs(argv, project);
-    // If we're running a single Jest project, we might want to use another
-    // version of Jest (the one that is specified in this project's package.json)
-    const runCLIFn = getRunCLIFn(projects);
 
-    const {results, globalConfig} = await runCLIFn(argv, projects);
+    const {results, globalConfig} = await runCLI(argv, projects);
     readResultsAndExit(results, globalConfig);
   } catch (error) {
     clearLine(process.stderr);
@@ -158,9 +154,6 @@ const getProjectListFromCLIArgs = (argv, project: ?Path) => {
   return projects;
 };
 
-const getRunCLIFn = (projects: Array<Path>) =>
-  projects.length === 1 ? getJest(projects[0]).runCLI : runCLI;
-
 const printDebugInfoAndExitIfNeeded = (
   argv,
   globalConfig,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d6fb69f81221..d770ee32711f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4021,6 +4021,13 @@ immutable@^4.0.0-rc.7:
   version "4.0.0-rc.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/immutable/-/immutable-4.0.0-rc.9.tgz#1e6e0094e649013ec3742d2b5aeeca5eeda4f0bf"
 
+import-local@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/import-local/-/import-local-1.0.0.tgz#5e4ffdc03f4fe6c009c6729beb29631c2f8227bc"
+  dependencies:
+    pkg-dir "^2.0.0"
+    resolve-cwd "^2.0.0"
+
 import-modules@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/import-modules/-/import-modules-1.1.0.tgz#748db79c5cc42bb9701efab424f894e72600e9dc"
@@ -6131,6 +6138,12 @@ pkg-dir@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     find-up "^1.0.0"
 
+pkg-dir@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pkg-dir/-/pkg-dir-2.0.0.tgz#f6d5d1109e19d63edf428e0bd57e12777615334b"
+  dependencies:
+    find-up "^2.1.0"
+
 plist@2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/plist/-/plist-2.0.1.tgz#0a32ca9481b1c364e92e18dc55c876de9d01da8b"
@@ -6872,10 +6885,20 @@ requires-port@1.x.x:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/requires-port/-/requires-port-1.0.0.tgz#925d2601d39ac485e091cf0da5c6e694dc3dcaff"
 
+resolve-cwd@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-cwd/-/resolve-cwd-2.0.0.tgz#00a9f7387556e27038eae232caa372a6a59b665a"
+  dependencies:
+    resolve-from "^3.0.0"
+
 resolve-from@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-from/-/resolve-from-1.0.1.tgz#26cbfe935d1aeeeabb29bc3fe5aeb01e93d44226"
 
+resolve-from@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-from/-/resolve-from-3.0.0.tgz#b22c7af7d9d6881bc8b6e653335eebcb0a188748"
+
 resolve@1.1.7:
   version "1.1.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.1.7.tgz#203114d82ad2c5ed9e8e0411b3932875e889e97b"