diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4aca3a8512d..b8e80c85e0f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## master
 
+### Features
+* `[jest-cli]` `--changedSince`: allow selectively running tests for code
+  changed since arbitrary revisions.
+  ([#5312](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5312))
+
 ## jest 22.1.3
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/docs/CLI.md b/docs/CLI.md
index b9aa40ecbefb..8cfc0a5d3acd 100644
--- a/docs/CLI.md
+++ b/docs/CLI.md
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ If you want to inspect the cache, use `--showConfig` and look at the
 Runs tests related to the current changes and the changes made in the last
 commit. Behaves similarly to `--onlyChanged`.
 
+### `--changedSince`
+
+##### available in Jest **22.2.0+**
+
+Runs tests related the changes since the provided branch. If the current branch
+has diverged from the given branch, then only changes made locally will be
+tested. Behaves similarly to `--onlyChanged`.
+
 ### `--ci`
 
 When this option is provided, Jest will assume it is running in a CI
diff --git a/integration-tests/__tests__/jest_changed_files.test.js b/integration-tests/__tests__/jest_changed_files.test.js
index 759f246f49e8..72f1ad93ccac 100644
--- a/integration-tests/__tests__/jest_changed_files.test.js
+++ b/integration-tests/__tests__/jest_changed_files.test.js
@@ -191,6 +191,37 @@ test('gets changed files for git', async () => {
       .map(filePath => path.basename(filePath))
       .sort(),
   ).toEqual(['file1.txt', 'file4.txt']);
+
+  run(`${GIT} add file4.txt`, DIR);
+  run(`${GIT} commit -m "test3"`, DIR);
+
+  ({changedFiles: files} = await getChangedFilesForRoots(roots, {
+    changedSince: 'HEAD^^',
+  }));
+  // Returns files from the last 2 commits
+  expect(
+    Array.from(files)
+      .map(filePath => path.basename(filePath))
+      .sort(),
+  ).toEqual(['file1.txt', 'file4.txt']);
+
+  run(`${GIT} checkout HEAD^^ -b feature-branch`, DIR);
+
+  writeFiles(DIR, {
+    'file5.txt': 'file5',
+  });
+  run(`${GIT} add file5.txt`, DIR);
+  run(`${GIT} commit -m "test5"`, DIR);
+
+  ({changedFiles: files} = await getChangedFilesForRoots(roots, {
+    changedSince: 'master',
+  }));
+  // Returns files from this branch but not ones that only exist on master
+  expect(
+    Array.from(files)
+      .map(filePath => path.basename(filePath))
+      .sort(),
+  ).toEqual(['file5.txt']);
 });
 
 test('gets changed files for hg', async () => {
@@ -261,4 +292,37 @@ test('gets changed files for hg', async () => {
       .map(filePath => path.basename(filePath))
       .sort(),
   ).toEqual(['file1.txt', 'file4.txt']);
+
+  run(`${HG} add file4.txt`, DIR);
+  run(`${HG} commit -m "test3"`, DIR);
+
+  ({changedFiles: files} = await getChangedFilesForRoots(roots, {
+    changedSince: '-3',
+  }));
+  // Returns files from the last 2 commits
+  expect(
+    Array.from(files)
+      .map(filePath => path.basename(filePath))
+      .sort(),
+  ).toEqual(['file1.txt', 'file4.txt']);
+
+  run(`${HG} bookmark master`, DIR);
+  // Back up and develop on a different branch
+  run(`${HG} checkout --rev=-2`, DIR);
+
+  writeFiles(DIR, {
+    'file5.txt': 'file5',
+  });
+  run(`${HG} add file5.txt`, DIR);
+  run(`${HG} commit -m "test4"`, DIR);
+
+  ({changedFiles: files} = await getChangedFilesForRoots(roots, {
+    changedSince: 'master',
+  }));
+  // Returns files from this branch but not ones that only exist on master
+  expect(
+    Array.from(files)
+      .map(filePath => path.basename(filePath))
+      .sort(),
+  ).toEqual(['file5.txt']);
 });
diff --git a/packages/jest-changed-files/src/git.js b/packages/jest-changed-files/src/git.js
index ef02aaea3dbc..5450c7ce81ec 100644
--- a/packages/jest-changed-files/src/git.js
+++ b/packages/jest-changed-files/src/git.js
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import type {Options, SCMAdapter} from 'types/ChangedFiles';
 import path from 'path';
 import childProcess from 'child_process';
 
-const findChangedFilesUsingCommand = async (args, cwd) => {
+const findChangedFilesUsingCommand = async (
+  args: Array<string>,
+  cwd: Path,
+): Promise<Array<Path>> => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const child = childProcess.spawn('git', args, {cwd});
     let stdout = '';
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ const findChangedFilesUsingCommand = async (args, cwd) => {
           resolve(
             stdout
               .split('\n')
+              .filter(s => s !== '')
               .map(changedPath => path.resolve(cwd, changedPath)),
           );
         }
@@ -45,21 +49,28 @@ const adapter: SCMAdapter = {
     cwd: string,
     options?: Options,
   ): Promise<Array<Path>> => {
+    const changedSince: ?string =
+      options && (options.withAncestor ? 'HEAD^' : options.changedSince);
+
     if (options && options.lastCommit) {
       return await findChangedFilesUsingCommand(
         ['show', '--name-only', '--pretty=%b', 'HEAD'],
         cwd,
       );
-    } else if (options && options.withAncestor) {
-      const changed = await findChangedFilesUsingCommand(
-        ['diff', '--name-only', 'HEAD^'],
+    } else if (changedSince) {
+      const committed = await findChangedFilesUsingCommand(
+        ['log', '--name-only', '--pretty=%b', 'HEAD', `^${changedSince}`],
+        cwd,
+      );
+      const staged = await findChangedFilesUsingCommand(
+        ['diff', '--cached', '--name-only'],
         cwd,
       );
-      const untracked = await findChangedFilesUsingCommand(
-        ['ls-files', '--other', '--exclude-standard'],
+      const unstaged = await findChangedFilesUsingCommand(
+        ['ls-files', '--other', '--modified', '--exclude-standard'],
         cwd,
       );
-      return changed.concat(untracked);
+      return [...committed, ...staged, ...unstaged];
     } else {
       return await findChangedFilesUsingCommand(
         ['ls-files', '--other', '--modified', '--exclude-standard'],
diff --git a/packages/jest-changed-files/src/hg.js b/packages/jest-changed-files/src/hg.js
index b02859c66de8..ccf4b923e818 100644
--- a/packages/jest-changed-files/src/hg.js
+++ b/packages/jest-changed-files/src/hg.js
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ const adapter: SCMAdapter = {
       let args = ['status', '-amnu'];
       if (options && options.withAncestor) {
         args.push('--rev', 'ancestor(.^)');
+      } else if (options && options.changedSince) {
+        args.push('--rev', `ancestor(., ${options.changedSince})`);
       } else if (options && options.lastCommit === true) {
         args = ['tip', '--template', '{files%"{file}\n"}'];
       }
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.js
index 578f6aeaa41d..a0b4c9366515 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.js
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ export const check = (argv: Argv) => {
     );
   }
 
-  for (const key of ['onlyChanged', 'lastCommit', 'changedFilesWithAncestor']) {
+  for (const key of [
+    'onlyChanged',
+    'lastCommit',
+    'changedFilesWithAncestor',
+    'changedSince',
+  ]) {
     if (argv[key]) {
       argv.onlyChanged = true;
     }
@@ -113,6 +118,14 @@ export const options = {
       'last commit. Behaves similarly to `--onlyChanged`.',
     type: 'boolean',
   },
+  changedSince: {
+    description:
+      'Runs tests related the changes since the provided branch. If the ' +
+      'current branch has diverged from the given branch, then only changes ' +
+      'made locally will be tested. Behaves similarly to `--onlyChanged`.',
+    nargs: 1,
+    type: 'string',
+  },
   ci: {
     default: isCI,
     description:
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/get_changed_files_promise.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/get_changed_files_promise.js
index 68005453f5b6..d8bc8ed59e84 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/get_changed_files_promise.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/get_changed_files_promise.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export default (
       [],
     );
     return getChangedFilesForRoots(allRootsForAllProjects, {
+      changedSince: globalConfig.changedSince,
       lastCommit: globalConfig.lastCommit,
       withAncestor: globalConfig.changedFilesWithAncestor,
     });
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/index.js b/packages/jest-config/src/index.js
index c4dbf27c90c3..ccfa0e2db4bf 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/index.js
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ const getConfigs = (
     globalConfig: Object.freeze({
       bail: options.bail,
       changedFilesWithAncestor: options.changedFilesWithAncestor,
+      changedSince: options.changedSince,
       collectCoverage: options.collectCoverage,
       collectCoverageFrom: options.collectCoverageFrom,
       collectCoverageOnlyFrom: options.collectCoverageOnlyFrom,
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js
index 1349360745b1..1bd405676c10 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ export default function normalize(options: InitialOptions, argv: Argv) {
       case 'bail':
       case 'browser':
       case 'cache':
+      case 'changedSince':
       case 'changedFilesWithAncestor':
       case 'clearMocks':
       case 'collectCoverage':
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/valid_config.js b/packages/jest-config/src/valid_config.js
index 43947aee5b40..dba9ab45f210 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/valid_config.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/valid_config.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export default ({
   cache: true,
   cacheDirectory: '/tmp/user/jest',
   changedFilesWithAncestor: false,
+  changedSince: '',
   clearMocks: false,
   collectCoverage: true,
   collectCoverageFrom: ['src', '!public'],
diff --git a/test_utils.js b/test_utils.js
index 7349b7d33dba..5f9645826635 100644
--- a/test_utils.js
+++ b/test_utils.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type {GlobalConfig, ProjectConfig} from 'types/Config';
 const DEFAULT_GLOBAL_CONFIG: GlobalConfig = {
   bail: false,
   changedFilesWithAncestor: false,
+  changedSince: '',
   collectCoverage: false,
   collectCoverageFrom: [],
   collectCoverageOnlyFrom: null,
diff --git a/types/Argv.js b/types/Argv.js
index 137d46ce2591..a46c5aa14bd2 100644
--- a/types/Argv.js
+++ b/types/Argv.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type Argv = {|
   cache: boolean,
   cacheDirectory: string,
   changedFilesWithAncestor: boolean,
+  changedSince: string,
   clearMocks: boolean,
   ci: boolean,
   collectCoverage: boolean,
diff --git a/types/ChangedFiles.js b/types/ChangedFiles.js
index e69fa343899e..1b7249710a9b 100644
--- a/types/ChangedFiles.js
+++ b/types/ChangedFiles.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type {Path} from 'types/Config';
 export type Options = {|
   lastCommit?: boolean,
   withAncestor?: boolean,
+  changedSince?: string,
 |};
 
 export type ChangedFiles = Set<Path>;
diff --git a/types/Config.js b/types/Config.js
index e9625660445f..f5ca383ad1b1 100644
--- a/types/Config.js
+++ b/types/Config.js
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export type InitialOptions = {
   cacheDirectory?: Path,
   clearMocks?: boolean,
   changedFilesWithAncestor?: boolean,
+  changedSince?: string,
   collectCoverage?: boolean,
   collectCoverageFrom?: Array<Glob>,
   collectCoverageOnlyFrom?: {[key: string]: boolean},
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ export type SnapshotUpdateState = 'all' | 'new' | 'none';
 
 export type GlobalConfig = {|
   bail: boolean,
+  changedSince: string,
   changedFilesWithAncestor: boolean,
   collectCoverage: boolean,
   collectCoverageFrom: Array<Glob>,