diff --git a/packages/react/jest.config.js b/packages/react/jest.config.js
index c16374ebe05fe4..6a0cc7d4a2ac57 100644
--- a/packages/react/jest.config.js
+++ b/packages/react/jest.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 const { createV8Config: createConfig } = require('@fluentui/scripts-jest');
 
 const config = createConfig({
+  globals: {
+    'ts-jest': {
+      tsconfig: '<rootDir>/tsconfig.spec.json',
+    },
+  },
   setupFiles: ['./config/tests.js'],
   snapshotSerializers: ['@fluentui/jest-serializer-merge-styles'],
 });