diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json b/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json
index 33e670567007..969536b4192e 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     "jest-matcher-utils": "^20.0.3",
     "jest-matchers": "^20.0.3",
     "jest-message-util": "^20.0.3",
-    "jest-snapshot": "^20.0.3"
+    "jest-snapshot": "^20.0.3",
+    "p-cancelable": "^0.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "jest-runtime": "^20.0.4"
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/queue_runner.js b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/queue_runner.js
index 978262a85074..d354b8fbd194 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/queue_runner.js
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/queue_runner.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * @flow
  */
 
+import PCancelable from 'p-cancelable';
 import pTimeout from './p_timeout';
 
 type Options = {
@@ -24,20 +25,10 @@ type QueueableFn = {
   timeout?: () => number,
 };
 
-function createCancelToken() {
-  let cancel;
-  const promise = new Promise(resolve => {
-    cancel = resolve;
-  });
-
-  return {
-    cancel,
-    promise,
-  };
-}
-
 function queueRunner(options: Options) {
-  const token = createCancelToken();
+  const token = new PCancelable((onCancel, resolve) => {
+    onCancel(resolve);
+  });
 
   const mapper = ({fn, timeout}) => {
     let promise = new Promise(resolve => {
@@ -60,7 +51,7 @@ function queueRunner(options: Options) {
       }
     });
 
-    promise = Promise.race([promise, token.promise]);
+    promise = Promise.race([promise, token]);
 
     if (!timeout) {
       return promise;
@@ -80,15 +71,15 @@ function queueRunner(options: Options) {
     );
   };
 
-  const returnPromise = options.queueableFns.reduce(
+  const res = options.queueableFns.reduce(
     (promise, fn) => promise.then(() => mapper(fn)),
     Promise.resolve(),
   );
 
   return {
-    cancel: token.cancel,
-    catch: returnPromise.catch.bind(returnPromise),
-    then: returnPromise.then.bind(returnPromise),
+    cancel: token.cancel.bind(token),
+    catch: res.catch.bind(res),
+    then: res.then.bind(res),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e55e9088654a..199e070edfbf 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4599,6 +4599,10 @@ osenv@^0.1.4:
     os-homedir "^1.0.0"
     os-tmpdir "^1.0.0"
 
+p-cancelable@^0.3.0:
+  version "0.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-cancelable/-/p-cancelable-0.3.0.tgz#b9e123800bcebb7ac13a479be195b507b98d30fa"
+
 p-finally@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-finally/-/p-finally-1.0.0.tgz#3fbcfb15b899a44123b34b6dcc18b724336a2cae"
@@ -5208,12 +5212,6 @@ resolve@^1.1.3, resolve@^1.1.4, resolve@^1.1.6, resolve@^1.1.7:
   dependencies:
     path-parse "^1.0.5"
 
-resolve@^1.3.2:
-  version "1.3.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.3.3.tgz#655907c3469a8680dc2de3a275a8fdd69691f0e5"
-  dependencies:
-    path-parse "^1.0.5"
-
 resolve@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.4.0.tgz#a75be01c53da25d934a98ebd0e4c4a7312f92a86"