diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e62645bd9fe..000000000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "jest.pathToJest": "npm run jest --",
-  "editor.rulers": [
-    80
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/integration_tests/__tests__/__snapshots__/custom-reporters-test.js.snap b/integration_tests/__tests__/__snapshots__/custom-reporters-test.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7cd86bd25226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/__tests__/__snapshots__/custom-reporters-test.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`Custom Reporters Integration IncompleteReporter for flexibility 1`] = `
+"onRunComplete is called
+Passed Tests: 1
+Failed Tests: 0
+Total Tests: 1
+"
+`;
+
+exports[`Custom Reporters Integration TestReporter with all tests failing 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "onRunComplete": Object {
+    "called": true,
+    "config": "object",
+    "numFailedTests": 1,
+    "numPassedTests": 0,
+    "numTotalTests": 1,
+  },
+  "onRunStart": Object {
+    "called": true,
+    "config": "object",
+    "options": "object",
+  },
+  "onTestResult": Object {
+    "called": true,
+    "times": 1,
+  },
+  "onTestStart": Object {
+    "called": true,
+    "config": false,
+    "path": true,
+  },
+  "options": Object {
+    "christop": "pojer",
+    "dmitrii": "abramov",
+    "hello": "world",
+  },
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Custom Reporters Integration TestReporter with all tests passing 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "onRunComplete": Object {
+    "called": true,
+    "config": "object",
+    "numFailedTests": 0,
+    "numPassedTests": 1,
+    "numTotalTests": 1,
+  },
+  "onRunStart": Object {
+    "called": true,
+    "config": "object",
+    "options": "object",
+  },
+  "onTestResult": Object {
+    "called": true,
+    "times": 1,
+  },
+  "onTestStart": Object {
+    "called": true,
+    "config": false,
+    "path": true,
+  },
+  "options": Object {
+    "christop": "pojer",
+    "dmitrii": "abramov",
+    "hello": "world",
+  },
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Custom Reporters Integration invalid format for adding reporters 1`] = `
+"●  Reporter Validation Error:
+
+Unexpected value for Path at index 0 of reporter at index 0
+ Expected:
+   string
+ Got:
+   number
+
+  Configuration Documentation:
+  https://facebook.github.io/jest/docs/configuration.html
+
+"
+`;
diff --git a/integration_tests/__tests__/custom-reporters-test.js b/integration_tests/__tests__/custom-reporters-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..183a8b81734f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/__tests__/custom-reporters-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+const runJest = require('../runJest');
+const skipOnWindows = require('skipOnWindows');
+
+describe('Custom Reporters Integration', () => {
+  skipOnWindows.suite();
+
+  test('valid string format for adding reporters', () => {
+    const reporterConfig = {
+      reporters: ['<rootDir>/reporters/TestReporter.js'],
+    };
+
+    const {status} = runJest('custom_reporters', [
+      '--config',
+      JSON.stringify(reporterConfig),
+      'add-test.js',
+    ]);
+
+    expect(status).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test('valid array format for adding reporters', () => {
+    const reporterConfig = {
+      reporters: [
+        ['<rootDir>/reporters/TestReporter.js', {'Dmitrii Abramov': 'Awesome'}],
+      ],
+    };
+
+    const {status} = runJest('custom_reporters', [
+      '--config',
+      JSON.stringify(reporterConfig),
+      'add-test.js',
+    ]);
+
+    expect(status).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test('invalid format for adding reporters', () => {
+    const reporterConfig = {
+      reporters: [[3243242]],
+    };
+
+    const {status, stderr} = runJest('custom_reporters', [
+      '--config',
+      JSON.stringify(reporterConfig),
+      'add-test.js',
+    ]);
+
+    expect(status).toBe(1);
+    expect(stderr).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  test('TestReporter with all tests passing', () => {
+    const {
+      stdout,
+      status,
+      stderr,
+    } = runJest('custom_reporters', ['add-test.js']);
+    const parsedJSON = JSON.parse(stdout);
+
+    expect(status).toBe(0);
+    expect(stderr.trim()).toBe('');
+    expect(parsedJSON).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  test('TestReporter with all tests failing', () => {
+    const {
+      stdout,
+      status,
+      stderr,
+    } = runJest('custom_reporters', ['add-fail-test.js']);
+
+    const parsedJSON = JSON.parse(stdout);
+
+    expect(status).toBe(1);
+    expect(stderr.trim()).toBe('');
+    expect(parsedJSON).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  test('IncompleteReporter for flexibility', () => {
+    const {stderr, stdout, status} = runJest('custom_reporters', [
+      '--config',
+      JSON.stringify({
+        reporters: ['<rootDir>/reporters/IncompleteReporter.js'],
+      }),
+      'add-test.js',
+    ]);
+
+    expect(status).toBe(0);
+    expect(stderr.trim()).toBe('');
+
+    expect(stdout).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/integration_tests/coverage_report/not-required-in-test-suite.js b/integration_tests/coverage_report/not-required-in-test-suite.js
index c3ce8bb48301..747a45c65575 100644
--- a/integration_tests/coverage_report/not-required-in-test-suite.js
+++ b/integration_tests/coverage_report/not-required-in-test-suite.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 throw new Error(
   `this error should not be a problem because` +
-  `this file is never required or executed`
+    `this file is never required or executed`,
 );
 
 // Flow annotations to make sure istanbul can instrument non ES6 source
diff --git a/integration_tests/custom_reporters/__tests__/add-fail-test.js b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/__tests__/add-fail-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ece775e4041b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/__tests__/add-fail-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const add = require('../add');
+
+describe('CustomReporters', () => {
+  test('adds fail', () => {
+    expect(add(1, 3)).toBe(231);
+    expect(add(5, 7)).toBe(120);
+    expect(add(2, 4)).toBe(6);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/integration_tests/custom_reporters/__tests__/add-test.js b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/__tests__/add-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a2130ede580c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/__tests__/add-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const add = require('../add');
+
+describe('Custom Reporters', () => {
+  test('adds ok', () => {
+    expect(add(1, 2)).toBe(3);
+    expect(add(3, 4)).toBe(7);
+    expect(add(12, 24)).toBe(36);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/integration_tests/custom_reporters/add.js b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/add.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a7276b3dd0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/add.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = function add(x, y) {
+  return x + y;
+};
diff --git a/integration_tests/custom_reporters/package.json b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fa9b322698e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "jest": {
+    "reporters": [
+      ["<rootDir>/reporters/TestReporter.js", {
+        "hello": "world",
+        "dmitrii": "abramov",
+        "christop": "pojer"
+      }]
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/integration_tests/custom_reporters/reporters/IncompleteReporter.js b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/reporters/IncompleteReporter.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..232a5b84c7a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/reporters/IncompleteReporter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * IncompleteReporter
+ * Reporter to test for the flexibility of the interface we implemented.
+ * The reporters shouldn't be required to implement all the methods
+ * 
+ * This only implements one mehtod onRunComplete which should be called
+ */
+class IncompleteReporter {
+  constructor(options) {
+    this.options = {};
+  }
+
+  onRunComplete(config, results) {
+    console.log('onRunComplete is called');
+    console.log('Passed Tests: ' + results.numPassedTests);
+    console.log('Failed Tests: ' + results.numFailedTests);
+    console.log('Total Tests: ' + results.numTotalTests);
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = IncompleteReporter;
diff --git a/integration_tests/custom_reporters/reporters/TestReporter.js b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/reporters/TestReporter.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a057c9194c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/custom_reporters/reporters/TestReporter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * TestReporter
+ * Reporter for testing the outputs, without any extra 
+ * hassle. Uses a JSON like syntax for testing the reporters
+ * instead of outputting the text to stdout and using match functions 
+ * to get the output.
+ */
+class TestReporter {
+  constructor(options) {
+    this._options = options;
+
+    /**
+     * statsCollected property
+     * contains most of the statistics 
+     * related to the object to be called,
+     * This here helps us in avoiding the string match
+     * statements nothing else
+     */
+    this._statsCollected = {
+      onRunComplete: {},
+      onRunStart: {},
+      onTestResult: {times: 0},
+      onTestStart: {},
+      options,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * clearLine
+   * clears the line for easier JSON parsing
+   */
+  clearLine() {
+    if (process.stdout.isTTY) {
+      process.stderr.write('\x1b[999D\x1b[K');
+    }
+  }
+
+  onTestStart(config, path) {
+    const onTestStart = this._statsCollected.onTestStart;
+
+    onTestStart.called = true;
+    onTestStart.config = config === undefined;
+    onTestStart.path = typeof path === 'string';
+  }
+
+  onTestResult(config, testResult, results) {
+    const onTestResult = this._statsCollected.onTestResult;
+
+    onTestResult.called = true;
+    onTestResult.times++;
+  }
+
+  onRunStart(config, results, options) {
+    this.clearLine();
+    const onRunStart = this._statsCollected.onRunStart;
+
+    onRunStart.called = true;
+    onRunStart.config = typeof config;
+    onRunStart.options = typeof options;
+  }
+
+  onRunComplete(config, results) {
+    const onRunComplete = this._statsCollected.onRunComplete;
+
+    onRunComplete.called = true;
+    onRunComplete.config = typeof config;
+
+    onRunComplete.numPassedTests = results.numPassedTests;
+    onRunComplete.numFailedTests = results.numFailedTests;
+    onRunComplete.numTotalTests = results.numTotalTests;
+
+    // The Final Call
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(this._statsCollected, null, 4));
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = TestReporter;
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/ReporterDispatcher.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/ReporterDispatcher.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9259eb4bc35b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/ReporterDispatcher.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @flow
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+import type {GlobalConfig} from 'types/Config';
+import type {Context} from 'types/Context';
+import type {Test} from 'types/TestRunner';
+import type {TestResult, AggregatedResult} from 'types/TestResult';
+import type BaseReporter from './reporters/BaseReporter';
+import type {ReporterOnStartOptions} from 'types/Reporters';
+
+export type RunOptions = {
+  estimatedTime: number,
+  showStatus: boolean,
+};
+
+class ReporterDispatcher {
+  _disabled: boolean;
+  _reporters: Array<BaseReporter>;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this._reporters = [];
+  }
+
+  register(reporter: BaseReporter): void {
+    this._reporters.push(reporter);
+  }
+
+  unregister(ReporterClass: Function) {
+    this._reporters = this._reporters.filter(
+      reporter => !(reporter instanceof ReporterClass),
+    );
+  }
+
+  onTestResult(
+    test: Test,
+    testResult: TestResult,
+    results: AggregatedResult,
+  ) {
+    this._reporters.forEach(reporter =>
+      reporter.onTestResult(test, testResult, results),
+    );
+  }
+
+  onTestStart(test: Test) {
+    this._reporters.forEach(reporter => reporter.onTestStart(test));
+  }
+
+  onRunStart(
+    config: GlobalConfig,
+    results: AggregatedResult,
+    options: ReporterOnStartOptions,
+  ) {
+    this._reporters.forEach(reporter =>
+      reporter.onRunStart(config, results, options),
+    );
+  }
+
+  onRunComplete(
+    contexts: Set<Context>,
+    config: GlobalConfig,
+    results: AggregatedResult,
+  ) {
+    this._reporters.forEach(reporter =>
+      reporter.onRunComplete(contexts, config, results),
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Return a list of last errors for every reporter
+  getErrors(): Array<Error> {
+    return this._reporters.reduce((list, reporter) => {
+      const error = reporter.getLastError();
+      return error ? list.concat(error) : list;
+    }, []);
+  }
+
+  hasErrors(): boolean {
+    return this.getErrors().length !== 0;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = ReporterDispatcher;
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/TestRunner.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/TestRunner.js
index a6833ddd01d2..3fc47d716947 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/TestRunner.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/TestRunner.js
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ import type {
   SerializableError as TestError,
   TestResult,
 } from 'types/TestResult';
-import type {GlobalConfig} from 'types/Config';
+import type {Config, GlobalConfig, ReporterConfig} from 'types/Config';
 import type {Context} from 'types/Context';
 import type {PathPattern} from './SearchSource';
 import type {Test, Tests} from 'types/TestRunner';
-import type BaseReporter from './reporters/BaseReporter';
 
 const {formatExecError} = require('jest-message-util');
 
@@ -32,7 +31,10 @@ const snapshot = require('jest-snapshot');
 const throat = require('throat');
 const workerFarm = require('worker-farm');
 const TestWatcher = require('./TestWatcher');
+const ReporterDispatcher = require('./ReporterDispatcher');
+const chalk = require('chalk');
 
+const DEFAULT_REPORTER_LABEL = 'default';
 const SLOW_TEST_TIME = 3000;
 
 class CancelRun extends Error {
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ class TestRunner {
     this._setupReporters();
   }
 
-  addReporter(reporter: BaseReporter) {
+  addReporter(reporter: Object) {
     this._dispatcher.register(reporter);
   }
 
@@ -273,14 +275,30 @@ class TestRunner {
     return Promise.race([runAllTests, onInterrupt]).then(cleanup, cleanup);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Checks if default reporters should be added or not
+   * @private
+   */
+  _shouldAddDefaultReporters(reporters?: Array<ReporterConfig>): boolean {
+    return !reporters || reporters.indexOf(DEFAULT_REPORTER_LABEL) !== -1;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Main method to Setup reporters to be used with TestRunner
+   * @private
+   */
   _setupReporters() {
     const config = this._config;
+    const reporters = config.reporters;
+    const isDefault: boolean = this._shouldAddDefaultReporters(reporters);
 
-    this.addReporter(
-      config.verbose
-        ? new VerboseReporter({expand: config.expand})
-        : new DefaultReporter(),
-    );
+    if (isDefault) {
+      this._setupDefaultReporters(config);
+    }
+
+    if (reporters && Array.isArray(reporters)) {
+      this._addCustomReporters(reporters);
+    }
 
     if (config.collectCoverage) {
       // coverage reporter dependency graph is pretty big and we don't
@@ -289,12 +307,64 @@ class TestRunner {
       this.addReporter(new CoverageReporter());
     }
 
-    this.addReporter(new SummaryReporter(this._options));
+
     if (config.notify) {
       this.addReporter(new NotifyReporter(this._options.startRun));
     }
   }
 
+  _setupDefaultReporters(config: GlobalConfig) {
+    this.addReporter(
+      config.verbose ? new VerboseReporter(config) : new DefaultReporter(),
+    );
+
+    this.addReporter(new SummaryReporter(this._options));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds Custom reporters to Jest
+   * @private
+   */
+  _addCustomReporters(reporters: Array<ReporterConfig>) {
+    const customReporter = reporters.filter(reporter => reporter !== 'default');
+
+    customReporter.forEach((reporter, index) => {
+      const {options, path} = this._getReporterProps(reporter);
+
+      try {
+        const Reporter = require(path);
+        this.addReporter(new Reporter(options));
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(
+          chalk.red(
+            'An error occured while adding the reporter at path ' + path,
+          ),
+        );
+        throw error;
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get properties of a reporter in an object
+   * to make dealing with them less painful
+   *
+   * Objects contain the following properties:
+   *  - options
+   *  - path
+   */
+  _getReporterProps(reporter: ReporterConfig): Object {
+    let props = {};
+    if (typeof reporter === 'string') {
+      props = {path: reporter};
+    } else if (Array.isArray(reporter)) {
+      const [path, options] = reporter;
+      props = {options, path};
+    }
+
+    return props;
+  }
+
   _bailIfNeeded(
     contexts: Set<Context>,
     aggregatedResults: AggregatedResult,
@@ -429,59 +499,6 @@ const buildFailureTestResult = (
   };
 };
 
-class ReporterDispatcher {
-  _disabled: boolean;
-  _reporters: Array<BaseReporter>;
-
-  constructor() {
-    this._reporters = [];
-  }
-
-  register(reporter: BaseReporter): void {
-    this._reporters.push(reporter);
-  }
-
-  unregister(ReporterClass: Function) {
-    this._reporters = this._reporters.filter(
-      reporter => !(reporter instanceof ReporterClass),
-    );
-  }
-
-  onTestResult(test, testResult, results) {
-    this._reporters.forEach(reporter =>
-      reporter.onTestResult(test, testResult, results),
-    );
-  }
-
-  onTestStart(test) {
-    this._reporters.forEach(reporter => reporter.onTestStart(test));
-  }
-
-  onRunStart(config, results, options) {
-    this._reporters.forEach(reporter =>
-      reporter.onRunStart(config, results, options),
-    );
-  }
-
-  onRunComplete(contexts, config, results) {
-    this._reporters.forEach(reporter =>
-      reporter.onRunComplete(contexts, config, results),
-    );
-  }
-
-  // Return a list of last errors for every reporter
-  getErrors(): Array<Error> {
-    return this._reporters.reduce((list, reporter) => {
-      const error = reporter.getLastError();
-      return error ? list.concat(error) : list;
-    }, []);
-  }
-
-  hasErrors(): boolean {
-    return this.getErrors().length !== 0;
-  }
-}
-
 const getEstimatedTime = (timings, workers) => {
   if (!timings.length) {
     return 0;
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/VerboseReporter.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/VerboseReporter.js
index c77c7d57f512..bc63100bc4f8 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/VerboseReporter.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/reporters/VerboseReporter.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
+import type {GlobalConfig} from 'types/Config';
 import type {
   AggregatedResult,
   AssertionResult,
@@ -21,14 +22,10 @@ const DefaultReporter = require('./DefaultReporter');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const {ICONS} = require('../constants');
 
-type Options = {|
-  expand: boolean,
-|};
-
 class VerboseReporter extends DefaultReporter {
-  _options: Options;
+  _options: GlobalConfig;
 
-  constructor(options: Options) {
+  constructor(options: GlobalConfig) {
     super();
     this._options = options;
   }
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js
index 5cec63a6f5cc..0e2757181933 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const DEPRECATED_CONFIG = require('./deprecated');
 const JSON_EXTENSION = '.json';
 const PRESET_NAME = 'jest-preset' + JSON_EXTENSION;
 const ERROR = `${BULLET}Validation Error`;
+const {validateReporters} = require('./reporterValidationErrors');
 
 const createConfigError = message =>
   new ValidationError(ERROR, message, DOCUMENTATION_NOTE);
@@ -247,6 +248,10 @@ function normalize(config: InitialConfig, argv: Object = {}) {
     exampleConfig: VALID_CONFIG,
   });
 
+  if (config.reporters && Array.isArray(config.reporters)) {
+    validateReporters(config.reporters);
+  }
+
   normalizePreprocessor(config);
   normalizeRootDir(config);
   normalizeMissingOptions(config);
@@ -356,6 +361,7 @@ function normalize(config: InitialConfig, argv: Object = {}) {
       case 'notify':
       case 'preset':
       case 'replname':
+      case 'reporters':
       case 'resetMocks':
       case 'resetModules':
       case 'rootDir':
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/reporterValidationErrors.js b/packages/jest-config/src/reporterValidationErrors.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..173e7249ca61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/reporterValidationErrors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+const {ValidationError} = require('jest-validate');
+const {DOCUMENTATION_NOTE, BULLET} = require('./utils');
+
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+const {getType} = require('jest-matcher-utils');
+
+const validReporterTypes = ['array', 'string'];
+const ERROR = `${BULLET} Reporter Validation Error`;
+
+/**
+ * Reporter Vaidation Error is thrown if the given arguments
+ * within the reporter are not valid
+ * 
+ * This is a highly specific reporter error and in the future will be
+ * merged with jest-validate. Till then, we can make use of it. It works
+ * and that's what counts most at this time
+ */
+function createReporterError(
+  reporterIndex: number,
+  reporterValue: any,
+): ValidationError {
+  const errorMessage = `Reporter at index ${reporterIndex} must be of type:\n` +
+    `   ${chalk.bold.green(validReporterTypes.join(' or '))}\n` +
+    ` but instead received:\n` +
+    `   ${chalk.bold.red(getType(reporterValue))}`;
+
+  return new ValidationError(ERROR, errorMessage, DOCUMENTATION_NOTE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reporter Error specific to Array configuration
+ */
+function createArrayReporterError(
+  reporterIndex: number,
+  valueIndex: number,
+  value: any,
+  expectedType: string,
+  valueName: string,
+): ValidationError {
+  const errorMessage = `Unexpected value for ${valueName} ` +
+    `at index ${valueIndex} of reporter at index ${reporterIndex}\n` +
+    ' Expected:\n' +
+    `   ${chalk.bold.red(expectedType)}\n` +
+    ' Got:\n' +
+    `   ${chalk.bold.green(getType(value))}`;
+
+  return new ValidationError(ERROR, errorMessage, DOCUMENTATION_NOTE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * validates each reporter provided in the configuration
+ * @private
+ */
+function validateReporters(reporterConfig: Array<mixed>): boolean {
+  return reporterConfig.every((reporter, index) => {
+    if (Array.isArray(reporter)) {
+      validateArrayReporter(reporter, index);
+    } else if (typeof reporter !== 'string') {
+      throw createReporterError(index, reporter);
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * validates values within the array reporter
+ * 
+ * @param   {Array<mixed>} arrayReporter reporter to be validated
+ * @returns {boolean} true if the reporter was validated
+ */
+function validateArrayReporter(
+  arrayReporter: Array<mixed>,
+  reporterIndex: number,
+) {
+  const [path, options] = arrayReporter;
+  if (typeof path !== 'string') {
+    throw createArrayReporterError(reporterIndex, 0, path, 'string', 'Path');
+  } else if (typeof options !== 'object') {
+    throw createArrayReporterError(
+      reporterIndex,
+      1,
+      options,
+      'object',
+      'Reporter Configuration',
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  createArrayReporterError,
+  createReporterError,
+  validateReporters,
+};
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/validConfig.js b/packages/jest-config/src/validConfig.js
index f43b6de2d02d..19c1585dd0b5 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/validConfig.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/validConfig.js
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ module.exports = ({
   noStackTrace: false,
   notify: false,
   preset: 'react-native',
+  reporters: [
+    'default',
+    'custom-reporter-1',
+    ['custom-reporter-2', {configValue: true}],
+  ],
   resetMocks: false,
   resetModules: false,
   resolver: '<rootDir>/resolver.js',
diff --git a/types/Config.js b/types/Config.js
index 38a9e7bc9e3c..c8a5825dffec 100644
--- a/types/Config.js
+++ b/types/Config.js
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ export type HasteConfig = {|
   providesModuleNodeModules: Array<string>,
 |};
 
+export type ReporterConfig = StringReporter | ArrayReporter;
+export type StringReporter = string;
+export type ArrayReporter = [string, Object];
+
 export type ConfigGlobals = Object;
 
 export type GlobalConfig = {
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ export type GlobalConfig = {
   noStackTrace: boolean,
   notify: boolean,
   replname: ?string,
+  reporters: Array<ReporterConfig>,
   rootDir: Path,
   silent: boolean,
   testNamePattern: string,
@@ -117,6 +122,7 @@ export type Config = {|
   notify: boolean,
   preset: ?string,
   replname: ?string,
+  reporters: Array<ReporterConfig>,
   resetMocks: boolean,
   resetModules: boolean,
   resolver: ?Path,
@@ -163,6 +169,7 @@ export type InitialConfig = {|
   forceExit?: boolean,
   globals?: ConfigGlobals,
   haste?: HasteConfig,
+  reporters?: Array<ReporterConfig>,
   logHeapUsage?: boolean,
   logTransformErrors?: ?boolean,
   mapCoverage?: boolean,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7a21ecec9e1c..30eb5d7b5eb2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ ajv-keywords@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv-keywords/-/ajv-keywords-1.5.1.tgz#314dd0a4b3368fad3dfcdc54ede6171b886daf3c"
 
 ajv@^4.7.0, ajv@^4.9.1:
-  version "4.11.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv/-/ajv-4.11.7.tgz#8655a5d86d0824985cc471a1d913fb6729a0ec48"
+  version "4.11.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv/-/ajv-4.11.6.tgz#947e93049790942b2a2d60a8289b28924d39f987"
   dependencies:
     co "^4.6.0"
     json-stable-stringify "^1.0.1"
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ arr-diff@^2.0.0:
     arr-flatten "^1.0.1"
 
 arr-flatten@^1.0.1:
-  version "1.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/arr-flatten/-/arr-flatten-1.0.3.tgz#a274ed85ac08849b6bd7847c4580745dc51adfb1"
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/arr-flatten/-/arr-flatten-1.0.1.tgz#e5ffe54d45e19f32f216e91eb99c8ce892bb604b"
 
 array-equal@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ babel-core@^6.23.1, babel-core@^6.24.1:
     source-map "^0.5.0"
 
 babel-eslint@^7.1.1:
-  version "7.2.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-eslint/-/babel-eslint-7.2.2.tgz#0da2cbe6554fd0fb069f19674f2db2f9c59270ff"
+  version "7.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-eslint/-/babel-eslint-7.2.1.tgz#079422eb73ba811e3ca0865ce87af29327f8c52f"
   dependencies:
     babel-code-frame "^6.22.0"
     babel-traverse "^6.23.1"
@@ -866,8 +866,8 @@ camelcase@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/camelcase/-/camelcase-2.1.1.tgz#7c1d16d679a1bbe59ca02cacecfb011e201f5a1f"
 
 caniuse-db@^1.0.30000639:
-  version "1.0.30000655"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-db/-/caniuse-db-1.0.30000655.tgz#e40b6287adc938848d6708ef83d65b5f54ac1874"
+  version "1.0.30000657"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-db/-/caniuse-db-1.0.30000657.tgz#8192aec745019cc050217ad049c60dad21e3d1bc"
 
 caseless@~0.12.0:
   version "0.12.0"
@@ -1220,8 +1220,8 @@ ecc-jsbn@~0.1.1:
     jsbn "~0.1.0"
 
 electron-to-chromium@^1.2.7:
-  version "1.3.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.3.3.tgz#651eb63fe89f39db70ffc8dbd5d9b66958bc6a0e"
+  version "1.3.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.3.6.tgz#b90ff7e9094e6f7dd343761a001e82592d937db2"
 
 encoding@^0.1.11:
   version "0.1.12"
@@ -1680,8 +1680,8 @@ glob@7.1.1, glob@^7.0.0, glob@^7.0.3, glob@^7.0.5, glob@^7.0.6, glob@^7.1.1:
     path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
 
 global@^4.3.0:
-  version "4.3.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/global/-/global-4.3.1.tgz#5f757908c7cbabce54f386ae440e11e26b7916df"
+  version "4.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/global/-/global-4.3.2.tgz#e76989268a6c74c38908b1305b10fc0e394e9d0f"
   dependencies:
     min-document "^2.19.0"
     process "~0.5.1"
@@ -1767,8 +1767,8 @@ home-or-tmp@^2.0.0:
     os-tmpdir "^1.0.1"
 
 hosted-git-info@^2.1.4:
-  version "2.4.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-2.4.2.tgz#0076b9f46a270506ddbaaea56496897460612a67"
+  version "2.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-2.4.1.tgz#4b0445e41c004a8bd1337773a4ff790ca40318c8"
 
 html-encoding-sniffer@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
@@ -2704,8 +2704,8 @@ preserve@^0.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/preserve/-/preserve-0.2.0.tgz#815ed1f6ebc65926f865b310c0713bcb3315ce4b"
 
 prettier@1.2.0:
-  version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prettier/-/prettier-1.1.0.tgz#9d6ad005703efefa66b6999b8916bfc6afeaf9f8"
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prettier/-/prettier-1.2.0.tgz#6165611aea1328fefc96b9d144b73133cde0474e"
   dependencies:
     ast-types "0.9.8"
     babel-code-frame "6.22.0"
@@ -3160,8 +3160,8 @@ sprintf-js@~1.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.0.3.tgz#04e6926f662895354f3dd015203633b857297e2c"
 
 sshpk@^1.7.0:
-  version "1.13.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sshpk/-/sshpk-1.13.0.tgz#ff2a3e4fd04497555fed97b39a0fd82fafb3a33c"
+  version "1.11.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sshpk/-/sshpk-1.11.0.tgz#2d8d5ebb4a6fab28ffba37fa62a90f4a3ea59d77"
   dependencies:
     asn1 "~0.2.3"
     assert-plus "^1.0.0"