diff --git a/jest-preset.js b/jest-preset.js
index e49c4062687ea5..d1a749c5a2701a 100644
--- a/jest-preset.js
+++ b/jest-preset.js
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ module.exports = {
     'node_modules/(?!((jest-)?react-native|@react-native(-community)?)/)',
   ],
   setupFiles: [require.resolve('./jest/setup.js')],
-  testEnvironment: 'node',
+  testEnvironment: require.resolve('./jest/react-native-env.js'),
 };
diff --git a/jest/react-native-env.js b/jest/react-native-env.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b45ac255d9c202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest/react-native-env.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const NodeEnv = require('jest-environment-node').TestEnvironment;
+
+module.exports = class ReactNativeEnv extends NodeEnv {
+  // this is where we'll add our custom logic
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ea795ea6623df1..db213015ee403f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
     "base64-js": "^1.1.2",
     "event-target-shim": "^5.0.1",
     "invariant": "^2.2.4",
+    "jest-environment-node": "^29.0.3",
     "jsc-android": "^250230.2.1",
     "memoize-one": "^5.0.0",
     "metro-react-native-babel-transformer": "0.72.3",