diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1116fd8a46d9..8554348f954b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 - `[jest-cli]` Handle missing `numTodoTests` in test results ([#7779](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7779))
 - `[jest-runtime]` Exclude setup/teardown files from coverage report ([#7790](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7790)
 - `[babel-jest]` Throw an error if `babel-jest` tries to transform a file ignored by Babel ([#7797](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7797))
+- `[babel-plugin-jest-hoist]` Ignore TS type references when looking for out-of-scope references ([#7799](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7799)
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
diff --git a/e2e/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/__tests__/typescript.test.ts b/e2e/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/__tests__/typescript.test.ts
index e92369af9684..820294d1973e 100644
--- a/e2e/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/__tests__/typescript.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/__tests__/typescript.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import {Color} from '../types';
 import {color} from '../entry';
 
+jest.mock('some-module', () => ({} as Partial<{}>), {virtual: true});
+
 jest.mock('../entry', () => {
   const color: Color = 'blue';
   return {color};
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.js
index 13f9c2bdcc00..9445cffde661 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-jest-hoist/src/index.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const IDVisitor = {
   ReferencedIdentifier(path) {
     this.ids.add(path);
   },
-  blacklist: ['TypeAnnotation', 'TSTypeAnnotation'],
+  blacklist: ['TypeAnnotation', 'TSTypeAnnotation', 'TSTypeReference'],
 };
 
 const FUNCTIONS: Object = Object.create(null);