diff --git a/jest.config.base.js b/jest.config.base.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74a2459b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest.config.base.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module.exports = {
+  testEnvironment: 'node',
+  transform: {
+    '\\.[jt]sx?$': [
+      'babel-jest',
+      { configFile: require.resolve('./babel.config') },
+    ],
+  },
+  watchPathIgnorePatterns: ['\\/node_modules\\/'],
+}
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8388e541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = {
+  projects: ['packages/status-js'],
+}
diff --git a/packages/status-js/jest.config.js b/packages/status-js/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65a4c1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/status-js/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = {
+  ...require('../../jest.config.base'),
+  displayName: 'core',
+}
diff --git a/packages/status-js/tsconfig.json b/packages/status-js/tsconfig.json
index e29a253e..d8ac6efa 100644
--- a/packages/status-js/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/status-js/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "paths": {
       "~/*": ["./*"]
-    }
+    },
+    "rootDir": "."
   }
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
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index 00000000..5e7667f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "files": [],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "packages/status-js" }]
+}