diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index efd456d7db1c..a6b775c28300 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - `[jest-snapshot` Mark snapshots as obsolete when moved to an inline snapshot ([#6773](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6773))
 - `[jest-config]` Fix `--coverage` with `--findRelatedTests` overwriting `collectCoverageFrom` options ([#6736](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6736))
 - `[jest-config]` Update default config for testURL from 'about:blank' to 'http://localhost' to address latest JSDOM security warning. ([#6792](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6792))
+- `[jest-cli]` Fix `testMatch` not working with negations ([#6648](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6648))
 
 ## 23.4.2
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/SearchSource.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/SearchSource.js
index 7ea662a8c9bd..57caf26e8506 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/SearchSource.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/SearchSource.js
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ const globsToMatcher = (globs: ?Array<Glob>) => {
     return () => true;
   }
 
-  const matchers = globs.map(each => micromatch.matcher(each, {dot: true}));
-  return path => matchers.some(each => each(path));
+  return path => micromatch([path], globs, {dot: true}).length > 0;
 };
 
 const regexToMatcher = (testRegex: string) => {
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/__tests__/SearchSource.test.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/__tests__/SearchSource.test.js
index 18b51e287bb1..d513df33d2e4 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/__tests__/SearchSource.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/__tests__/SearchSource.test.js
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ describe('SearchSource', () => {
           moduleFileExtensions: ['js', 'jsx', 'txt'],
           name,
           rootDir,
-          testMatch: ['**/not-really-a-test.txt'],
+          testMatch: ['**/not-really-a-test.txt', '!**/do-not-match-me.txt'],
           testRegex: '',
         },
         {},