diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28fc48be6596..cac33660b742 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 - `[jest-circus]` Fail synchronous hook timeouts ([#7074](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7074))
 - `[jest-jasmine2]` Fail synchronous test timeouts ([#7074](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7074))
 - `[jest-jasmine2]` Better error message when a describe block is empty ([#6372](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6372))
+- `[jest-jasmine2]` Pending calls inside async tests are reported as pending not failed ([#6782](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6782))
 - `[jest-circus]` Better error message when a describe block is empty ([#6372](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6372))
 - `[jest-cli]` Fix unhandled error when a bad revision is provided to `changedSince` ([#7115](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7115))
 
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/jasmine_async_with_pending_during_test.js b/e2e/__tests__/jasmine_async_with_pending_during_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b93f79598bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/jasmine_async_with_pending_during_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* @flow */
+
+'use strict';
+
+import {json as runWithJson} from '../runJest';
+import {skipSuiteOnJestCircus} from '../../scripts/ConditionalTest';
+
+describe('async jasmine with pending during test', () => {
+  skipSuiteOnJestCircus();
+
+  it('should be reported as a pending test', () => {
+    const result = runWithJson('jasmine-async', ['pending_in_promise.test.js']);
+    const json = result.json;
+
+    expect(json.numTotalTests).toBe(1);
+    expect(json.numPassedTests).toBe(0);
+    expect(json.numFailedTests).toBe(0);
+    expect(json.numPendingTests).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/e2e/jasmine-async/__tests__/pending_in_promise.test.js b/e2e/jasmine-async/__tests__/pending_in_promise.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90532ebba079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/jasmine-async/__tests__/pending_in_promise.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+'use strict';
+
+it('skips a test inside a promise', () =>
+  new Promise(() => {
+    pending('skipped a test inside a promise');
+  }));
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine_async.js b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine_async.js
index 1eaf0a8f2a4f..a45e9ac21c15 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine_async.js
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/jasmine_async.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function promisifyLifeCycleFunction(originalFn, env) {
 
 // Similar to promisifyLifeCycleFunction but throws an error
 // when the return value is neither a Promise nor `undefined`
-function promisifyIt(originalFn, env) {
+function promisifyIt(originalFn, env, jasmine) {
   return function(specName, fn, timeout) {
     if (!fn) {
       const spec = originalFn.call(env, specName);
@@ -102,7 +102,13 @@ function promisifyIt(originalFn, env) {
           if (message) {
             extraError.message = message;
           }
-          done.fail(isError ? error : extraError);
+
+          if (jasmine.Spec.isPendingSpecException(error)) {
+            env.pending(message);
+            done();
+          } else {
+            done.fail(isError ? error : extraError);
+          }
         });
       } else if (returnValue === undefined) {
         done();
@@ -146,8 +152,8 @@ export function install(global: Global) {
   const jasmine = global.jasmine;
 
   const env = jasmine.getEnv();
-  env.it = promisifyIt(env.it, env);
-  env.fit = promisifyIt(env.fit, env);
+  env.it = promisifyIt(env.it, env, jasmine);
+  env.fit = promisifyIt(env.fit, env, jasmine);
   global.it.concurrent = makeConcurrent(env.it, env);
   global.it.concurrent.only = makeConcurrent(env.fit, env);
   global.it.concurrent.skip = makeConcurrent(env.xit, env);