diff --git a/__mocks__/languages.json b/__mocks__/languages.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f62fe9b9b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__mocks__/languages.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "en": {
+    "fileName": "en_EN.json",
+    "label": "English"
+  },
+  "en-us": {
+    "fileName": "en_US.json",
+    "label": "English (US)"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d6cb56b136..a2d042a6b8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -161,7 +161,11 @@
     ],
     "setupTestFrameworkScriptFile": "<rootDir>/test/setupTests.js",
     "moduleNameMapper": {
-      "\\.(gif|png|svg|ttf|woff2)$": "<rootDir>/__mocks__/imageMock.js"
-    }
+      "\\.(gif|png|svg|ttf|woff2)$": "<rootDir>/__mocks__/imageMock.js",
+      "\\$webapp/i18n/languages.json": "<rootDir>/__mocks__/languages.json"
+    },
+    "transformIgnorePatterns": [
+      "/node_modules/(?!matrix-js-sdk).+$"
+    ]
   }
 }