diff --git a/ast/builtins.go b/ast/builtins.go
index bc390c4cef..61b1c81982 100644
--- a/ast/builtins.go
+++ b/ast/builtins.go
@@ -1431,12 +1431,14 @@ var ObjectSubset = &Builtin{
 	Description: "Determines if an object `sub` is a subset of another object `super`." +
 		"Object `sub` is a subset of object `super` if and only if every key in `sub` is also in `super`, " +
 		"**and** for all keys which `sub` and `super` share, they have the same value. " +
-		"This function works with objects, sets, and arrays. " +
+		"This function works with objects, sets, arrays and a set of array and set." +
 		"If both arguments are objects, then the operation is recursive, e.g. " +
 		"`{\"c\": {\"x\": {10, 15, 20}}` is a subset of `{\"a\": \"b\", \"c\": {\"x\": {10, 15, 20, 25}, \"y\": \"z\"}`. " +
 		"If both arguments are sets, then this function checks if every element of `sub` is a member of `super`, " +
 		"but does not attempt to recurse. If both arguments are arrays, " +
 		"then this function checks if `sub` appears contiguously in order within `super`, " +
+		"and also does not attempt to recurse. If `super` is array and `sub` is set, " +
+		"then this function checks if `super` contains every element of `sub` with no consideration of ordering, " +
 		"and also does not attempt to recurse.",
 	Decl: types.NewFunction(
 		types.Args(
diff --git a/builtin_metadata.json b/builtin_metadata.json
index abdb2aa92d..9062cbdf15 100644
--- a/builtin_metadata.json
+++ b/builtin_metadata.json
@@ -8565,7 +8565,7 @@
       "v0.42.1",
       "edge"
     ],
-    "description": "Determines if an object `sub` is a subset of another object `super`.Object `sub` is a subset of object `super` if and only if every key in `sub` is also in `super`, **and** for all keys which `sub` and `super` share, they have the same value. This function works with objects, sets, and arrays. If both arguments are objects, then the operation is recursive, e.g. `{\"c\": {\"x\": {10, 15, 20}}` is a subset of `{\"a\": \"b\", \"c\": {\"x\": {10, 15, 20, 25}, \"y\": \"z\"}`. If both arguments are sets, then this function checks if every element of `sub` is a member of `super`, but does not attempt to recurse. If both arguments are arrays, then this function checks if `sub` appears contiguously in order within `super`, and also does not attempt to recurse.",
+    "description": "Determines if an object `sub` is a subset of another object `super`.Object `sub` is a subset of object `super` if and only if every key in `sub` is also in `super`, **and** for all keys which `sub` and `super` share, they have the same value. This function works with objects, sets, arrays and a set of array and set.If both arguments are objects, then the operation is recursive, e.g. `{\"c\": {\"x\": {10, 15, 20}}` is a subset of `{\"a\": \"b\", \"c\": {\"x\": {10, 15, 20, 25}, \"y\": \"z\"}`. If both arguments are sets, then this function checks if every element of `sub` is a member of `super`, but does not attempt to recurse. If both arguments are arrays, then this function checks if `sub` appears contiguously in order within `super`, and also does not attempt to recurse. If `super` is array and `sub` is set, then this function checks if `super` contains every element of `sub` with no consideration of ordering, and also does not attempt to recurse.",
     "introduced": "v0.42.0",
     "result": {
       "description": "`true` if `sub` is a subset of `super`",
diff --git a/test/cases/testdata/subset/test-subset.yaml b/test/cases/testdata/subset/test-subset.yaml
index 34e9464ce9..91c15b3ea3 100644
--- a/test/cases/testdata/subset/test-subset.yaml
+++ b/test/cases/testdata/subset/test-subset.yaml
@@ -345,3 +345,44 @@ cases:
     want_result:
       - x: true
 
+  - data:
+    modules:
+      - |
+        package test
+
+        A := [1,2,3,4,5,6]
+        B := {4,3,2}
+
+        AsubB := object.subset(A, B)
+        BsubA := object.subset(B, A)
+
+        test_result {
+          AsubB     # B is a subset of A
+          not BsubA # It is invalid operands
+        }
+
+    note: subset/array and set 1
+    query: data.test.test_result = x
+    want_result:
+      - x: true
+
+  - data:
+    modules:
+      - |
+        package test
+
+        A := [1,2,3,4,5,6]
+        B := {9,8,7}
+
+        AsubB := object.subset(A, B)
+        BsubA := object.subset(B, A)
+
+        test_result {
+          not AsubB     # B is not a subset of A
+          not BsubA     # It is invalid operands
+        }
+
+    note: subset/array and set 2
+    query: data.test.test_result = x
+    want_result:
+      - x: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/topdown/subset.go b/topdown/subset.go
index 9273ac3998..19c6571c02 100644
--- a/topdown/subset.go
+++ b/topdown/subset.go
@@ -63,6 +63,24 @@ func bothArrays(t1, t2 *ast.Term) (bool, *ast.Array, *ast.Array) {
 	return true, array1, array2
 }
 
+func arraySet(t1, t2 *ast.Term) (bool, *ast.Array, ast.Set) {
+	if (t1 == nil) || (t2 == nil) {
+		return false, nil, nil
+	}
+
+	array, ok := t1.Value.(*ast.Array)
+	if !ok {
+		return false, nil, nil
+	}
+
+	set, ok := t2.Value.(ast.Set)
+	if !ok {
+		return false, nil, nil
+	}
+
+	return true, array, set
+}
+
 // objectSubset implements the subset operation on a pair of objects.
 //
 // This function will try to recursively apply the subset operation where it
@@ -194,6 +212,25 @@ func arraySubset(super, sub *ast.Array) bool {
 	}
 }
 
+// arraySetSubset implements the subset operation on array and set.
+//
+// This is defined to mean that the entire "sub" set must appear in
+// the "super" array with no consideration of ordering.
+// For the same rationale as setSubset(), we do not attempt
+// to recurse into values.
+func arraySetSubset(super *ast.Array, sub ast.Set) bool {
+	unmatched := sub.Len()
+	return super.Until(func(t *ast.Term) bool {
+		if sub.Contains(t) {
+			unmatched--
+		}
+		if unmatched == 0 {
+			return true
+		}
+		return false
+	})
+}
+
 func builtinObjectSubset(_ BuiltinContext, operands []*ast.Term, iter func(*ast.Term) error) error {
 	superTerm := operands[0]
 	subTerm := operands[1]
@@ -213,7 +250,12 @@ func builtinObjectSubset(_ BuiltinContext, operands []*ast.Term, iter func(*ast.
 		return iter(ast.BooleanTerm(arraySubset(superArray, subArray)))
 	}
 
-	return builtins.ErrOperand("both arguments object.subset must be of the same type")
+	if ok, superArray, subSet := arraySet(superTerm, subTerm); ok {
+		// Super operand is array and sub operand is set
+		return iter(ast.BooleanTerm(arraySetSubset(superArray, subSet)))
+	}
+
+	return builtins.ErrOperand("both arguments object.subset must be of the same type or array and set")
 }
 
 func init() {