diff --git a/assert.sh b/assert.sh
index 48c6f16..7920757 100755
--- a/assert.sh
+++ b/assert.sh
@@ -145,6 +145,27 @@ assert_array_not_eq() {
   return "$return_code"
 }
 
+assert_array_contains() {
+   
+  declare -n map_name="$1"
+  local element="$2"
+  local msg="${3-}"
+  local contains="1"
+    
+  for i in "${!map_name[@]}"
+  do
+    if [[ "${map_name[$i]}" = "$element" ]]; then
+      contains="0"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if [ "$contains" != "0" ]; then
+    [ "${#msg}" -gt 0 ] && log_failure  $msg || true
+  fi
+  
+  return "$contains"
+}
+
 assert_empty() {
   local actual=$1
   local msg="${2-}"
diff --git a/test_assert.sh b/test_assert.sh
index bd28e16..d2d673b 100755
--- a/test_assert.sh
+++ b/test_assert.sh
@@ -181,6 +181,29 @@ test_assert_array_not_eq() {
 
 }
 
+test_assert_array_contains() {
+  log_header "Test :: assert_array_contains"
+
+  input=("one" "tw oo" "333")
+  element="one"
+
+  assert_array_contains input $element  # it can be an issue on other implementation of shell
+  if [ "$?" == 0 ]; then
+    log_success "assert_array_contains returns 0 if the arrays contains the element"
+  else
+    log_failure "assert_array_contains should return 0"
+  fi
+
+  element="onee"
+  assert_array_contains input $element  # it can be an issue on other implementation of shell
+  if [ "$?" == 1 ]; then
+    log_success "assert_array_contains returns 1 if the arrays not contains the element"
+  else
+    log_failure "assert_array_contains should return 1"
+  fi
+
+}
+
 test_assert_empty() {
   log_header "Test :: assert_empty"
 
@@ -479,6 +502,7 @@ test_assert_true
 test_assert_false
 test_assert_array_eq
 test_assert_array_not_eq
+test_assert_array_contains
 test_assert_empty
 test_assert_not_empty
 test_assert_contain