diff --git a/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/query/hql/QueryLanguage.adoc b/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/query/hql/QueryLanguage.adoc
index cf5b733441..f6d7dd928e 100644
--- a/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/query/hql/QueryLanguage.adoc
+++ b/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/query/hql/QueryLanguage.adoc
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ include::{array-example-dir-hql}/ArrayAggregateTest.java[tags=hql-array-agg-exam
 ====
 
 [[hql-array-position-functions]]
-===== `array_position()`
+===== `array_position()` or `position()`
 
 Returns the 1-based position of an element in the array. Returns 0 if the element is not found and `null` if the array is `null`.
 
@@ -1256,6 +1256,17 @@ include::{array-example-dir-hql}/ArrayPositionTest.java[tags=hql-array-position-
 ----
 ====
 
+Alternatively, it is also possible to use the `position()` function,
+which is overloaded to also accept an array argument.
+
+[[hql-array-position-hql-example]]
+====
+[source, JAVA, indent=0]
+----
+include::{array-example-dir-hql}/ArrayPositionTest.java[tags=hql-array-position-hql-example]
+----
+====
+
 [[hql-array-positions-functions]]
 ===== `array_positions()` and `array_positions_list()`
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SemanticQueryBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SemanticQueryBuilder.java
index eb338bec52..658a06c2b5 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SemanticQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SemanticQueryBuilder.java
@@ -4566,14 +4566,24 @@ public class SemanticQueryBuilder<R> extends HqlParserBaseVisitor<Object> implem
 
 	@Override
 	public Object visitPositionFunction(HqlParser.PositionFunctionContext ctx) {
-		final SqmExpression<?> pattern = (SqmExpression<?>) ctx.positionFunctionPatternArgument().accept( this );
-		final SqmExpression<?> string = (SqmExpression<?>) ctx.positionFunctionStringArgument().accept( this );
+		final SqmExpression<?> patternOrElement = (SqmExpression<?>) ctx.positionFunctionPatternArgument().accept( this );
+		final SqmExpression<?> stringOrArray = (SqmExpression<?>) ctx.positionFunctionStringArgument().accept( this );
 
-		return getFunctionDescriptor("position").generateSqmExpression(
-				asList( pattern, string ),
-				null,
-				creationContext.getQueryEngine()
-		);
+		final SqmExpressible<?> stringOrArrayExpressible = stringOrArray.getExpressible();
+		if ( stringOrArrayExpressible != null && stringOrArrayExpressible.getSqmType() instanceof BasicPluralType<?, ?> ) {
+			return getFunctionDescriptor( "array_position" ).generateSqmExpression(
+					asList( stringOrArray, patternOrElement ),
+					null,
+					creationContext.getQueryEngine()
+			);
+		}
+		else {
+			return getFunctionDescriptor( "position" ).generateSqmExpression(
+					asList( patternOrElement, stringOrArray ),
+					null,
+					creationContext.getQueryEngine()
+			);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayPositionTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayPositionTest.java
index be357b8f07..65bac84066 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayPositionTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayPositionTest.java
@@ -134,4 +134,16 @@ public class ArrayPositionTest {
 		} );
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testPositionOverload(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inSession( em -> {
+			//tag::hql-array-position-hql-example[]
+			List<EntityWithArrays> results = em.createQuery( "from EntityWithArrays e where position('abc' in e.theArray) = 1", EntityWithArrays.class )
+					.getResultList();
+			//end::hql-array-position-hql-example[]
+			assertEquals( 1, results.size() );
+			assertEquals( 2L, results.get( 0 ).getId() );
+		} );
+	}
+
 }