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 f1fd303c12..a83225c585 100644
--- a/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/query/hql/QueryLanguage.adoc
+++ b/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/userguide/chapters/query/hql/QueryLanguage.adoc
@@ -1420,6 +1420,24 @@ include::{array-example-dir-hql}/ArrayContainsArrayTest.java[tags=hql-array-cont
 ----
 ====
 
+In addition to that, it is also possible to use the `in` predicate with arrays.
+
+[[hql-array-in-hql-example]]
+====
+[source, JAVA, indent=0]
+----
+include::{array-example-dir-hql}/ArrayContainsTest.java[tags=hql-array-in-hql-example]
+----
+====
+
+[[hql-array-in-array-hql-example]]
+====
+[source, JAVA, indent=0]
+----
+include::{array-example-dir-hql}/ArrayContainsArrayTest.java[tags=hql-array-in-array-hql-example]
+----
+====
+
 [[hql-array-overlaps-functions]]
 [[hql-array-intersects-functions]]
 ===== `array_intersects()` and `array_intersects_nullable()`
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/org/hibernate/grammars/hql/HqlParser.g4 b/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/org/hibernate/grammars/hql/HqlParser.g4
index 7cee3e889f..d8ef2153fc 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/org/hibernate/grammars/hql/HqlParser.g4
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/org/hibernate/grammars/hql/HqlParser.g4
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ inList
 	| LEFT_PAREN (expressionOrPredicate (COMMA expressionOrPredicate)*)? RIGHT_PAREN# ExplicitTupleInList
 	| LEFT_PAREN subquery RIGHT_PAREN												# SubqueryInList
 	| parameter 																	# ParamInList
+	| expression 																	# ArrayInList
 	;
 
 /**
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 acdd97c30c..d7e1de9d91 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
@@ -2846,6 +2846,28 @@ public class SemanticQueryBuilder<R> extends HqlParserBaseVisitor<Object> implem
 					creationContext.getNodeBuilder()
 			);
 		}
+		else if ( inListContext instanceof HqlParser.ArrayInListContext ) {
+			if ( getCreationOptions().useStrictJpaCompliance() ) {
+				throw new StrictJpaComplianceViolation( StrictJpaComplianceViolation.Type.HQL_COLLECTION_FUNCTION );
+			}
+			final HqlParser.ArrayInListContext arrayInListContext =
+					(HqlParser.ArrayInListContext) inListContext;
+
+			final SqmExpression<?> arrayExpr = (SqmExpression<?>) arrayInListContext.expression().accept( this );
+			final SqmExpressible<?> arrayExpressible = arrayExpr.getExpressible();
+			if ( arrayExpressible != null && !( arrayExpressible.getSqmType() instanceof BasicPluralType<?, ?>) ) {
+				throw new SemanticException(
+						"Right operand for in-array predicate must be a basic plural type expression, but found: " + arrayExpressible.getSqmType(),
+						query
+				);
+			}
+			final SelfRenderingSqmFunction<Boolean> contains = getFunctionDescriptor( "array_contains" ).generateSqmExpression(
+					asList( arrayExpr, testExpression ),
+					null,
+					creationContext.getQueryEngine()
+			);
+			return new SqmBooleanExpressionPredicate( contains, negated, creationContext.getNodeBuilder() );
+		}
 		else {
 			throw new ParsingException( "Unexpected IN predicate type [" + ctx.getClass().getSimpleName() + "] : " + ctx.getText() );
 		}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayContainsArrayTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayContainsArrayTest.java
index 96f47df597..abf84a852e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayContainsArrayTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayContainsArrayTest.java
@@ -211,4 +211,16 @@ public class ArrayContainsArrayTest {
 		} );
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testInArraySyntax(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inSession( em -> {
+			//tag::hql-array-in-array-hql-example[]
+			List<EntityWithArrays> results = em.createQuery( "from EntityWithArrays e where ['abc', 'def'] in e.theArray", EntityWithArrays.class )
+					.getResultList();
+			//end::hql-array-in-array-hql-example[]
+			assertEquals( 1, results.size() );
+			assertEquals( 2L, results.get( 0 ).getId() );
+		} );
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayContainsTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayContainsTest.java
index 5cd28ecdc7..2167a8ed5a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayContainsTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/function/array/ArrayContainsTest.java
@@ -145,4 +145,16 @@ public class ArrayContainsTest {
 		} );
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testInSyntax(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inSession( em -> {
+			//tag::hql-array-in-hql-example[]
+			List<EntityWithArrays> results = em.createQuery( "from EntityWithArrays e where 'abc' in e.theArray", EntityWithArrays.class )
+					.getResultList();
+			//end::hql-array-in-hql-example[]
+			assertEquals( 1, results.size() );
+			assertEquals( 2L, results.get( 0 ).getId() );
+		} );
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/release-announcement.adoc b/release-announcement.adoc
index 7437439809..a137cb1cb5 100644
--- a/release-announcement.adoc
+++ b/release-announcement.adoc
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Plenty of syntax sugar for array operations was added:
 |Support casting array to string
 
 |`array_contains(array, element)`
-|`array contains element`
+|`array contains element` or `element in array`
 |Contains predicate for containment check
 
 |`array_intersects(array, array(1, 2))`