diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnView.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnView.java
index c2110a5f8ff..1dce52f7105 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnView.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnView.java
@@ -2323,6 +2323,37 @@ public static ColumnView makeStructView(ColumnView... columns) {
     return makeStructView(columns[0].rows, columns);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a column of bool values indicating whether the specified scalar
+   * is an element of each row of a list column.
+   * Output `column[i]` is set to null if one or more of the following are true:
+   * 1. The key is null
+   * 2. The column vector list value is null
+   * 3. The list row does not contain the key, and contains at least
+   *    one null.
+   * @param key the scalar to look up
+   * @return a Boolean ColumnVector with the result of the lookup
+   */
+  public final ColumnVector listContains(Scalar key) {
+    assert type.equals(DType.LIST) : "column type must be a LIST";
+    return new ColumnVector(listContains(getNativeView(), key.getScalarHandle()));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a column of bool values indicating whether the list rows of the first
+   * column contain the corresponding values in the second column.
+   * 1. The key value is null
+   * 2. The column vector list value is null
+   * 3. The list row does not contain the key, and contains at least
+   *    one null.
+   * @param key the ColumnVector with look up values
+   * @return a Boolean ColumnVector with the result of the lookup
+   */
+  public final ColumnVector listContainsColumn(ColumnView key) {
+    assert type.equals(DType.LIST) : "column type must be a LIST";
+    return new ColumnVector(listContainsColumn(getNativeView(), key.getNativeView()));
+  }
+
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // INTERNAL/NATIVE ACCESS
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -2558,6 +2589,22 @@ private static native long stringReplaceWithBackrefs(long columnView, String pat
 
   private static native long extractListElement(long nativeView, int index);
 
+  /**
+   * Native method for list lookup
+   * @param nativeView the column view handle of the list
+   * @param key the scalar key handle
+   * @return column handle of the resultant
+   */
+  private static native long listContains(long nativeView, long key);
+
+  /**
+   * Native method for list lookup
+   * @param nativeView the column view handle of the list
+   * @param keyColumn the column handle of look up keys
+   * @return column handle of the resultant
+   */
+  private static native long listContainsColumn(long nativeView, long keyColumn);
+
   private static native long castTo(long nativeHandle, int type, int scale);
 
   private static native long logicalCastTo(long nativeHandle, int type, int scale);
diff --git a/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnViewJni.cpp b/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnViewJni.cpp
index 621344ac38f..82e71b04a2f 100644
--- a/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnViewJni.cpp
+++ b/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnViewJni.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include <cudf/transform.hpp>
 #include <cudf/unary.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/bit.hpp>
+#include <cudf/lists/contains.hpp>
 #include <cudf/lists/lists_column_view.hpp>
 #include <cudf/structs/structs_column_view.hpp>
 #include <map_lookup.hpp>
@@ -329,6 +330,40 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_ColumnView_extractListElement(JNIEnv
   CATCH_STD(env, 0);
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_ColumnView_listContains(JNIEnv *env, jclass,
+                                                                    jlong column_view,
+                                                                    jlong lookup_key) {
+  JNI_NULL_CHECK(env, column_view, "column is null", 0);
+  JNI_NULL_CHECK(env, lookup_key, "lookup scalar is null", 0);
+  try {
+    cudf::jni::auto_set_device(env);
+    cudf::column_view *cv = reinterpret_cast<cudf::column_view *>(column_view);
+    cudf::lists_column_view lcv(*cv);
+    cudf::scalar *lookup_scalar = reinterpret_cast<cudf::scalar *>(lookup_key);
+
+    std::unique_ptr<cudf::column> ret = cudf::lists::contains(lcv, *lookup_scalar);
+    return reinterpret_cast<jlong>(ret.release());
+  }
+  CATCH_STD(env, 0);
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_ColumnView_listContainsColumn(JNIEnv *env, jclass,
+                                                                    jlong column_view,
+                                                                    jlong lookup_key_cv) {
+  JNI_NULL_CHECK(env, column_view, "column is null", 0);
+  JNI_NULL_CHECK(env, lookup_key_cv, "lookup column is null", 0);
+  try {
+    cudf::jni::auto_set_device(env);
+    cudf::column_view *cv = reinterpret_cast<cudf::column_view *>(column_view);
+    cudf::lists_column_view lcv(*cv);
+    cudf::column_view *lookup_cv = reinterpret_cast<cudf::column_view *>(lookup_key_cv);
+
+    std::unique_ptr<cudf::column> ret = cudf::lists::contains(lcv, *lookup_cv);
+    return reinterpret_cast<jlong>(ret.release());
+  }
+  CATCH_STD(env, 0);
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT jlongArray JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_ColumnView_stringSplit(JNIEnv *env, jclass,
                                                                         jlong column_view,
                                                                         jlong delimiter) {
diff --git a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java
index 88ff50959f7..582b67b8287 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVectorTest.java
@@ -2899,6 +2899,67 @@ void testExtractListElements() {
       }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testListContainsString() {
+    List<String> list1 = Arrays.asList("Héllo there", "thésé");
+    List<String> list2 = Arrays.asList("", "ARé some", "test strings");
+    List<String> list3 = Arrays.asList(null, "", "ARé some", "test strings", "thésé");
+    List<String> list4 = Arrays.asList(null, "", "ARé some", "test strings");
+    List<String> list5 = null;
+    try (ColumnVector v = ColumnVector.fromLists(new HostColumnVector.ListType(true,
+        new HostColumnVector.BasicType(true, DType.STRING)), list1, list2, list3, list4, list5);
+         ColumnVector expected = ColumnVector.fromBoxedBooleans(true, false, true, null, null);
+         ColumnVector result = v.listContains(Scalar.fromString("thésé"))) {
+      assertColumnsAreEqual(expected, result);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testListContainsInt() {
+    List<Integer> list1 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+    List<Integer> list2 = Arrays.asList(4, 5, 6);
+    List<Integer> list3 = Arrays.asList(7, 8, 9);
+    List<Integer> list4 = null;
+    try (ColumnVector v = ColumnVector.fromLists(new HostColumnVector.ListType(true,
+        new HostColumnVector.BasicType(true, DType.INT32)), list1, list2, list3, list4);
+         ColumnVector expected = ColumnVector.fromBoxedBooleans(false, false, true, null);
+         ColumnVector result = v.listContains(Scalar.fromInt(7))) {
+      assertColumnsAreEqual(expected, result);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testListContainsStringCol() {
+    List<String> list1 = Arrays.asList("Héllo there", "thésé");
+    List<String> list2 = Arrays.asList("", "ARé some", "test strings");
+    List<String> list3 = Arrays.asList("FOO", "", "ARé some", "test");
+    List<String> list4 = Arrays.asList(null, "FOO", "", "ARé some", "test");
+    List<String> list5 = Arrays.asList(null, "FOO", "", "ARé some", "test");
+    List<String> list6 = null;
+    try (ColumnVector v = ColumnVector.fromLists(new HostColumnVector.ListType(true,
+        new HostColumnVector.BasicType(true, DType.STRING)), list1, list2, list3, list4, list5, list6);
+         ColumnVector expected = ColumnVector.fromBoxedBooleans(true, true, true, true, null, null);
+         ColumnVector result = v.listContainsColumn(
+             ColumnVector.fromStrings("thésé", "", "test", "test", "iotA", null))) {
+      assertColumnsAreEqual(expected, result);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testListContainsIntCol() {
+    List<Integer> list1 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+    List<Integer> list2 = Arrays.asList(4, 5, 6);
+    List<Integer> list3 = Arrays.asList(null, 8, 9);
+    List<Integer> list4 = Arrays.asList(null, 8, 9);
+    List<Integer> list5 = null;
+    try (ColumnVector v = ColumnVector.fromLists(new HostColumnVector.ListType(true,
+        new HostColumnVector.BasicType(true, DType.INT32)), list1, list2, list3, list4, list5);
+         ColumnVector expected = ColumnVector.fromBoxedBooleans(true, false, true, null, null);
+         ColumnVector result = v.listContainsColumn(ColumnVector.fromBoxedInts(3, 3, 8, 3, null))) {
+      assertColumnsAreEqual(expected, result);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testStringSplitRecord() {
       try (ColumnVector v = ColumnVector.fromStrings("Héllo there", "thésé", "null", "", "ARé some", "test strings");