diff --git a/community/random-values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TextValueFuzzTest.java b/community/random-values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TextValueFuzzTest.java
index dea24286c0ae9..ee7b187b26fe9 100644
--- a/community/random-values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TextValueFuzzTest.java
+++ b/community/random-values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TextValueFuzzTest.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void shouldTrim()
     }
 
     @Test
-    void shouldHandleStartsWithAndEndsWith()
+    void shouldHandleStringPredicates()
     {
         for ( int i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++ )
         {
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ void shouldHandleStartsWithAndEndsWith()
 
             assertConsistent( value, other, TextValue::startsWith );
             assertConsistent( value, other, TextValue::endsWith );
+            assertConsistent( value, other, TextValue::contains );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/CharValue.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/CharValue.java
index 87aacc330e7d9..a6d166e5719d1 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/CharValue.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/CharValue.java
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ public boolean endsWith( TextValue other )
         return startsWith( other );
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean contains( TextValue other )
+    {
+        return startsWith( other );
+    }
+
     public char value()
     {
         return value;
diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/StringValue.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/StringValue.java
index 4836efb82599f..dd8aab4b83191 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/StringValue.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/StringValue.java
@@ -245,6 +245,12 @@ public boolean endsWith( TextValue other )
             return other.length() == 0;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public boolean contains( TextValue other )
+        {
+            return other.length() == 0;
+        }
+
         @Override
         public TextValue toLower()
         {
diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/StringWrappingStringValue.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/StringWrappingStringValue.java
index 7585c3927ccb1..82b7289aaa71f 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/StringWrappingStringValue.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/StringWrappingStringValue.java
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ public boolean endsWith( TextValue other )
         return value.endsWith( other.stringValue() );
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean contains( TextValue other )
+    {
+        return value.contains( other.stringValue() );
+    }
+
     @Override
     Matcher matcher( Pattern pattern )
     {
diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TextValue.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TextValue.java
index 737f420e6fa00..28cf0a2c3fa00 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TextValue.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/TextValue.java
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ public TextValue substring( int start )
 
     public abstract boolean endsWith( TextValue other );
 
+    public abstract boolean contains( TextValue other );
+
     public abstract int compareTo( TextValue other );
 
     @Override
diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/UTF8StringValue.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/UTF8StringValue.java
index 5d37655b93675..8a099180905a7 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/UTF8StringValue.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/UTF8StringValue.java
@@ -363,6 +363,55 @@ public boolean endsWith( TextValue other )
         return value().endsWith( other.stringValue() );
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean contains( TextValue other )
+    {
+
+        if ( other instanceof UTF8StringValue )
+        {
+            final UTF8StringValue substring = (UTF8StringValue) other;
+            if ( byteLength == 0 )
+            {
+                return substring.byteLength == 0;
+            }
+            if ( substring.byteLength == 0 )
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if ( substring.byteLength > byteLength )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            final byte first = substring.bytes[substring.offset];
+            int max = offset + byteLength - substring.byteLength;
+            for ( int pos = offset; pos <= max; pos++ )
+            {
+                //find first byte
+                if ( bytes[pos] != first )
+                {
+                    while ( ++pos <= max && bytes[pos] != first );
+                }
+
+                //Now we have the first byte match, look at the rest
+                if ( pos <= max )
+                {
+                    int i = pos + 1;
+                    final int end = pos + substring.byteLength;
+                    for ( int j = substring.offset + 1; i < end && bytes[i] == substring.bytes[j]; j++, i++);
+
+                    if ( i == end )
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return value().contains( other.stringValue() );
+    }
+
     private boolean startsWith(UTF8StringValue prefix, int startPos)
     {
         int thisOffset = offset+ startPos;
diff --git a/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/UTF8StringValueTest.java b/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/UTF8StringValueTest.java
index 230f60943d055..c706798564e26 100644
--- a/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/UTF8StringValueTest.java
+++ b/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/storable/UTF8StringValueTest.java
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void shouldThrowOnNegativeLength()
     }
 
     @Test
-    void shouldHandleStartsWithAndEndsWithWhenOffset()
+    void shouldHandleStringPredicatesWithOffset()
     {
         // Given
         byte[] bytes = "abcdefghijklmnoprstuvxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVXYZ".getBytes( UTF_8 );
@@ -249,11 +249,15 @@ void shouldHandleStartsWithAndEndsWithWhenOffset()
                         assertThat( value.startsWith( other ),
                                 equalTo( otherLength == 0 || otherOffset == offset && otherLength <= length ) );
                         assertThat( value.endsWith( other ),
-                                equalTo( otherLength == 0 || otherOffset >= offset && otherLength == length + offset - otherOffset ) );
+                                equalTo( otherLength == 0 ||
+                                         otherOffset >= offset && otherLength == length + offset - otherOffset ) );
+                        assertThat( value.contains( other ),
+                                equalTo( otherLength == 0 ||
+                                         otherOffset >= offset && otherLength <= length + offset - otherOffset ) );
+
                     }
                 }
 
-
             }
         }
     }