diff --git a/documentation/assertions/array-like/to-contain.md b/documentation/assertions/array-like/to-contain.md
index 5caba77ae..719929adf 100644
--- a/documentation/assertions/array-like/to-contain.md
+++ b/documentation/assertions/array-like/to-contain.md
@@ -46,3 +46,34 @@ not to contain { name: 'Jane Doe' }
   { name: 'Jane Doe' } // should be removed
 ]
 ```
+
+You can use the `only` flag to indicate that you want no other items to
+be in the subject.
+
+```js
+expect(
+  [{ name: 'John Doe' }, { name: 'Jane Doe' }],
+  'to only contain',
+  { name: 'Jane Doe' },
+  { name: 'John Doe' }
+);
+```
+
+In case there are more items than that in your subject, you will get the
+following output:
+
+```js
+expect([{ name: 'Jane Doe' }, { name: 'John Doe' }], 'to only contain', {
+  name: 'Jane Doe',
+});
+```
+
+```output
+expected [ { name: 'Jane Doe' }, { name: 'John Doe' } ]
+to only contain { name: 'Jane Doe' }
+
+[
+  { name: 'Jane Doe' },
+  { name: 'John Doe' } // should be removed
+]
+```
diff --git a/lib/assertions.js b/lib/assertions.js
index cf95050ea..3d38b6500 100644
--- a/lib/assertions.js
+++ b/lib/assertions.js
@@ -766,11 +766,19 @@ module.exports = (expect) => {
     );
   });
 
-  expect.addAssertion('<array-like> [not] to contain <any+>', function (
+  expect.addAssertion('<array-like> [not] to [only] contain <any+>', function (
     expect,
     subject
   ) {
     const args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2);
+
+    if (expect.flags.only && expect.flags.not) {
+      expect.errorMode = 'bubble';
+      expect.fail(
+        'The "not" flag cannot be used together with "to only contain".'
+      );
+    }
+
     expect.withError(
       () => {
         args.forEach((arg) => {
@@ -782,19 +790,33 @@ module.exports = (expect) => {
             '[not] to be truthy'
           );
         });
+        if (expect.flags.only) {
+          expect(subject.length, 'to be', args.length);
+        }
       },
       (e) => {
         expect.fail({
-          diff:
-            expect.flags.not &&
-            ((output, diff, inspect, equal) =>
-              diff(
+          diff(output, diff, inspect, equal) {
+            if (expect.flags.not) {
+              return diff(
                 subject,
                 Array.prototype.filter.call(
                   subject,
                   (item) => !args.some((arg) => equal(item, arg))
                 )
-              )),
+              );
+            } else if (expect.flags.only) {
+              var excessItems = Array.prototype.filter.call(subject, (item) =>
+                args.some((arg) => equal(item, arg))
+              );
+              var missingItems = Array.prototype.filter.call(
+                args,
+                (arg) => !subject.some((item) => equal(arg, item))
+              );
+
+              return diff(subject, excessItems.concat(missingItems));
+            }
+          },
         });
       }
     );
diff --git a/test/assertions/to-contain.spec.js b/test/assertions/to-contain.spec.js
index 00cf78084..df3535f4a 100644
--- a/test/assertions/to-contain.spec.js
+++ b/test/assertions/to-contain.spec.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('to contain assertion', () => {
         '  The assertion does not have a matching signature for:\n' +
         '    <null> not to contain <string>\n' +
         '  did you mean:\n' +
-        '    <array-like> [not] to contain <any+>\n' +
+        '    <array-like> [not] to [only] contain <any+>\n' +
         '    <string> [not] to contain <string+>'
     );
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('to contain assertion', () => {
         '  The assertion does not have a matching signature for:\n' +
         '    <number> to contain <number>\n' +
         '  did you mean:\n' +
-        '    <array-like> [not] to contain <any+>\n' +
+        '    <array-like> [not] to [only] contain <any+>\n' +
         '    <string> [not] to contain <string+>'
     );
   });
@@ -166,6 +166,66 @@ describe('to contain assertion', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('with the only flag', () => {
+    it('should not throw when all items are included in the subject', () => {
+      expect(function () {
+        expect(
+          [{ bar: 456 }, { foo: 123 }],
+          'to only contain',
+          { foo: 123 },
+          { bar: 456 }
+        );
+      }, 'not to throw');
+    });
+
+    it('should throw when all items are not included in the subject', () => {
+      expect(
+        function () {
+          expect([{ bar: 456 }], 'to only contain', { foo: 123 }, { bar: 456 });
+        },
+        'to throw exception',
+        'expected [ { bar: 456 } ] to only contain { foo: 123 }, { bar: 456 }\n' +
+          '\n' +
+          '[\n' +
+          '  { bar: 456 }\n' +
+          '  // missing { foo: 123 }\n' +
+          ']'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should throw when all items are included in the subject but subject has other items as well', () => {
+      expect(
+        function () {
+          expect(
+            [{ bar: 456 }, { foo: 123 }, { baz: 789 }],
+            'to only contain',
+            { foo: 123 },
+            { bar: 456 }
+          );
+        },
+        'to throw exception',
+        'expected [ { bar: 456 }, { foo: 123 }, { baz: 789 } ]\n' +
+          'to only contain { foo: 123 }, { bar: 456 }\n' +
+          '\n' +
+          '[\n' +
+          '  { bar: 456 },\n' +
+          '  { foo: 123 },\n' +
+          '  { baz: 789 } // should be removed\n' +
+          ']'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should throw when combining the not and only flags', () => {
+      expect(
+        function () {
+          expect([{ foo: 123 }], 'not to only contain', { foo: 123 });
+        },
+        'to throw exception',
+        'The "not" flag cannot be used together with "to only contain".'
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should not highlight overlapping partial matches', () => {
     expect(
       function () {