diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/template.py b/homeassistant/helpers/template.py
index c6096e11aab..adbb8fe0d36 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/template.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/template.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from functools import cache, lru_cache, partial, wraps
 import json
 import logging
 import math
-from operator import attrgetter
+from operator import attrgetter, contains
 import random
 import re
 import statistics
@@ -2085,6 +2085,7 @@ class TemplateEnvironment(ImmutableSandboxedEnvironment):
         self.filters["iif"] = iif
         self.filters["bool"] = forgiving_boolean
         self.filters["version"] = version
+        self.filters["contains"] = contains
         self.globals["log"] = logarithm
         self.globals["sin"] = sine
         self.globals["cos"] = cosine
@@ -2121,6 +2122,7 @@ class TemplateEnvironment(ImmutableSandboxedEnvironment):
         self.tests["is_number"] = is_number
         self.tests["match"] = regex_match
         self.tests["search"] = regex_search
+        self.tests["contains"] = contains
 
         if hass is None:
             return
diff --git a/tests/helpers/test_template.py b/tests/helpers/test_template.py
index c080b5b684c..cb5445516e5 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/test_template.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/test_template.py
@@ -4070,3 +4070,33 @@ async def test_template_states_can_serialize(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     template_state = template.TemplateState(hass, state, True)
     assert template_state.as_dict() is template_state.as_dict()
     assert json_dumps(template_state) == json_dumps(template_state)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "seq, value, expected",
+    [
+        ([0], 0, True),
+        ([1], 0, False),
+        ([False], 0, True),
+        ([True], 0, False),
+        ([0], [0], False),
+        (["toto", 1], "toto", True),
+        (["toto", 1], "tata", False),
+        ([], 0, False),
+        ([], None, False),
+    ],
+)
+def test_contains(hass, seq, value, expected):
+    """Test contains."""
+    assert (
+        template.Template("{{ seq | contains(value) }}", hass).async_render(
+            {"seq": seq, "value": value}
+        )
+        == expected
+    )
+    assert (
+        template.Template("{{ seq is contains(value) }}", hass).async_render(
+            {"seq": seq, "value": value}
+        )
+        == expected
+    )