diff --git a/lib/postgresql.js b/lib/postgresql.js
index c850a51c..1895f025 100644
--- a/lib/postgresql.js
+++ b/lib/postgresql.js
@@ -584,6 +584,28 @@ PostgreSQL.prototype.buildExpression = function(columnName, operator,
       operatorValue);
     case 'match':
       return new ParameterizedSQL(`to_tsvector(${columnName}) @@ to_tsquery(?)`, [operatorValue]);
+    // Map the abstract 'jsonContains' operator to PostgreSQL's JSONB containment operator (@>),
+    // parsing or normalizing string/array inputs to build parameterized clauses connected with OR.
+    case 'jsonContains':
+      let values = operatorValue;
+      if (typeof values === 'string') {
+        try {
+          values = JSON.parse(values);
+        } catch (e) {
+          values = [values];
+        }
+      }
+      if (!Array.isArray(values)) {
+        values = [values];
+      }
+      const conditions = [];
+      const jsonContainsParams = [];
+      values.forEach(value => {
+        conditions.push(`${columnName} @> CAST(? AS JSONB)`);
+        jsonContainsParams.push(JSON.stringify([value]));
+      });
+      const clause = '(' + conditions.join(' OR ') + ')';
+      return new ParameterizedSQL(clause, jsonContainsParams);
     default:
       // invoke the base implementation of `buildExpression`
       return this.invokeSuper('buildExpression', columnName, operator,
diff --git a/test/postgresql.test.js b/test/postgresql.test.js
index 01a637cb..aaa4f027 100644
--- a/test/postgresql.test.js
+++ b/test/postgresql.test.js
@@ -983,6 +983,64 @@ describe('postgresql connector', function() {
       done();
     });
   });
+
+  context('jsonContains operator', function() {
+    let Item;
+
+    before(function(done) {
+      db = global.getDataSource();
+      // Define a test model utilizing a jsonb column type to test JSON containment filters.
+      Item = db.define('ItemWithJson', {
+        name: {type: String},
+        tags: {
+          type: 'object',
+          postgresql: {
+            dataType: 'jsonb',
+          },
+        },
+      });
+      db.automigrate(['ItemWithJson'], done);
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(function(done) {
+      Item.destroyAll(done);
+    });
+
+    after(function(done) {
+      Item.destroyAll(done);
+    });
+
+    it('should find records matching jsonContains filter', async () => {
+      // Seed test records to verify multi-value containment matching.
+      await Item.createAll([
+        {name: 'Item A', tags: ['foo', 'bar']},
+        {name: 'Item B', tags: ['baz']},
+      ]);
+
+      // Execute find query using the mapped jsonContains operator.
+      const found = await Item.find({
+        where: {
+          tags: {jsonContains: ['bar', 'foo']},
+        },
+      });
+
+      found.should.have.property('length', 1);
+      found[0].name.should.equal('Item A');
+    });
+
+    it('should support unit-level SQL building verification for jsonContains', function() {
+      // Verify that buildWhere constructs the exact PostgreSQL-native JSONB containment syntax and parameters.
+      const where = db.connector.buildWhere(
+        'ItemWithJson',
+        {tags: {jsonContains: ['bar', 'foo']}},
+      );
+
+      where.toJSON().should.eql({
+        sql: 'WHERE ("tags" @> CAST(? AS JSONB) OR "tags" @> CAST(? AS JSONB))',
+        params: ['["bar"]', '["foo"]'],
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('Serial properties', function() {