diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js
index c951baec3e..a81620c90c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ class QueryBuilder {
       empty: {},
       notEmpty: {},
       oneOf: {},
-      contains: {},
-      ...base
+      contains: {} ,
+      ...base,
     }
     this.limit = 50
     this.sortOrder = "ascending"
diff --git a/packages/server/src/definitions/datasource.ts b/packages/server/src/definitions/datasource.ts
index 90c81abe9f..9752fc947a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/definitions/datasource.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/definitions/datasource.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ export interface SearchFilters {
   oneOf?: {
     [key: string]: any[]
   }
+  contains?: {
+    [key: string]: any
+  }
 }
 
 export interface SortJson {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
index fbbc42151a..3e7bcbf317 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,21 @@ class InternalBuilder {
         }
       }
     }
+
+    const like = (key: string, value: any) => {
+      const fnc = allOr ? "orWhere" : "where"
+      // postgres supports ilike, nothing else does
+      if (this.client === SqlClients.POSTGRES) {
+        query = query[fnc](key, "ilike", `%${value}%`)
+      } else {
+        const rawFnc = `${fnc}Raw`
+        // @ts-ignore
+        query = query[rawFnc](`LOWER(${likeKey(this.client, key)}) LIKE ?`, [
+          `%${value}%`,
+        ])
+      }
+    }
+
     if (!filters) {
       return query
     }
@@ -168,19 +183,7 @@ class InternalBuilder {
       })
     }
     if (filters.fuzzy) {
-      iterate(filters.fuzzy, (key, value) => {
-        const fnc = allOr ? "orWhere" : "where"
-        // postgres supports ilike, nothing else does
-        if (this.client === SqlClients.POSTGRES) {
-          query = query[fnc](key, "ilike", `%${value}%`)
-        } else {
-          const rawFnc = `${fnc}Raw`
-          // @ts-ignore
-          query = query[rawFnc](`LOWER(${likeKey(this.client, key)}) LIKE ?`, [
-            `%${value}%`,
-          ])
-        }
-      })
+      iterate(filters.fuzzy, like)
     }
     if (filters.range) {
       iterate(filters.range, (key, value) => {
@@ -223,6 +226,29 @@ class InternalBuilder {
         query = query[fnc](key)
       })
     }
+    if (filters.contains) {
+      const fnc = allOr ? "orWhere" : "where"
+      const rawFnc = `${fnc}Raw`
+      if (this.client === SqlClients.POSTGRES) {
+        iterate(filters.contains, (key: string, value: any) => {
+          const fieldNames = key.split(/\./g)
+          const tableName = fieldNames[0]
+          const columnName = fieldNames[1]
+          // @ts-ignore
+          query = query[rawFnc](`"${tableName}"."${columnName}"::jsonb @> '["${value}"]'`)
+        })
+      } else if (this.client === SqlClients.MY_SQL) {
+        iterate(filters.contains, (key: string, value: any) => {
+          if (typeof value === "string") {
+            value = `"${value}"`
+          }
+          // @ts-ignore
+          query = query[rawFnc](`JSON_CONTAINS(${key}, '${value}')`)
+        })
+      } else {
+        iterate(filters.contains, like)
+      }
+    }
     return query
   }