diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
index bdfa79157..cd4200a13 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ fn pure_builtins() -> Vec<Builtin> {
 
             Ok(Value::Bool(true))
         }),
+        Builtin::new("any", &[true, true], |args, vm| {
+            for value in args[1].to_list()?.into_iter() {
+                let pred_result = {
+                    vm.push(value);
+                    vm.call_value(&args[0])
+                }?;
+
+                if pred_result.force(vm)?.as_bool()? {
+                    return Ok(Value::Bool(true));
+                }
+            }
+
+            Ok(Value::Bool(false))
+        }),
         Builtin::new("attrNames", &[true], |args, _| {
             let xs = args[0].to_attrs()?;
             let mut output = Vec::with_capacity(xs.len());
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-any.exp b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-any.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6846ac3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-any.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[ false true false true true true false true false ]
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-any.nix b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-any.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c659f130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-any.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[
+  (builtins.any (x: x) [ ])
+  (builtins.any (x: x) [ true true true ])
+  (builtins.any (x: x) [ false false false ])
+  (builtins.any (x: x) [ true true false ])
+  (builtins.any (x: x) [ false true true ])
+
+  # evaluation should short-circuit
+  (builtins.any (x: x) [ false true (builtins.abort "should be unreachable") ])
+
+  # arbitrary functions supported
+  (builtins.any (x: x * 2 == 42) [ ])
+  (builtins.any (x: x * 2 == 42) [ 7 21 42 ])
+  (builtins.any (x: x * 2 == 42) [ 1 2 3 ])
+]