diff --git a/src/compute/boolean.rs b/src/compute/boolean.rs
index 4ef5b46b4b0..63df7927767 100644
--- a/src/compute/boolean.rs
+++ b/src/compute/boolean.rs
@@ -185,3 +185,39 @@ pub fn or_scalar(array: &BooleanArray, scalar: &BooleanScalar) -> BooleanArray {
         None => BooleanArray::new_null(DataType::Boolean, array.len()),
     }
 }
+
+/// Check if any of the values in the array is `true`
+pub fn any(array: &BooleanArray) -> bool {
+    if array.is_empty() {
+        false
+    } else if array.validity().is_some() {
+        array.into_iter().any(|v| v == Some(true))
+    } else {
+        let vals = array.values();
+        let (mut bytes, start, mut len) = vals.as_slice();
+        if start != 0 {
+            if array.values_iter().take(8 - start).any(|v| v == true) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            bytes = &bytes[1..];
+            len -= start;
+        }
+        // remaining part of last byte
+        let remainder = len % 8;
+        if remainder != 0 {
+            let last = bytes[bytes.len() - 1];
+            for i in 0..remainder {
+                if last & 1 << i != 0 {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            // exclude last byte
+            bytes = &bytes[..bytes.len() - 1];
+        }
+        // Safety:
+        // we transmute from integer types and the align_to function deals with correct alignment.
+        let (head, mid, tail) = unsafe { bytes.align_to::<u64>() };
+
+        head.iter().any(|&v| v != 0) || mid.iter().any(|&v| v != 0) || tail.iter().any(|&v| v != 0)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/it/compute/boolean.rs b/tests/it/compute/boolean.rs
index af77d98ed5b..22293219cee 100644
--- a/tests/it/compute/boolean.rs
+++ b/tests/it/compute/boolean.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use arrow2::array::*;
 use arrow2::compute::boolean::*;
 use arrow2::scalar::BooleanScalar;
+use std::iter::FromIterator;
 
 #[test]
 fn array_and() {
@@ -418,3 +419,45 @@ fn array_or_scalar_validity() {
     let expected = BooleanArray::from(&[None; 3]);
     assert_eq!(real, expected);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_any() {
+    let array = BooleanArray::from(&[None, Some(false), Some(true)]);
+    assert!(any(&array));
+    let array = BooleanArray::from(&[None, Some(false), Some(false)]);
+    assert!(!any(&array));
+
+    // create some slices and offset to make test more interesting
+    let mut slices = Vec::with_capacity(8 * 10 + 1);
+    for offset in 0..8 {
+        for len in 20..30 {
+            slices.push((offset, len))
+        }
+    }
+
+    let all_true = BooleanArray::from_trusted_len_values_iter(std::iter::repeat(true).take(50));
+    let all_false = BooleanArray::from_trusted_len_values_iter(std::iter::repeat(false).take(50));
+    let various = BooleanArray::from_iter((0..50).map(|v| Some(v % 2 == 0)));
+
+    for (offset, len) in slices {
+        let arr = all_true.slice(offset, len);
+        assert!(any(&arr));
+
+        let arr = all_false.slice(offset, len);
+        assert!(!any(&arr));
+
+        let arr = various.slice(offset, len);
+        assert!(any(&arr));
+    }
+    let last_value = BooleanArray::from_iter((0..50).map(|v| Some(v == 49)));
+    assert!(any(&last_value));
+    // slice of the true value
+    let arr = last_value.slice(0, 49);
+    assert!(!any(&arr));
+
+    let first_value = BooleanArray::from_iter((0..50).map(|v| Some(v == 0)));
+    assert!(any(&first_value));
+    // slice of the true value
+    let arr = first_value.slice(1, 49);
+    assert!(!any(&arr));
+}