diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/shuffle.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/shuffle.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fc6648118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/shuffle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Shuffle
+
+Shuffles an array. Note that this command does _not_ use a cryptographically secure random number generator to randomise the array order.
+
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/shuffle.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/shuffle.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..953b513fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/shuffle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Shuffle
+
+Shuffles an array. Note that this command does _not_ use a cryptographically secure random number generator to randomise the array order.
+
+
+## Shuffle array
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+- 1
+- 2
+- 3
+- 4
+- 5
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq 'shuffle' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+- 5
+- 2
+- 4
+- 1
+- 3
+```
+
+## Shuffle array in place
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+cool:
+  - 1
+  - 2
+  - 3
+  - 4
+  - 5
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '.cool |= shuffle' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+cool:
+  - 5
+  - 2
+  - 4
+  - 1
+  - 3
+```
+
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/lexer_participle.go b/pkg/yqlib/lexer_participle.go
index 7e2f22843a..33756fef08 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/lexer_participle.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/lexer_participle.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ var participleYqRules = []*participleYqRule{
 	simpleOp("to_?unix", toUnixOpType),
 	simpleOp("with_dtf", withDtFormatOpType),
 	simpleOp("error", errorOpType),
+	simpleOp("shuffle", shuffleOpType),
 	simpleOp("sortKeys", sortKeysOpType),
 	simpleOp("sort_?keys", sortKeysOpType),
 
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/lib.go b/pkg/yqlib/lib.go
index 0325f6af56..8b61eae3b3 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/lib.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/lib.go
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ var explodeOpType = &operationType{Type: "EXPLODE", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50,
 var sortByOpType = &operationType{Type: "SORT_BY", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: sortByOperator}
 var reverseOpType = &operationType{Type: "REVERSE", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handler: reverseOperator}
 var sortOpType = &operationType{Type: "SORT", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handler: sortOperator}
+var shuffleOpType = &operationType{Type: "SHUFFLE", NumArgs: 0, Precedence: 50, Handler: shuffleOperator}
 
 var sortKeysOpType = &operationType{Type: "SORT_KEYS", NumArgs: 1, Precedence: 50, Handler: sortKeysOperator}
 
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_shuffle.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_shuffle.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73a76965dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_shuffle.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package yqlib
+
+import (
+	"container/list"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
+
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+func shuffleOperator(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, expressionNode *ExpressionNode) (Context, error) {
+
+	// ignore CWE-338 gosec issue of not using crypto/rand
+	// this is just to shuffle an array rather generating a
+	// secret or something that needs proper rand.
+	myRand := rand.New(rand.NewSource(Now().UnixNano())) // #nosec
+
+	results := list.New()
+
+	for el := context.MatchingNodes.Front(); el != nil; el = el.Next() {
+		candidate := el.Value.(*CandidateNode)
+
+		candidateNode := unwrapDoc(candidate.Node)
+
+		if candidateNode.Kind != yaml.SequenceNode {
+			return context, fmt.Errorf("node at path [%v] is not an array (it's a %v)", candidate.GetNicePath(), candidate.GetNiceTag())
+		}
+
+		result := deepClone(candidateNode)
+
+		a := result.Content
+
+		myRand.Shuffle(len(a), func(i, j int) { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] })
+		results.PushBack(candidate.CreateReplacement(result))
+	}
+	return context.ChildContext(results), nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_shuffle_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_shuffle_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23a3748b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_shuffle_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package yqlib
+
+import "testing"
+
+var shuffleOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
+	{
+		description: "Shuffle array",
+		document:    "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]",
+		expression:  `shuffle`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::[5, 2, 4, 1, 3]\n",
+		},
+	},
+
+	{
+		description: "Shuffle array in place",
+		document:    "cool: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]",
+		expression:  `.cool |= shuffle`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[], (doc)::cool: [5, 2, 4, 1, 3]\n",
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+func TestShuffleByOperatorScenarios(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range shuffleOperatorScenarios {
+		testScenario(t, &tt)
+	}
+	documentOperatorScenarios(t, "shuffle", shuffleOperatorScenarios)
+}