diff --git a/integration_tests/src/main/python/array_test.py b/integration_tests/src/main/python/array_test.py
index 9362c2181da..2b7485b42eb 100644
--- a/integration_tests/src/main/python/array_test.py
+++ b/integration_tests/src/main/python/array_test.py
@@ -99,10 +99,15 @@ def test_orderby_array_of_structs(data_gen):
 def test_array_contains(data_gen):
     arr_gen = ArrayGen(data_gen)
     lit = gen_scalar(data_gen, force_no_nulls=True)
-    assert_gpu_and_cpu_are_equal_collect(lambda spark: two_col_df(
-        spark, arr_gen, data_gen).select(array_contains(col('a'), lit.cast(data_gen.data_type)),
-                                         array_contains(col('a'), col('b')),
-                                         array_contains(col('a'), col('a')[5])), no_nans_conf)
+
+    def get_input(spark):
+        return two_col_df(spark, arr_gen, data_gen)
+
+    assert_gpu_and_cpu_are_equal_collect(lambda spark: get_input(spark).select(
+                                            array_contains(col('a'), lit.cast(data_gen.data_type)),
+                                            array_contains(col('a'), col('b')),
+                                            array_contains(col('a'), col('a')[5])
+                                         ), no_nans_conf)
 
 
 # Test array_contains() with a literal key that is extracted from the input array of doubles
@@ -118,6 +123,7 @@ def main_df(spark):
         return df.select(array_contains(col('a'), chk_val))
     assert_gpu_and_cpu_are_equal_collect(main_df)
 
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(is_before_spark_311(), reason="Only in Spark 3.1.1 + ANSI mode, array index throws on out of range indexes")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('data_gen', array_gens_sample, ids=idfn)
 def test_get_array_item_ansi_fail(data_gen):
diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/complexTypeExtractors.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/complexTypeExtractors.scala
index 1aa32ce5894..47d90b4b72e 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/complexTypeExtractors.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/complexTypeExtractors.scala
@@ -223,8 +223,37 @@ case class GpuArrayContains(left: Expression, right: Expression)
     left.nullable || right.nullable || left.dataType.asInstanceOf[ArrayType].containsNull
   }
 
-  override def doColumnar(lhs: GpuColumnVector, rhs: GpuScalar): ColumnVector =
-    lhs.getBase.listContains(rhs.getBase)
+  /**
+   * Helper function to account for `libcudf`'s `listContains()` semantics.
+   * 
+   * If a list row contains at least one null element, and is found not to contain 
+   * the search key, `libcudf` returns false instead of null.  SparkSQL expects to 
+   * return null in those cases.
+   * 
+   * This method determines the result's validity mask by ORing the output of 
+   * `listContains()` with the NOT of `listContainsNulls()`.
+   * A result row is thus valid if either the search key is found in the list, 
+   * or if the list does not contain any null elements.
+   */
+  private def orNotContainsNull(containsResult: ColumnVector, 
+                                inputListsColumn:ColumnVector): ColumnVector = {
+    val notContainsNull = withResource(inputListsColumn.listContainsNulls) {
+      _.not
+    }
+    val containsKeyOrNotContainsNull = withResource(notContainsNull) {
+      containsResult.or(_)
+    }
+    withResource(containsKeyOrNotContainsNull) {
+      containsResult.copyWithBooleanColumnAsValidity(_)
+    }
+  }
+
+  override def doColumnar(lhs: GpuColumnVector, rhs: GpuScalar): ColumnVector = {
+    val inputListsColumn = lhs.getBase
+    withResource(inputListsColumn.listContains(rhs.getBase)) {
+      orNotContainsNull(_, inputListsColumn)
+    }
+  }
 
   override def doColumnar(numRows: Int, lhs: GpuScalar, rhs: GpuScalar): ColumnVector =
     throw new IllegalStateException("This is not supported yet")
@@ -232,8 +261,12 @@ case class GpuArrayContains(left: Expression, right: Expression)
   override def doColumnar(lhs: GpuScalar, rhs: GpuColumnVector): ColumnVector =
     throw new IllegalStateException("This is not supported yet")
 
-  override def doColumnar(lhs: GpuColumnVector, rhs: GpuColumnVector): ColumnVector =
-    lhs.getBase.listContainsColumn(rhs.getBase)
+  override def doColumnar(lhs: GpuColumnVector, rhs: GpuColumnVector): ColumnVector = {
+    val inputListsColumn = lhs.getBase
+    withResource(inputListsColumn.listContainsColumn(rhs.getBase)) { 
+      orNotContainsNull(_, inputListsColumn)
+    }
+  }
 
   override def prettyName: String = "array_contains"
 }