diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3c86de9984..c454fdef1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 v1.4
 ----
 
+* added AQL INTERSECTION function
+
 * INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: changed AQL user function namespace resolution operator from `:` to `::`
 
   AQL user-defined functions were introduced in ArangoDB 1.3, and the namespace resolution
diff --git a/Documentation/UserManual/Aql.md b/Documentation/UserManual/Aql.md
index 837d128837..bb76b94c5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/UserManual/Aql.md
+++ b/Documentation/UserManual/Aql.md
@@ -1091,7 +1091,9 @@ AQL supports the following functions to operate on list values:
   Calling this function might return the unique elements in any order.
 
 - @FN{UNION(@FA{list1, list2, ...})}: returns the union of all lists specified.
-  The function expects at least two list values as its arguments.
+  The function expects at least two list values as its arguments. The result is a list
+  of values in an undefined order.
+
   Note: no duplicates will be removed. In order to remove duplicates, please use the
   @LIT{UNIQUE} function.
 
@@ -1116,6 +1118,12 @@ AQL supports the following functions to operate on list values:
   will produce:
     [ [ 1, 2, 3 ] ]
 
+- @FN{INTERSECTION(@FA{list1, list2, ...})}: returns the intersection of all lists specified.
+  The function expects at least two list values as its arguments.
+  The result is a list of values that occur in all arguments. The order of the result list
+  is undefined and should not be relied on.
+  Note: duplicates will be removed.
+
 
 Apart from these functions, AQL also offers several language constructs (e.g.
 `FOR`, `SORT`, `LIMIT`, `COLLECT`) to operate on lists.
diff --git a/arangod/Ahuacatl/ahuacatl-functions.c b/arangod/Ahuacatl/ahuacatl-functions.c
index 83802a37cc..bc35a8509b 100644
--- a/arangod/Ahuacatl/ahuacatl-functions.c
+++ b/arangod/Ahuacatl/ahuacatl-functions.c
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ TRI_associative_pointer_t* TRI_InitialiseFunctionsAql (void) {
 
   // list functions
   REGISTER_FUNCTION("UNION", "UNION", true, false, "l,l|+", NULL);
+  REGISTER_FUNCTION("INTERSECTION", "INTERSECTION", true, false, "l,l|+", NULL);
   REGISTER_FUNCTION("LENGTH", "LENGTH", true, true, "las", NULL);
   REGISTER_FUNCTION("MIN", "MIN", true, true, "l", NULL);
   REGISTER_FUNCTION("MAX", "MAX", true, true, "l", NULL);
diff --git a/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/ahuacatl.js b/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/ahuacatl.js
index 0c0a9bc403..0058cbe33d 100644
--- a/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/ahuacatl.js
+++ b/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/ahuacatl.js
@@ -2500,6 +2500,58 @@ function UNION () {
   return result; 
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief create the intersection of all arguments
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+function INTERSECTION () {
+  "use strict";
+
+  var result = [ ], i, first = true, keys = { };
+        
+  var func = function (value) {
+    var normalized = NORMALIZE(value);
+    keys[JSON.stringify(normalized)] = normalized;
+  };
+
+  for (i in arguments) {
+    if (arguments.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
+      var element = arguments[i];
+
+      if (TYPEWEIGHT(element) !== TYPEWEIGHT_LIST) {
+        THROW(INTERNAL.errors.ERROR_QUERY_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT_TYPE_MISMATCH, "INTERSECTION");
+      }
+ 
+      if (first) {
+        element.forEach(func);
+        first = false;
+      }
+      else {
+        var j, newKeys = { };
+        for (j = 0; j < element.length; ++j) {
+          var normalized = NORMALIZE(element[j]);
+          var key = JSON.stringify(normalized);
+
+          if (keys.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+            newKeys[key] = normalized;
+          }
+        }
+        keys = newKeys;
+        newKeys = null;
+      }
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (i in keys) {
+    if (keys.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
+      result.push(keys[i]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result; 
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief maximum of all values
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -3796,6 +3848,7 @@ exports.LAST = LAST;
 exports.REVERSE = REVERSE;
 exports.UNIQUE = UNIQUE;
 exports.UNION = UNION;
+exports.INTERSECTION = INTERSECTION;
 exports.MAX = MAX;
 exports.MIN = MIN;
 exports.SUM = SUM;
diff --git a/js/server/tests/ahuacatl-functions.js b/js/server/tests/ahuacatl-functions.js
index 23059d39f0..44ef0e5057 100644
--- a/js/server/tests/ahuacatl-functions.js
+++ b/js/server/tests/ahuacatl-functions.js
@@ -1370,6 +1370,106 @@ function ahuacatlFunctionsTestSuite () {
       assertEqual(expected, actual);
     },
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief test intersect function
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    
+    testIntersection1 : function () {
+      var expected = [ [ 1, -3 ] ];
+      var actual = getQueryResults("RETURN INTERSECTION([ 1, -3 ], [ -3, 1 ])");
+      assertEqual(expected, actual);
+    },
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief test intersect function
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    
+    testIntersection2 : function () {
+      var expected = [ [ ] ];
+      var actual = getQueryResults("RETURN INTERSECTION([ ], [ 1 ])");
+      assertEqual(expected, actual);
+    },
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief test intersect function
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    
+    testIntersection3 : function () {
+      var expected = [ [ ] ];
+      var actual = getQueryResults("RETURN INTERSECTION([ 1 ], [  ])");
+      assertEqual(expected, actual);
+    },
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief test intersect function
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    
+    testIntersection4 : function () {
+      var expected = [ [ ] ];
+      var actual = getQueryResults("RETURN INTERSECTION([ 1 ], [ 2, 3, 1 ], [ 4, 5, 6 ])");
+      assertEqual(expected, actual);
+    },
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief test intersect function
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    
+    testIntersection5 : function () {
+      var expected = [ [ 2, 4 ] ];
+      var actual = getQueryResults("RETURN INTERSECTION([ 1, 3, 2, 4 ], [ 2, 3, 1, 4 ], [ 4, 5, 6, 2 ])");
+      assertEqual(expected, actual);
+    },
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief test intersect function
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    
+    testIntersection6 : function () {
+      var expected = [ [ ] ];
+      var actual = getQueryResults("RETURN INTERSECTION([ [ 1, 2 ] ], [ 2, 1 ])");
+      assertEqual(expected, actual);
+    },
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief test intersect function
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    
+    testIntersection7 : function () {
+      var expected = [ [ ] ];
+      var actual = getQueryResults("RETURN INTERSECTION([ [ 1, 2 ] ], [ 1, 2 ])");
+      assertEqual(expected, actual);
+    },
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief test intersect function
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    
+    testIntersection8 : function () {
+      var expected = [ [ [ 1, 2 ] ] ];
+      var actual = getQueryResults("RETURN INTERSECTION([ [ 1, 2 ] ], [ [ 1, 2 ] ])");
+      assertEqual(expected, actual);
+    },
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief test intersect function
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    
+    testIntersection9 : function () {
+      var expected = [ [ { foo: 'test' } ] ];
+      var actual = getQueryResults("RETURN INTERSECTION([ { foo: 'bar' }, { foo: 'test' } ], [ { foo: 'test' } ])");
+      assertEqual(expected, actual);
+    },
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief test intersect function
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    
+    testIntersection10 : function () {
+      var expected = [ [ 2, 4, 5 ] ];
+      var actual = getQueryResults("RETURN INTERSECTION([ 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 1 ], [ 2, 4, 5 ])");
+      assertEqual(expected, actual);
+    },
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief test document function
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////