diff --git a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/model/PersistentIndexOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/model/PersistentIndexOptions.java
index 25a50a886..c9ba08c34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/model/PersistentIndexOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/model/PersistentIndexOptions.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public class PersistentIndexOptions extends IndexOptions<PersistentIndexOptions>
     protected final IndexType type = IndexType.persistent;
     private Boolean unique;
     private Boolean sparse;
+    private Boolean deduplicate;
     private Boolean estimates;
 
     public PersistentIndexOptions() {
@@ -88,6 +89,20 @@ public PersistentIndexOptions sparse(final Boolean sparse) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public Boolean getDeduplicate() {
+        return deduplicate;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param deduplicate
+     *         if false, the deduplication of array values is turned off. Default: {@code true}
+     * @return options
+     */
+    public PersistentIndexOptions deduplicate(final Boolean deduplicate) {
+        this.deduplicate = deduplicate;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param estimates
      *         This attribute controls whether index selectivity estimates are maintained for the index. Default: {@code
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollectionTest.java b/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollectionTest.java
index 9c4ceda2d..f1467ce72 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollectionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollectionTest.java
@@ -1468,6 +1468,7 @@ void createPersistentIndex(ArangoCollection collection) {
         assertThat(indexResult.getSparse()).isFalse();
         assertThat(indexResult.getType()).isEqualTo(IndexType.persistent);
         assertThat(indexResult.getUnique()).isFalse();
+        assertThat(indexResult.getDeduplicate()).isTrue();
     }
 
     @ParameterizedTest(name = "{index}")
@@ -1590,6 +1591,44 @@ void indexEstimatesFalse(ArangoCollection collection) {
         assertThat(indexResult.getSelectivityEstimate()).isNull();
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{index}")
+    @MethodSource("cols")
+    void indexDeduplicate(ArangoCollection collection) {
+        assumeTrue(isAtLeastVersion(3, 8));
+
+        String name = "persistentIndex-" + rnd();
+        final PersistentIndexOptions options = new PersistentIndexOptions();
+        options.name(name);
+        options.deduplicate(true);
+
+        String f1 = "field-" + rnd();
+        String f2 = "field-" + rnd();
+
+        final Collection<String> fields = Arrays.asList(f1, f2);
+        final IndexEntity indexResult = collection.ensurePersistentIndex(fields, options);
+        assertThat(indexResult).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(indexResult.getDeduplicate()).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{index}")
+    @MethodSource("cols")
+    void indexDeduplicateFalse(ArangoCollection collection) {
+        assumeTrue(isAtLeastVersion(3, 8));
+
+        String name = "persistentIndex-" + rnd();
+        final PersistentIndexOptions options = new PersistentIndexOptions();
+        options.name(name);
+        options.deduplicate(false);
+
+        String f1 = "field-" + rnd();
+        String f2 = "field-" + rnd();
+
+        final Collection<String> fields = Arrays.asList(f1, f2);
+        final IndexEntity indexResult = collection.ensurePersistentIndex(fields, options);
+        assertThat(indexResult).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(indexResult.getDeduplicate()).isFalse();
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest(name = "{index}")
     @MethodSource("cols")
     void createFulltextIndex(ArangoCollection collection) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/arangodb/async/ArangoCollectionTest.java b/src/test/java/com/arangodb/async/ArangoCollectionTest.java
index e3a675f96..541d147ae 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/arangodb/async/ArangoCollectionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/arangodb/async/ArangoCollectionTest.java
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ void createPersistentIndex() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
                     assertThat(indexResult.getSparse()).isEqualTo(false);
                     assertThat(indexResult.getType()).isEqualTo(IndexType.persistent);
                     assertThat(indexResult.getUnique()).isEqualTo(false);
+                    assertThat(indexResult.getDeduplicate()).isTrue();
                 })
                 .get();
     }
@@ -1036,6 +1037,42 @@ void createPersistentIndexWithOptions() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedEx
         assertThat(indexResult.getName()).isEqualTo("myPersistentIndex");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void indexDeduplicate() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        assumeTrue(isAtLeastVersion(3, 8));
+
+        String name = "persistentIndex-" + rnd();
+        final PersistentIndexOptions options = new PersistentIndexOptions();
+        options.name(name);
+        options.deduplicate(true);
+
+        String f1 = "field-" + rnd();
+        String f2 = "field-" + rnd();
+
+        final Collection<String> fields = Arrays.asList(f1, f2);
+        final IndexEntity indexResult = db.collection(COLLECTION_NAME).ensurePersistentIndex(fields, options).get();
+        assertThat(indexResult).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(indexResult.getDeduplicate()).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void indexDeduplicateFalse() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        assumeTrue(isAtLeastVersion(3, 8));
+
+        String name = "persistentIndex-" + rnd();
+        final PersistentIndexOptions options = new PersistentIndexOptions();
+        options.name(name);
+        options.deduplicate(false);
+
+        String f1 = "field-" + rnd();
+        String f2 = "field-" + rnd();
+
+        final Collection<String> fields = Arrays.asList(f1, f2);
+        final IndexEntity indexResult = db.collection(COLLECTION_NAME).ensurePersistentIndex(fields, options).get();
+        assertThat(indexResult).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(indexResult.getDeduplicate()).isFalse();
+    }
+
     @Test
     void createFulltextIndex() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
         final Collection<String> fields = new ArrayList<>();