diff --git a/hedgehog/src/Hedgehog/Gen.hs b/hedgehog/src/Hedgehog/Gen.hs
index e5982c5f..34d639f4 100644
--- a/hedgehog/src/Hedgehog/Gen.hs
+++ b/hedgehog/src/Hedgehog/Gen.hs
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ module Hedgehog.Gen (
 
   -- ** Combinations & Permutations
   , subsequence
+  , subset
   , shuffle
 
   -- ** Abstract State Machine
diff --git a/hedgehog/src/Hedgehog/Internal/Gen.hs b/hedgehog/src/Hedgehog/Internal/Gen.hs
index 7874489c..5c0c92b6 100644
--- a/hedgehog/src/Hedgehog/Internal/Gen.hs
+++ b/hedgehog/src/Hedgehog/Internal/Gen.hs
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ module Hedgehog.Internal.Gen (
 
   -- ** Combinations & Permutations
   , subsequence
+  , subset
   , shuffle
   , shuffleSeq
 
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ import qualified Data.Semigroup as Semigroup
 import           Data.Sequence (Seq)
 import qualified Data.Sequence as Seq
 import           Data.Set (Set)
+import qualified Data.Set as Set
 import           Data.Text (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text as Text
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as Text
@@ -1679,6 +1681,19 @@ subsequence :: MonadGen m => [a] -> m [a]
 subsequence xs =
   shrink Shrink.list $ filterM (const bool_) xs
 
+-- | Generates a random subset of a set.
+--
+--  /This shrinks towards the empty set./
+--
+subset :: MonadGen m => Set a -> m (Set a)
+-- Set.fromDistinctAscList has an unchecked precondition that the list
+-- must be strictly ascending. This precondition is satisfied because
+-- Set.toAscList produces a strictly ascending list, and the 'subsequence'
+-- generator only removes elements from the list; it never adds or
+-- rearranges elements, so the strictly ascending property is undisturbed.
+subset =
+  fmap Set.fromDistinctAscList . subsequence . Set.toAscList
+
 -- | Generates a random permutation of a list.
 --
 --   /This shrinks towards the order of the list being identical to the input/