diff --git a/extensions/src/main/java/dev/cel/extensions/CelListsExtensions.java b/extensions/src/main/java/dev/cel/extensions/CelListsExtensions.java
index 385023da7..fb46d4747 100644
--- a/extensions/src/main/java/dev/cel/extensions/CelListsExtensions.java
+++ b/extensions/src/main/java/dev/cel/extensions/CelListsExtensions.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import dev.cel.checker.CelCheckerBuilder;
 import dev.cel.common.CelFunctionDecl;
 import dev.cel.common.CelIssue;
@@ -316,27 +317,38 @@ public static ImmutableList<Long> genRange(long end) {
     return builder.build();
   }
 
+  private static class RuntimeEqualityObjectWrapper {
+    private final Object object;
+    private final int hashCode;
+    private final RuntimeEquality runtimeEquality;
+
+    RuntimeEqualityObjectWrapper(Object object, RuntimeEquality runtimeEquality) {
+      this.object = object;
+      this.runtimeEquality = runtimeEquality;
+      this.hashCode = runtimeEquality.hashCode(object);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+      return hashCode;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+      if (!(obj instanceof RuntimeEqualityObjectWrapper)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return runtimeEquality.objectEquals(object, ((RuntimeEqualityObjectWrapper) obj).object);
+    }
+  }
+
   private static ImmutableList<Object> distinct(
       Collection<Object> list, RuntimeEquality runtimeEquality) {
-    // TODO Optimize this method, which currently has the O(N^2) complexity.
     int size = list.size();
     ImmutableList.Builder<Object> builder = ImmutableList.builderWithExpectedSize(size);
-    List<Object> theList;
-    if (list instanceof List) {
-      theList = (List<Object>) list;
-    } else {
-      theList = ImmutableList.copyOf(list);
-    }
-    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-      Object element = theList.get(i);
-      boolean found = false;
-      for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
-        if (runtimeEquality.objectEquals(element, theList.get(j))) {
-          found = true;
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-      if (!found) {
+    Set<RuntimeEqualityObjectWrapper> distinctValues = Sets.newHashSetWithExpectedSize(size);
+    for (Object element : list) {
+      if (distinctValues.add(new RuntimeEqualityObjectWrapper(element, runtimeEquality))) {
         builder.add(element);
       }
     }
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/dev/cel/runtime/RuntimeEquality.java b/runtime/src/main/java/dev/cel/runtime/RuntimeEquality.java
index d0b2fcd6b..912462e00 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/dev/cel/runtime/RuntimeEquality.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/dev/cel/runtime/RuntimeEquality.java
@@ -223,6 +223,41 @@ public boolean objectEquals(Object x, Object y) {
     return Objects.equals(x, y);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the hash code consistent with the {@link #objectEquals(Object, Object)} method. For
+   * example, {@code hashCode(1) == hashCode(1.0)} since {@code objectEquals(1, 1.0)} is true.
+   */
+  public int hashCode(Object object) {
+    if (object == null) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (celOptions.disableCelStandardEquality()) {
+      return Objects.hashCode(object);
+    }
+
+    object = runtimeHelpers.adaptValue(object);
+    if (object instanceof Number) {
+      return Double.hashCode(((Number) object).doubleValue());
+    }
+    if (object instanceof Iterable) {
+      int h = 1;
+      Iterable<?> iter = (Iterable<?>) object;
+      for (Object elem : iter) {
+        h = h * 31 + hashCode(elem);
+      }
+      return h;
+    }
+    if (object instanceof Map) {
+      int h = 0;
+      for (Map.Entry<?, ?> entry : ((Map<?, ?>) object).entrySet()) {
+        h += hashCode(entry.getKey()) ^ hashCode(entry.getValue());
+      }
+      return h;
+    }
+    return Objects.hashCode(object);
+  }
+
   private static Optional<UnsignedLong> doubleToUnsignedLossless(Number v) {
     Optional<UnsignedLong> conv = RuntimeHelpers.doubleToUnsignedChecked(v.doubleValue());
     return conv.map(ul -> ul.longValue() == v.doubleValue() ? ul : null);
diff --git a/runtime/src/test/java/dev/cel/runtime/RuntimeEqualityTest.java b/runtime/src/test/java/dev/cel/runtime/RuntimeEqualityTest.java
index d942295ba..00e55873c 100644
--- a/runtime/src/test/java/dev/cel/runtime/RuntimeEqualityTest.java
+++ b/runtime/src/test/java/dev/cel/runtime/RuntimeEqualityTest.java
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@
 
 package dev.cel.runtime;
 
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.primitives.UnsignedLong;
 import com.google.testing.junit.testparameterinjector.TestParameterInjector;
 import dev.cel.common.CelOptions;
 import dev.cel.expr.conformance.proto2.TestAllTypes;
@@ -25,6 +29,29 @@
 @RunWith(TestParameterInjector.class)
 public final class RuntimeEqualityTest {
 
+  @Test
+  public void objectEquals_and_hashCode() {
+    RuntimeEquality runtimeEquality =
+        RuntimeEquality.create(RuntimeHelpers.create(), CelOptions.DEFAULT);
+    assertEqualityAndHashCode(runtimeEquality, 1, 1);
+    assertEqualityAndHashCode(runtimeEquality, 2, 2L);
+    assertEqualityAndHashCode(runtimeEquality, 3, 3.0);
+    assertEqualityAndHashCode(runtimeEquality, 4, UnsignedLong.valueOf(4));
+    assertEqualityAndHashCode(
+        runtimeEquality,
+        ImmutableList.of(1, 2, 3),
+        ImmutableList.of(1.0, 2L, UnsignedLong.valueOf(3)));
+    assertEqualityAndHashCode(
+        runtimeEquality,
+        ImmutableMap.of("a", 1, "b", 2),
+        ImmutableMap.of("a", 1L, "b", UnsignedLong.valueOf(2)));
+  }
+
+  private void assertEqualityAndHashCode(RuntimeEquality runtimeEquality, Object obj1, Object obj2) {
+    assertThat(runtimeEquality.objectEquals(obj1, obj2)).isTrue();
+    assertThat(runtimeEquality.hashCode(obj1)).isEqualTo(runtimeEquality.hashCode(obj2));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void objectEquals_messageLite_throws() {
     RuntimeEquality runtimeEquality =