diff --git a/ewah/bitmap.c b/ewah/bitmap.c
index ac7e0af622..d352fec54c 100644
--- a/ewah/bitmap.c
+++ b/ewah/bitmap.c
@@ -138,6 +138,49 @@ void bitmap_or(struct bitmap *self, const struct bitmap *other)
 		self->words[i] |= other->words[i];
 }
 
+int ewah_bitmap_is_subset(struct ewah_bitmap *self, struct bitmap *other)
+{
+	struct ewah_iterator it;
+	eword_t word;
+	size_t i;
+
+	ewah_iterator_init(&it, self);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < other->word_alloc; i++) {
+		if (!ewah_iterator_next(&word, &it)) {
+			/*
+			 * If we reached the end of `self`, and haven't
+			 * rejected `self` as a possible subset of
+			 * `other` yet, then we are done and `self` is
+			 * indeed a subset of `other`.
+			 */
+			return 1;
+		}
+		if (word & ~other->words[i]) {
+			/*
+			 * Otherwise, compare the next two pairs of
+			 * words. If the word from `self` has bit(s) not
+			 * in the word from `other`, `self` is not a
+			 * subset of `other`.
+			 */
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we got to this point, there may be zero or more words
+	 * remaining in `self`, with no remaining words left in `other`.
+	 * If there are any bits set in the remaining word(s) in `self`,
+	 * then `self` is not a subset of `other`.
+	 */
+	while (ewah_iterator_next(&word, &it))
+		if (word)
+			return 0;
+
+	/* `self` is definitely a subset of `other` */
+	return 1;
+}
+
 void bitmap_or_ewah(struct bitmap *self, struct ewah_bitmap *other)
 {
 	size_t original_size = self->word_alloc;
diff --git a/ewah/ewok.h b/ewah/ewok.h
index c11d76c6f3..2b6c4ac499 100644
--- a/ewah/ewok.h
+++ b/ewah/ewok.h
@@ -179,7 +179,13 @@ void bitmap_unset(struct bitmap *self, size_t pos);
 int bitmap_get(struct bitmap *self, size_t pos);
 void bitmap_free(struct bitmap *self);
 int bitmap_equals(struct bitmap *self, struct bitmap *other);
+
+/*
+ * Both `bitmap_is_subset()` and `ewah_bitmap_is_subset()` return 1 if the set
+ * of bits in 'self' are a subset of the bits in 'other'. Returns 0 otherwise.
+ */
 int bitmap_is_subset(struct bitmap *self, struct bitmap *other);
+int ewah_bitmap_is_subset(struct ewah_bitmap *self, struct bitmap *other);
 
 struct ewah_bitmap * bitmap_to_ewah(struct bitmap *bitmap);
 struct bitmap *ewah_to_bitmap(struct ewah_bitmap *ewah);