diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a47343b9..d90344b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- Add version of the `single` function which takes a predicate for selecting the element from a collection.
+
 ### Changed
 - renamed `prop` to `having` as part of effort to unify API naming, old name is deprecated.
 - renamed `suspendCall` to `having` as part of effort to unify API naming, old name is deprecated.
diff --git a/assertk/src/commonMain/kotlin/assertk/assertions/iterable.kt b/assertk/src/commonMain/kotlin/assertk/assertions/iterable.kt
index 65861d3d..58211daa 100644
--- a/assertk/src/commonMain/kotlin/assertk/assertions/iterable.kt
+++ b/assertk/src/commonMain/kotlin/assertk/assertions/iterable.kt
@@ -331,3 +331,18 @@ fun <E, T : Iterable<E>> Assert<T>.single(): Assert<E> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Asserts the iterable contains exactly one element matching the expected element,
+ * and returns an assert on that element.
+ */
+fun <E, T : Iterable<E>> Assert<T>.single(predicate: (E) -> Boolean): Assert<E> {
+    return transform(appendName("single", ".")) { iterable ->
+        val matching = iterable.filter(predicate)
+        when (matching.size) {
+            1 -> matching.single()
+            0 -> expected("to have single element matching predicate but none found")
+            else -> expected("to have single element matching predicate but has ${matching.size}: ${show(matching)}")
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/assertk/src/commonTest/kotlin/test/assertk/assertions/IterableTest.kt b/assertk/src/commonTest/kotlin/test/assertk/assertions/IterableTest.kt
index 79ed523b..6ca401eb 100644
--- a/assertk/src/commonTest/kotlin/test/assertk/assertions/IterableTest.kt
+++ b/assertk/src/commonTest/kotlin/test/assertk/assertions/IterableTest.kt
@@ -599,30 +599,46 @@ class IterableTest {
     @Test
     fun single_single_element_match_passes() {
         assertThat(listOf(1)).single().isEqualTo(1)
+        assertThat(listOf(-1, 1, 0, -2)).single { it > 0 }.isEqualTo(1)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun single_single_element_mismatch_fails() {
-        val error = assertFailsWith<AssertionError> {
+        val error1 = assertFailsWith<AssertionError> {
             assertThat(listOf(1)).single().isEqualTo(2)
         }
-        assertEquals("expected [single]:<[2]> but was:<[1]> ([1])", error.message)
+        assertEquals("expected [single]:<[2]> but was:<[1]> ([1])", error1.message)
+
+        val error2 = assertFailsWith<AssertionError> {
+            assertThat(listOf(1)).single { it > 0 }.isEqualTo(2)
+        }
+        assertEquals("expected [single]:<[2]> but was:<[1]> ([1])", error2.message)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun single_no_element_fails() {
-        val error = assertFailsWith<AssertionError> {
+        val error1 = assertFailsWith<AssertionError> {
             assertThat(emptyList<Any?>()).single().isEqualTo(1)
         }
-        assertEquals("expected to have single element but was empty", error.message)
+        assertEquals("expected to have single element but was empty", error1.message)
+
+        val error2 = assertFailsWith<AssertionError> {
+            assertThat(emptyList<Any?>()).single { it != null }.isEqualTo(1)
+        }
+        assertEquals("expected to have single element matching predicate but none found", error2.message)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun single_multiple_fails() {
-        val error = assertFailsWith<AssertionError> {
+        val error1 = assertFailsWith<AssertionError> {
             assertThat(listOf(1, 2)).single().isEqualTo(1)
         }
-        assertEquals("expected to have single element but has 2: <[1, 2]>", error.message)
+        assertEquals("expected to have single element but has 2: <[1, 2]>", error1.message)
+
+        val error2 = assertFailsWith<AssertionError> {
+            assertThat(listOf(1, 2)).single { it > 0 }.isEqualTo(1)
+        }
+        assertEquals("expected to have single element matching predicate but has 2: <[1, 2]>", error2.message)
     }
     //endregion