diff --git a/runtime.js b/runtime.js
index 9dff499..f0ac2d5 100644
--- a/runtime.js
+++ b/runtime.js
@@ -788,6 +788,14 @@
     Primitives['equal?'] = function(MACHINE, arity) {
 	var firstArg = MACHINE.env[MACHINE.env.length-1];
 	var secondArg = MACHINE.env[MACHINE.env.length-2];
+	return isEqual(firstArg, secondArg);
+    };
+    Primitives['equal?'].arity = 2;
+    Primitives['equal?'].displayName = 'equal?';
+
+
+
+    var isEqual = function(firstArg, secondArg) {
 	var lset = [firstArg], rset = [secondArg];
 	while (lset.length !== 0 && rset.length !== 0) {
 	    var lhs = lset.pop();
@@ -807,10 +815,29 @@
 	}
 	return true;
     };
-    Primitives['equal?'].arity = 2;
-    Primitives['equal?'].displayName = 'equal?';
 
 
+    Primitives['member'] = function(MACHINE, arity) {
+	var x = MACHINE.env[MACHINE.env.length-1];
+	var lst = MACHINE.env[MACHINE.env.length-2];
+	var originalLst = lst;
+	while (true) {
+	    if (! isList(lst)) {
+		raise(new Error("member: expected list" 
+				+ " as argument #2"
+				+ " but received " + originalLst + " instead"));
+	    };
+	    if (lst === NULL) {
+		return false;
+	    }
+	    if (isEqual(x, (lst[0]))) {
+		return lst;
+	    }
+	    lst = lst[1];
+	}	
+    };
+    Primitives['member'].arity = 2;
+    Primitives['member'].displayName = 'member';
 
 
     // recomputeGas: state number -> number
@@ -899,6 +926,7 @@
     exports['isVector'] = isVector;
     exports['isOutputPort'] = isOutputPort;
     exports['isOutputStringPort'] = isOutputStringPort;
+    exports['isEqual'] = isEqual;
 
     exports['ArityAtLeast'] = ArityAtLeast;
     exports['isArityMatching'] = isArityMatching;
diff --git a/test-browser-evaluate.rkt b/test-browser-evaluate.rkt
index ee312ba..64c4ab9 100644
--- a/test-browser-evaluate.rkt
+++ b/test-browser-evaluate.rkt
@@ -325,5 +325,14 @@ EOF
           "Error: Expected number as argument 1 but received foo")
 
 
+
+(test '(for-each displayln (member 5 '(1 2 5 4 3)))
+      "5\n4\n3\n")
+
+(test '(displayln (member 6 '(1 2 5 4 3)))
+      "false\n")
+
+
+
 #;(test (read (open-input-file "tests/conform/program0.sch"))
       (port->string (open-input-file "tests/conform/expected0.txt")))
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