diff --git a/lang/types/value.go b/lang/types/value.go
index 64b21247..3c5892e9 100644
--- a/lang/types/value.go
+++ b/lang/types/value.go
@@ -927,6 +927,11 @@ func (obj *ListValue) List() []Value {
 	return obj.V
 }
 
+// Len returns the number of elements in this list.
+func (obj *ListValue) Len() int {
+	return len(obj.V)
+}
+
 // Add adds an element to this list. It errors if the type does not match.
 func (obj *ListValue) Add(v Value) error {
 	if obj.T.Val.Kind != KindVariant { // skip cmp if dest is a variant
@@ -1059,6 +1064,11 @@ func (obj *MapValue) Map() map[Value]Value {
 	return obj.V
 }
 
+// Len returns the number of elements in this map.
+func (obj *MapValue) Len() int {
+	return len(obj.V)
+}
+
 // Add adds an element to this map. It errors if the types do not match.
 func (obj *MapValue) Add(k, v Value) error { // TODO: change method name?