diff --git a/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Options.java b/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Options.java
index 50ef88dfe..4ab604167 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Options.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Options.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.datafaker.providers.base;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -168,4 +169,19 @@ public <E> E nextElement(E[] array) {
     public <E> E nextElement(List<E> list) {
         return list.get(faker.random().nextInt(list.size()));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a random element from a collection.
+     *
+     * @param collection The collection to take a random element from.
+     * @param <E>        The type of the elements in the collection.
+     * @return A randomly selected element from the collection.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the collection is empty.
+     * @since 3.0.0
+     */
+    public <E> E nextElement(Collection<E> collection) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        return collection.stream()
+        .skip(faker.random().nextInt(collection.size()))
+        .findFirst().orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalArgumentException("Collection is empty"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/OptionsTest.java b/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/OptionsTest.java
index e4570d8d9..b117647a7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/OptionsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/OptionsTest.java
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
@@ -119,6 +121,21 @@ void testNextListElement() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testNextCollectionElement() {
+        Collection<Integer> collection = Set.of(1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21);
+        for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
+            assertThat(opt.nextElement(collection)).isIn(collection);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNextCollectionElementEmpty() {
+        Collection<Integer> collection = Set.of();
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> opt.nextElement(collection))
+            .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
+    }
+
     enum Day {
         MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY
     }