diff --git a/crates/typst/src/eval/array.rs b/crates/typst/src/eval/array.rs
index 5d5fdcdbd..86c41ff6c 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/eval/array.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/eval/array.rs
@@ -392,10 +392,18 @@ impl Array {
     }
 
     /// Enumerate all items in the array.
-    pub fn enumerate(&self) -> Self {
+    pub fn enumerate(&self, start: i64) -> StrResult<Self> {
         self.iter()
             .enumerate()
-            .map(|(i, value)| array![i, value.clone()].into_value())
+            .map(|(i, value)| {
+                Ok(array![
+                    start
+                        .checked_add_unsigned(i as u64)
+                        .ok_or_else(|| "array index is too large".to_string())?,
+                    value.clone()
+                ]
+                .into_value())
+            })
             .collect()
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/typst/src/eval/methods.rs b/crates/typst/src/eval/methods.rs
index bf47b7aa5..6a846f524 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/eval/methods.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/eval/methods.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ pub fn call(
             }
             "sorted" => array.sorted(vm, span, args.named("key")?)?.into_value(),
             "zip" => array.zip(args.expect("other")?).into_value(),
-            "enumerate" => array.enumerate().into_value(),
+            "enumerate" => array
+                .enumerate(args.named("start")?.unwrap_or(0))
+                .at(span)?
+                .into_value(),
             "dedup" => array.dedup(vm, args.named("key")?)?.into_value(),
             _ => return missing(),
         },
diff --git a/docs/reference/types.md b/docs/reference/types.md
index 4150cc9b1..d7cfaa653 100644
--- a/docs/reference/types.md
+++ b/docs/reference/types.md
@@ -892,6 +892,9 @@ The returned array consists of `(index, value)` pairs in the form of length-2
 arrays. These can be [destructured]($scripting/#bindings) with a let binding or
 for loop.
 
+- start: integer (named)
+  The index returned for the first pair of the returned list.
+  Defaults to `{0}`.
 - returns: array
 
 ### zip()
diff --git a/tests/typ/compiler/array.typ b/tests/typ/compiler/array.typ
index 4bc027efc..e2463cb0e 100644
--- a/tests/typ/compiler/array.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/compiler/array.typ
@@ -238,6 +238,15 @@
 #test(((1, 2), 3).zip((4, 5)), (((1, 2), 4), (3, 5)))
 #test((1, "hi").zip((true, false)), ((1, true), ("hi", false)))
 
+---
+// Test the `enumerate` method.
+#test(().enumerate(), ())
+#test(().enumerate(start: 5), ())
+#test(("a", "b", "c").enumerate(), ((0, "a"), (1, "b"), (2, "c")))
+#test(("a", "b", "c").enumerate(start: 1), ((1, "a"), (2, "b"), (3, "c")))
+#test(("a", "b", "c").enumerate(start: 42), ((42, "a"), (43, "b"), (44, "c")))
+#test(("a", "b", "c").enumerate(start: -7), ((-7, "a"), (-6, "b"), (-5, "c")))
+
 ---
 // Test the `dedup` method.
 #test(().dedup(), ())