diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/api/database.ts b/packages/firestore/src/api/database.ts
index 9ce91f4fd2b..bd278bfbb9e 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/api/database.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/api/database.ts
@@ -1489,7 +1489,9 @@ export class Query implements firestore.Query {
       }
       fieldValue = this.firestore._dataConverter.parseQueryValue(
         'Query.where',
-        value
+        value,
+        // We only allow nested arrays for IN queries.
+        /** allowArrays = */ operator === Operator.IN ? true : false
       );
     }
     const filter = FieldFilter.create(fieldPath, operator, fieldValue);
diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/api/user_data_converter.ts b/packages/firestore/src/api/user_data_converter.ts
index e99a68e1ae8..2b0e87d1278 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/api/user_data_converter.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/api/user_data_converter.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,12 @@ enum UserDataSource {
    * Indicates the source is a where clause, cursor bound, arrayUnion()
    * element, etc. Of note, isWrite(source) will return false.
    */
-  Argument
+  Argument,
+  /**
+   * Indicates that the source is an Argument that may directly contain nested
+   * arrays (e.g. the operand of an `in` query).
+   */
+  ArrayArgument
 }
 
 function isWrite(dataSource: UserDataSource): boolean {
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ function isWrite(dataSource: UserDataSource): boolean {
     case UserDataSource.Update:
       return true;
     case UserDataSource.Argument:
+    case UserDataSource.ArrayArgument:
       return false;
     default:
       throw fail(`Unexpected case for UserDataSource: ${dataSource}`);
@@ -478,10 +484,17 @@ export class UserDataConverter {
   /**
    * Parse a "query value" (e.g. value in a where filter or a value in a cursor
    * bound).
+   *
+   * @param allowArrays Whether the query value is an array that may directly
+   * contain additional arrays (e.g. the operand of an `in` query).
    */
-  parseQueryValue(methodName: string, input: unknown): FieldValue {
+  parseQueryValue(
+    methodName: string,
+    input: unknown,
+    allowArrays = false
+  ): FieldValue {
     const context = new ParseContext(
-      UserDataSource.Argument,
+      allowArrays ? UserDataSource.ArrayArgument : UserDataSource.Argument,
       methodName,
       FieldPath.EMPTY_PATH
     );
@@ -536,7 +549,14 @@ export class UserDataConverter {
       if (input instanceof Array) {
         // TODO(b/34871131): Include the path containing the array in the error
         // message.
-        if (context.arrayElement) {
+        // In the case of IN queries, the parsed data is an array (representing
+        // the set of values to be included for the IN query) that may directly
+        // contain additional arrays (each representing an individual field
+        // value), so we disable this validation.
+        if (
+          context.arrayElement &&
+          context.dataSource !== UserDataSource.ArrayArgument
+        ) {
           throw context.createError('Nested arrays are not supported');
         }
         return this.parseArray(input as unknown[], context);
diff --git a/packages/firestore/test/integration/api/query.test.ts b/packages/firestore/test/integration/api/query.test.ts
index 999cdf6b98c..049c1f8e275 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/test/integration/api/query.test.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/test/integration/api/query.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import { EventsAccumulator } from '../util/events_accumulator';
 import firebase from '../util/firebase_export';
 import {
   apiDescribe,
-  isRunningAgainstEmulator,
   toChangesArray,
   toDataArray,
   withTestCollection,
@@ -799,14 +798,18 @@ apiDescribe('Queries', (persistence: boolean) => {
       c: { zip: 98103 },
       d: { zip: [98101] },
       e: { zip: ['98101', { zip: 98101 }] },
-      f: { zip: { code: 500 } }
+      f: { zip: { code: 500 } },
+      g: { zip: [98101, 98102] }
     };
 
     await withTestCollection(persistence, testDocs, async coll => {
-      const snapshot = await coll.where('zip', 'in', [98101, 98103]).get();
+      const snapshot = await coll
+        .where('zip', 'in', [98101, 98103, [98101, 98102]])
+        .get();
       expect(toDataArray(snapshot)).to.deep.equal([
         { zip: 98101 },
-        { zip: 98103 }
+        { zip: 98103 },
+        { zip: [98101, 98102] }
       ]);
 
       // With objects.
@@ -815,28 +818,24 @@ apiDescribe('Queries', (persistence: boolean) => {
     });
   });
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-properties,
-  (isRunningAgainstEmulator() ? it : it.skip)(
-    'can use IN filters by document ID',
-    async () => {
-      const testDocs = {
-        aa: { key: 'aa' },
-        ab: { key: 'ab' },
-        ba: { key: 'ba' },
-        bb: { key: 'bb' }
-      };
-      await withTestCollection(persistence, testDocs, async coll => {
-        const snapshot = await coll
-          .where(FieldPath.documentId(), 'in', ['aa', 'ab'])
-          .get();
-
-        expect(toDataArray(snapshot)).to.deep.equal([
-          { key: 'aa' },
-          { key: 'ab' }
-        ]);
-      });
-    }
-  );
+  it('can use IN filters by document ID', async () => {
+    const testDocs = {
+      aa: { key: 'aa' },
+      ab: { key: 'ab' },
+      ba: { key: 'ba' },
+      bb: { key: 'bb' }
+    };
+    await withTestCollection(persistence, testDocs, async coll => {
+      const snapshot = await coll
+        .where(FieldPath.documentId(), 'in', ['aa', 'ab'])
+        .get();
+
+      expect(toDataArray(snapshot)).to.deep.equal([
+        { key: 'aa' },
+        { key: 'ab' }
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
 
   it('can use array-contains-any filters', async () => {
     const testDocs = {