diff --git a/src/Groups/gsets.jl b/src/Groups/gsets.jl
index f5ce457194a4..a1a5b9277963 100644
--- a/src/Groups/gsets.jl
+++ b/src/Groups/gsets.jl
@@ -450,17 +450,29 @@ julia> map(length, orbs)
 """
     stabilizer(Omega::GSet{T,S})
     stabilizer(Omega::GSet{T,S}, omega::S = representative(Omega); check::Bool = true) where {T,S}
+    stabilizer(Omega::GSet{T,S}, omega::Set{S}; check::Bool = true) where {T,S}
+    stabilizer(Omega::GSet{T,S}, omega::Vector{S}; check::Bool = true) where {T,S}
+    stabilizer(Omega::GSet{T,S}, omega::Tuple{Vararg{S}}; check::Bool = true) where {T,S}
 
 Return the subgroup of `G = acting_group(Omega)` that fixes `omega`,
 together with the embedding of this subgroup into `G`.
+
+If `omega` is a `Set` of points in `Omega`
+then `stabilizer` means the setwise stabilizer of the entries in `omega`.
+If `omega` is a `Vector` or a `Tuple` of points in `Omega`
+then `stabilizer` means the pointwise stabilizer of the entries in `omega`.
+
 If `check` is `false` then it is not checked whether `omega` is in `Omega`.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
-julia> Omega = gset(symmetric_group(3));
+julia> Omega = gset(symmetric_group(4));
 
 julia> stabilizer(Omega)
-(Permutation group of degree 3 and order 2, Hom: permutation group -> Sym(3))
+(Permutation group of degree 4 and order 6, Hom: permutation group -> Sym(4))
+
+julia> stabilizer(Omega, [1, 2])
+(Permutation group of degree 4 and order 2, Hom: permutation group -> Sym(4))
 ```
 """
 @attr Tuple{sub_type(T), Map{sub_type(T), T}} function stabilizer(Omega::GSet{T,S}) where {T,S}
@@ -474,6 +486,35 @@ function stabilizer(Omega::GSet{T,S}, omega::S; check::Bool = true) where {T,S}
     return stabilizer(G, omega, gfun)
 end
 
+# support `stabilizer` under "derived" actions:
+# If the given point is a set of the element type of the G-set
+# then compute the setwise stabilizer.
+# If the given point is a tuple or vector of the element type of the G-set
+# then compute the pointwise stabilizer.
+
+function stabilizer(Omega::GSet{T,S}, omega::Set{S}; check::Bool = true) where {T,S}
+    check && @req all(in(Omega), omega) "omega must be a set of elements of Omega"
+    G = acting_group(Omega)
+    gfun = action_function(Omega)
+    derived_fun = function(x, g) return Set(gfun(y, g) for y in x); end
+    return stabilizer(G, omega, derived_fun)
+end
+
+function stabilizer(Omega::GSet{T,S}, omega::Vector{S}; check::Bool = true) where {T,S}
+    check && @req all(in(Omega), omega) "omega must be a vector of elements of Omega"
+    G = acting_group(Omega)
+    gfun = action_function(Omega)
+    derived_fun = function(x, g) return [gfun(y, g) for y in x]; end
+    return stabilizer(G, omega, derived_fun)
+end
+
+function stabilizer(Omega::GSet{T,S}, omega::Tuple{Vararg{S}}; check::Bool = true) where {T,S}
+    check && @req all(in(Omega), omega) "omega must be a tuple of elements of Omega"
+    G = acting_group(Omega)
+    gfun = action_function(Omega)
+    derived_fun = function(x, g) return Tuple([gfun(y, g) for y in x]); end
+    return stabilizer(G, omega, derived_fun)
+end
 
 #############################################################################
 ##
diff --git a/test/Groups/gsets.jl b/test/Groups/gsets.jl
index f8fd31d602d1..046588fb1148 100644
--- a/test/Groups/gsets.jl
+++ b/test/Groups/gsets.jl
@@ -12,20 +12,34 @@
   @test ! is_semiregular(Omega)
   @test collect(Omega) == 1:6  # ordering is kept
   @test order(stabilizer(Omega)[1]) * length(Omega) == order(G)
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, 1)[1]) == 120
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, Set([1, 2]))[1]) == 48
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, [1, 2])[1]) == 24
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, (1, 2))[1]) == 24
 
   Omega = gset(G, [Set([1, 2])])  # action on unordered pairs
   @test isa(Omega, GSet)
   @test length(Omega) == 15
-  @test order(stabilizer(Omega)[1]) * length(Omega) == order(G)
   @test length(orbits(Omega)) == 1
   @test is_transitive(Omega)
   @test ! is_regular(Omega)
   @test ! is_semiregular(Omega)
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega)[1]) * length(Omega) == order(G)
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, Set([1, 3]))[1]) == 48
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, Set([Set([1, 2]), Set([1, 3])]))[1]) == 12
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, [Set([1, 2]), Set([1, 3])])[1]) == 6
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, (Set([1, 2]), Set([1, 3])))[1]) == 6
+  @test_throws MethodError stabilizer(Omega, [1, 2])
 
   Omega = gset(G, [[1, 2]])  # action on ordered pairs
   @test isa(Omega, GSet)
   @test length(Omega) == 30
   @test order(stabilizer(Omega)[1]) * length(Omega) == order(G)
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, [1, 3])[1]) == 24
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, Set([[1, 2], [1, 3]]))[1]) == 12
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, [[1, 2], [1, 3]])[1]) == 6
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, ([1, 2], [1, 3]))[1]) == 6
+  @test_throws MethodError stabilizer(Omega, Set([1, 2]))
   @test length(orbits(Omega)) == 1
   @test is_transitive(Omega)
   @test ! is_regular(Omega)
@@ -46,6 +60,10 @@
   @test isa(Omega, GSet)
   @test length(Omega) == 740
   @test order(stabilizer(Omega, omega)[1]) * length(orbit(Omega, omega)) == order(G)
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, Set([omega, [1,0,0,1,0,1]]))[1]) == 8
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, [omega, [1,0,0,1,0,1]])[1]) == 4
+  @test order(stabilizer(Omega, (omega, [1,0,0,1,0,1]))[1]) == 4
+  @test_throws MethodError stabilizer(Omega, Set(omega))
   @test length(orbits(Omega)) == 2
   @test ! is_transitive(Omega)
   @test ! is_regular(Omega)