diff --git a/src/js/node/assert.ts b/src/js/node/assert.ts
index 0507b5c620..3a19cd7c07 100644
--- a/src/js/node/assert.ts
+++ b/src/js/node/assert.ts
@@ -377,6 +377,9 @@ function isSpecial(obj) {
 
 const typesToCallDeepStrictEqualWith = [isKeyObject, isWeakSet, isWeakMap, Buffer.isBuffer];
 const SafeSetPrototypeIterator = SafeSet.prototype[SymbolIterator];
+const SafeMapPrototypeIterator = SafeMap.prototype[SymbolIterator];
+const SafeMapPrototypeHas = SafeMap.prototype.has;
+const SafeMapPrototypeGet = SafeMap.prototype.get;
 
 /**
  * Compares two objects or values recursively to check if they are equal.
@@ -388,9 +391,33 @@ const SafeSetPrototypeIterator = SafeSet.prototype[SymbolIterator];
  * compareBranch({a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}, {a: 1, b: 2}); // true
  */
 function compareBranch(actual, expected, comparedObjects?) {
-  // Check for Map object equality
+  // Check for Map object equality (subset check for partialDeepStrictEqual)
   if (isMap(actual) && isMap(expected)) {
-    return Bun.deepEquals(actual, expected, true);
+    if (expected.size > actual.size) {
+      return false; // `expected` can't be a subset if it has more elements
+    }
+
+    comparedObjects ??= new SafeWeakSet();
+
+    // Handle circular references
+    if (comparedObjects.has(actual)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    comparedObjects.add(actual);
+
+    const expectedIterator = SafeMapPrototypeIterator.$call(expected);
+
+    for (const { 0: key, 1: expectedValue } of expectedIterator) {
+      if (!SafeMapPrototypeHas.$call(actual, key)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      const actualValue = SafeMapPrototypeGet.$call(actual, key);
+      if (!compareBranch(actualValue, expectedValue, comparedObjects)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return true;
   }
 
   // Check for ArrayBuffer object equality
diff --git a/test/regression/issue/24338.test.ts b/test/regression/issue/24338.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7ee09675e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/issue/24338.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import assert from "node:assert";
+import { test } from "node:test";
+
+// https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/24338
+// assert.partialDeepStrictEqual should support Map subset checking
+
+test("partialDeepStrictEqual with Map subset - basic case", () => {
+  // The expected Map is a subset of actual Map
+  assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(
+    new Map([
+      ["key1", "value1"],
+      ["key2", "value2"],
+    ]),
+    new Map([["key2", "value2"]]),
+  );
+});
+
+test("partialDeepStrictEqual with Map - exact match", () => {
+  assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(new Map([["key1", "value1"]]), new Map([["key1", "value1"]]));
+});
+
+test("partialDeepStrictEqual with Map - empty expected", () => {
+  assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(new Map([["key1", "value1"]]), new Map());
+});
+
+test("partialDeepStrictEqual with Map - multiple matching entries", () => {
+  assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(
+    new Map([
+      ["a", 1],
+      ["b", 2],
+      ["c", 3],
+    ]),
+    new Map([
+      ["a", 1],
+      ["c", 3],
+    ]),
+  );
+});
+
+test("partialDeepStrictEqual with Map - nested objects as values", () => {
+  assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(
+    new Map([
+      ["config", { debug: true, verbose: false }],
+      ["data", { items: [1, 2, 3] }],
+    ]),
+    new Map([["config", { debug: true }]]),
+  );
+});
+
+test("partialDeepStrictEqual with Map - should fail when expected has more keys", () => {
+  assert.throws(
+    () =>
+      assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(
+        new Map([["key1", "value1"]]),
+        new Map([
+          ["key1", "value1"],
+          ["key2", "value2"],
+        ]),
+      ),
+    assert.AssertionError,
+  );
+});
+
+test("partialDeepStrictEqual with Map - should fail when key missing in actual", () => {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(new Map([["key1", "value1"]]), new Map([["key2", "value2"]])),
+    assert.AssertionError,
+  );
+});
+
+test("partialDeepStrictEqual with Map - should fail when value differs", () => {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(new Map([["key1", "value1"]]), new Map([["key1", "different"]])),
+    assert.AssertionError,
+  );
+});
+
+test("partialDeepStrictEqual with Map - nested Map values", () => {
+  assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(
+    new Map([
+      [
+        "outer",
+        new Map([
+          ["inner1", 1],
+          ["inner2", 2],
+        ]),
+      ],
+    ]),
+    new Map([["outer", new Map([["inner1", 1]])]]),
+  );
+});
+
+test("partialDeepStrictEqual with Map - non-string keys", () => {
+  const objKey = { id: 1 };
+  assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(
+    new Map([
+      [1, "one"],
+      [objKey, "object"],
+      [true, "boolean"],
+    ]),
+    new Map([[1, "one"]]),
+  );
+});
+
+test("partialDeepStrictEqual with Map - circular reference", () => {
+  const actualMap = new Map<string, unknown>();
+  actualMap.set("self", actualMap);
+  actualMap.set("other", "value");
+
+  const expectedMap = new Map<string, unknown>();
+  expectedMap.set("self", expectedMap);
+
+  // Should not hang due to circular reference
+  assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(actualMap, expectedMap);
+});