diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index 70a00da..f40cb3a 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as qs from 'qs';
 import { VERSION } from './version';
 import { Stream } from './streaming';
-import { APIError, APIConnectionError, APIConnectionTimeoutError } from './error';
+import { APIError, APIConnectionError, APIConnectionTimeoutError, APIUserAbortError } from './error';
 import type { Readable } from '@tryfinch/finch-api/_shims/node-readable';
 import { getDefaultAgent, type Agent } from '@tryfinch/finch-api/_shims/agent';
 import {
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ export abstract class APIClient {
       ...(body && { body: body as any }),
       headers: reqHeaders,
       ...(httpAgent && { agent: httpAgent }),
+      // @ts-ignore node-fetch uses a custom AbortSignal type that is
+      // not compatible with standard web types
+      signal: options.signal ?? null,
     };
 
     this.validateHeaders(reqHeaders, headers);
@@ -220,8 +223,15 @@ export abstract class APIClient {
     const response = await this.fetchWithTimeout(url, req, timeout, controller).catch(castToError);
 
     if (response instanceof Error) {
-      if (retriesRemaining) return this.retryRequest(options, retriesRemaining);
-      if (response.name === 'AbortError') throw new APIConnectionTimeoutError();
+      if (options.signal?.aborted) {
+        throw new APIUserAbortError();
+      }
+      if (retriesRemaining) {
+        return this.retryRequest(options, retriesRemaining);
+      }
+      if (response.name === 'AbortError') {
+        throw new APIConnectionTimeoutError();
+      }
       throw new APIConnectionError({ cause: response });
     }
 
@@ -561,6 +571,7 @@ export type RequestOptions<Req extends {} = Record<string, unknown> | Readable>
   stream?: boolean | undefined;
   timeout?: number;
   httpAgent?: Agent;
+  signal?: AbortSignal | undefined | null;
   idempotencyKey?: string;
 };
 
@@ -578,6 +589,7 @@ const requestOptionsKeys: KeysEnum<RequestOptions> = {
   stream: true,
   timeout: true,
   httpAgent: true,
+  signal: true,
   idempotencyKey: true,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/error.ts b/src/error.ts
index fa360e6..45971af 100644
--- a/src/error.ts
+++ b/src/error.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ export class APIError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
+export class APIUserAbortError extends APIError {
+  override readonly status: undefined = undefined;
+
+  constructor({ message }: { message?: string } = {}) {
+    super(undefined, undefined, message || 'Request was aborted.', undefined);
+  }
+}
+
 export class APIConnectionError extends APIError {
   override readonly status: undefined = undefined;
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f99ac43..982c278 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ export class Finch extends Core.APIClient {
   static APIError = Errors.APIError;
   static APIConnectionError = Errors.APIConnectionError;
   static APIConnectionTimeoutError = Errors.APIConnectionTimeoutError;
+  static APIUserAbortError = Errors.APIUserAbortError;
   static NotFoundError = Errors.NotFoundError;
   static ConflictError = Errors.ConflictError;
   static RateLimitError = Errors.RateLimitError;
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ export const {
   APIError,
   APIConnectionError,
   APIConnectionTimeoutError,
+  APIUserAbortError,
   NotFoundError,
   ConflictError,
   RateLimitError,
diff --git a/tests/index.test.ts b/tests/index.test.ts
index 2fab3ea..dcf8771 100644
--- a/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless.
 
-import { Headers } from '@tryfinch/finch-api/core';
 import Finch from '@tryfinch/finch-api';
-import { Response } from '@tryfinch/finch-api/_shims/fetch';
+import { APIUserAbortError } from '@tryfinch/finch-api';
+import { Headers } from '@tryfinch/finch-api/core';
+import { Response, fetch as defaultFetch } from '@tryfinch/finch-api/_shims/fetch';
 
 describe('instantiate client', () => {
   const env = process.env;
@@ -95,6 +96,32 @@ describe('instantiate client', () => {
     expect(response).toEqual({ url: 'http://localhost:5000/foo', custom: true });
   });
 
+  test('custom signal', async () => {
+    const client = new Finch({
+      baseURL: 'http://127.0.0.1:4010',
+      accessToken: 'my access token',
+      fetch: (...args) => {
+        return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
+          setTimeout(
+            () =>
+              defaultFetch(...args)
+                .then(resolve)
+                .catch(reject),
+            300,
+          ),
+        );
+      },
+    });
+
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 200);
+
+    const spy = jest.spyOn(client, 'request');
+
+    await expect(client.get('/foo', { signal: controller.signal })).rejects.toThrowError(APIUserAbortError);
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   describe('baseUrl', () => {
     test('trailing slash', () => {
       const client = new Finch({