diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 52781c8..b42de47 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: curl
 Type: Package
 Title: A Modern and Flexible Web Client for R
-Version: 6.0.2
+Version: 6.1.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jeroen", "Ooms", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "jeroenooms@gmail.com",
       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4035-0289")),
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index be00e29..3139e11 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-6.0.2
+6.1.0
  - Fix a rchk bug
  - Enable CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT by default to prefer multiplex when possible
  - Enable setting max_streams in multi_set(), default to 10
+ - Allow open(curl::curl()) to be interrupted
 
 6.0.1
  - Fix a build issue with libcurl 8.11.0
diff --git a/src/curl.c b/src/curl.c
index 540c6f2..cc3035d 100644
--- a/src/curl.c
+++ b/src/curl.c
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ static Rboolean rcurl_open(Rconnection con) {
   while(block_open && req->has_more && !req->has_data) {
     int numfds;
     massert(curl_multi_wait(req->manager, NULL, 0, 1000, &numfds));
+    if(pending_interrupt()) {
+      reset(con); //cleanup before jumping
+      assert_message(CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK, NULL);
+    }
     massert(curl_multi_perform(req->manager, &(req->has_more)));
     for(int msg = 1; msg > 0;){
       CURLMsg *out = curl_multi_info_read(req->manager, &msg);
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 2e55b8b..ab28a9e 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 #include "curl-common.h"
 #include <stdint.h> /* SIZE_MAX */
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <Rembedded.h>
+void send_r_interrupt() {
+  UserBreak = 1;
+  R_CheckUserInterrupt();
+}
+#else
+#include <Rinterface.h>
+void send_r_interrupt() {
+  Rf_onintr();
+}
+#endif
+
 CURL* get_handle(SEXP ptr){
   return get_ref(ptr)->handle;
 }
@@ -40,6 +53,8 @@ void reset_errbuf(reference *ref){
 void assert_message(CURLcode res, const char *str){
   if(res == CURLE_OK)
     return;
+  if(res == CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK)
+    send_r_interrupt();
   if(str == NULL)
     str = curl_easy_strerror(res);
   SEXP code = PROTECT(Rf_ScalarInteger(res));
@@ -54,6 +69,8 @@ void assert_message(CURLcode res, const char *str){
 void assert_status(CURLcode res, reference *ref){
   if(res == CURLE_OK)
     return;
+  if(res == CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK)
+    send_r_interrupt();
   const char *source_url = NULL;
   curl_easy_getinfo(ref->handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, &source_url);
   SEXP url = PROTECT(make_string(source_url));