diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a115e51d..64de8c0c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ If an error occurs, the promise is rejected with an `error` object containing 3
 - `error.request` The request options such as `method`, `url` and `data`
 - `error.response` The http response object with `url`, `headers`, and `data`
 
+If the error is due to an `AbortSignal` being used, the resulting `AbortError` is bubbled up to the caller.
+
 ## `request.defaults()`
 
 Override or set default options. Example:
diff --git a/src/fetch-wrapper.ts b/src/fetch-wrapper.ts
index 36f6e4065..7325a6ee3 100644
--- a/src/fetch-wrapper.ts
+++ b/src/fetch-wrapper.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ export default function fetchWrapper(
     })
     .catch((error) => {
       if (error instanceof RequestError) throw error;
+      else if (error.name === "AbortError") throw error;
 
       throw new RequestError(error.message, 500, {
         request: requestOptions,
diff --git a/test/request.test.ts b/test/request.test.ts
index 0dea4ec41..817257572 100644
--- a/test/request.test.ts
+++ b/test/request.test.ts
@@ -1011,4 +1011,51 @@ x//0u+zd/R/QRUzLOw4N72/Hu+UG6MNt5iDZFCtapRaKt6OvSBwy8w==
       expect(mock.done()).toBe(true);
     });
   });
+
+  it("bubbles up AbortError if the request is aborted", () => {
+    // AbortSignal and AbortController do not exist on
+    // Node < 15. The main parts of their API have been
+    // reproduced in the mocks below.
+    class AbortSignal {
+      abort = () => {
+        const e = new Error("");
+        e.name = "AbortError";
+        throw e;
+      };
+
+      addEventListener = () => {};
+    }
+
+    class AbortController {
+      abort = () => {
+        this.signal.abort();
+      };
+      signal = new AbortSignal();
+    }
+    const abortController = new AbortController();
+    const mock = fetchMock.sandbox().post(
+      "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit-fixture-org/release-assets/releases/tags/v1.0.0",
+      new Promise(() => {
+        abortController.abort();
+      })
+    );
+
+    return request("POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/tags/{tag}", {
+      owner: "octokit-fixture-org",
+      repo: "release-assets",
+      tag: "v1.0.0",
+      request: {
+        fetch: mock,
+        signal: abortController.signal,
+      },
+      headers: {
+        "content-type": "text/plain",
+      },
+      data: stringToArrayBuffer("Hello, world!\n"),
+      name: "test-upload.txt",
+      label: "test",
+    }).catch((error) => {
+      expect(error.name).toEqual("AbortError");
+    });
+  });
 });