diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index 996658e1d3f565..9bb22059c1fd9a 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ const {
   validateObject,
   validateString,
 } = require('internal/validators');
+const { addAbortListener } = require('internal/events/abort_listener');
 
 const kCapture = Symbol('kCapture');
 const kErrorMonitor = Symbol('events.errorMonitor');
@@ -1222,32 +1223,3 @@ function listenersController() {
     },
   };
 }
-
-let queueMicrotask;
-
-function addAbortListener(signal, listener) {
-  if (signal === undefined) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('signal', 'AbortSignal', signal);
-  }
-  validateAbortSignal(signal, 'signal');
-  validateFunction(listener, 'listener');
-
-  let removeEventListener;
-  if (signal.aborted) {
-    queueMicrotask ??= require('internal/process/task_queues').queueMicrotask;
-    queueMicrotask(() => listener());
-  } else {
-    kResistStopPropagation ??= require('internal/event_target').kResistStopPropagation;
-    // TODO(atlowChemi) add { subscription: true } and return directly
-    signal.addEventListener('abort', listener, { __proto__: null, once: true, [kResistStopPropagation]: true });
-    removeEventListener = () => {
-      signal.removeEventListener('abort', listener);
-    };
-  }
-  return {
-    __proto__: null,
-    [SymbolDispose]() {
-      removeEventListener?.();
-    },
-  };
-}
diff --git a/lib/internal/events/abort_listener.js b/lib/internal/events/abort_listener.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..033cbf7b250fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/internal/events/abort_listener.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const {
+  SymbolDispose,
+} = primordials;
+const {
+  validateAbortSignal,
+  validateFunction,
+} = require('internal/validators');
+const {
+  codes: {
+    ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
+  },
+} = require('internal/errors');
+
+let queueMicrotask;
+let kResistStopPropagation;
+
+/**
+ * @param {AbortSignal} signal
+ * @param {EventListener} listener
+ * @returns {Disposable}
+ */
+function addAbortListener(signal, listener) {
+  if (signal === undefined) {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('signal', 'AbortSignal', signal);
+  }
+  validateAbortSignal(signal, 'signal');
+  validateFunction(listener, 'listener');
+
+  let removeEventListener;
+  if (signal.aborted) {
+    queueMicrotask ??= require('internal/process/task_queues').queueMicrotask;
+    queueMicrotask(() => listener());
+  } else {
+    kResistStopPropagation ??= require('internal/event_target').kResistStopPropagation;
+    // TODO(atlowChemi) add { subscription: true } and return directly
+    signal.addEventListener('abort', listener, { __proto__: null, once: true, [kResistStopPropagation]: true });
+    removeEventListener = () => {
+      signal.removeEventListener('abort', listener);
+    };
+  }
+  return {
+    __proto__: null,
+    [SymbolDispose]() {
+      removeEventListener?.();
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  __proto__: null,
+  addAbortListener,
+};
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js b/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
index 124e106067640f..6327fbeb2e7e1b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ expected.beforePreExec = new Set([
   'Internal Binding module_wrap',
   'NativeModule internal/modules/cjs/loader',
   'Internal Binding wasm_web_api',
+  'NativeModule internal/events/abort_listener',
 ]);
 
 expected.atRunTime = new Set([