diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 943e19f..4ae68a3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ mod transaction_manager;
 #[cfg(feature = "mysql")]
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use self::mysql::AsyncMysqlConnection;
+#[cfg(feature = "mysql")]
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use self::mysql::MysqlCancelToken;
 #[cfg(feature = "postgres")]
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use self::pg::AsyncPgConnection;
diff --git a/src/mysql/cancel_token.rs b/src/mysql/cancel_token.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f2c945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mysql/cancel_token.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use mysql_async::prelude::Query;
+use mysql_async::{Opts, OptsBuilder};
+
+use crate::mysql::error_helper::ErrorHelper;
+
+/// The capability to request cancellation of in-progress queries on a
+/// connection.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct MysqlCancelToken {
+    pub(crate) opts: Opts,
+    pub(crate) kill_id: u32,
+}
+
+impl MysqlCancelToken {
+    /// Attempts to cancel the in-progress query on the connection associated
+    /// with this `CancelToken`.
+    ///
+    /// The server provides no information about whether a cancellation attempt was successful or not. An error will
+    /// only be returned if the client was unable to connect to the database.
+    ///
+    /// Cancellation is inherently racy. There is no guarantee that the
+    /// cancellation request will reach the server before the query terminates
+    /// normally, or that the connection associated with this token is still
+    /// active.
+    pub async fn cancel_query(&self) -> diesel::result::ConnectionResult<()> {
+        let builder = OptsBuilder::from_opts(self.opts.clone());
+
+        let conn = mysql_async::Conn::new(builder).await.map_err(ErrorHelper)?;
+
+        format!("KILL QUERY {};", self.kill_id)
+            .ignore(conn)
+            .await
+            .map_err(ErrorHelper)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/mysql/mod.rs b/src/mysql/mod.rs
index 1d44650..9d4cc89 100644
--- a/src/mysql/mod.rs
+++ b/src/mysql/mod.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ use mysql_async::prelude::Queryable;
 use mysql_async::{Opts, OptsBuilder, Statement};
 use std::future::Future;
 
+mod cancel_token;
 mod error_helper;
 mod row;
 mod serialize;
 
+pub use self::cancel_token::MysqlCancelToken;
 use self::error_helper::ErrorHelper;
 use self::row::MysqlRow;
 use self::serialize::ToSqlHelper;
@@ -254,6 +256,14 @@ impl AsyncMysqlConnection {
         Ok(conn)
     }
 
+    /// Constructs a cancellation token that can later be used to request cancellation of a query running on the connection associated with this client.
+    pub fn cancel_token(&self) -> MysqlCancelToken {
+        let kill_id = self.conn.id();
+        let opts = self.conn.opts().clone();
+
+        MysqlCancelToken { kill_id, opts }
+    }
+
     fn with_prepared_statement<'conn, T, F, R>(
         &'conn mut self,
         query: T,
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index 67b0c27..80162a5 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -167,6 +167,52 @@ async fn postgres_cancel_token() {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "mysql")]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn mysql_cancel_token() {
+    use diesel::result::{DatabaseErrorKind, Error};
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
+    let (sender, receiver) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+
+    // execute a long-running query in a separate future
+    let query_future = async move {
+        let conn = &mut connection().await;
+        let token = conn.cancel_token();
+
+        // send the token back to the main thread via a oneshot channel
+        sender
+            .send(token)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("couldn't send token"));
+
+        diesel::dsl::sql::<diesel::sql_types::Integer>("SELECT SLEEP(5)")
+            .get_result::<i32>(conn)
+            .await
+    };
+    let cancel_future = async move {
+        // wait for the cancellation token to be sent
+        if let Ok(token) = receiver.await {
+            // give the query time to start before invoking the token
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+            token.cancel_query().await.unwrap();
+        } else {
+            panic!("Failed to receive cancel token");
+        }
+    };
+
+    let (task, _) = tokio::join!(query_future, cancel_future);
+
+    // make sure the query task resulted in a cancellation error or a return value of 1:
+    match task {
+        Err(Error::DatabaseError(DatabaseErrorKind::Unknown, v))
+            if v.message() == "Query execution was interrupted" => {}
+        Err(e) => panic!("unexpected error: {:?}", e),
+        // mysql 8.4 returns 1 from a canceled sleep instead of an error
+        Ok(1) => {}
+        Ok(_) => panic!("query completed successfully without cancellation"),
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "postgres")]
 async fn setup(connection: &mut TestConnection) {
     diesel::sql_query(