diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 344b2b089..bf576771f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Bumps `@types/node` from 20.14.10 to 20.14.11
 - Bumps `eslint-plugin-prettier` from 5.1.3 to 5.2.1
 ### Changed
+- Return a transport object from `AwsSigv4SignerTransport.request` that has an `.abort()` method that allows in-flight requests to be canceled
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/lib/aws/shared.js b/lib/aws/shared.js
index 2d79d3fbd..612a15240 100644
--- a/lib/aws/shared.js
+++ b/lib/aws/shared.js
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ const Connection = require('../Connection');
 const Transport = require('../Transport');
 const aws4 = require('aws4');
 const AwsSigv4SignerError = require('./errors');
+const { RequestAbortedError } = require('../errors');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
 const { toMs } = Transport.internals;
 
+const noop = () => {};
+
 function giveAwsCredentialProviderLoader(getAwsSDKCredentialsProvider) {
   return function loadAwsCredentialProvider() {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -118,45 +121,88 @@ function giveAwsV4Signer(awsDefaultCredentialsProvider) {
         }
 
         if (!expired) {
-          if (typeof callback === 'undefined') {
+          if (callback === undefined) {
             return super.request(params, options);
+          } else {
+            return super.request(params, options, callback);
           }
-          super.request(params, options, callback);
-          return;
         }
 
-        // In AWS SDK V2 Credentials.refreshPromise should be available.
-        if (currentCredentials && typeof currentCredentials.refreshPromise === 'function') {
-          if (typeof callback === 'undefined') {
-            return currentCredentials.refreshPromise().then(() => {
-              return super.request(params, options);
-            });
-          } else {
+        let p = null;
+
+        // promises support
+        if (callback === undefined) {
+          let onFulfilled = null;
+          let onRejected = null;
+          p = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+            onFulfilled = resolve;
+            onRejected = reject;
+          });
+          callback = function callback(err, result) {
+            err ? onRejected(err) : onFulfilled(result);
+          };
+        }
+
+        const meta = {
+          aborted: false,
+        };
+
+        let request = { abort: noop };
+
+        const transportReturn = {
+          then(onFulfilled, onRejected) {
+            if (p != null) {
+              return p.then(onFulfilled, onRejected);
+            }
+          },
+          catch(onRejected) {
+            if (p != null) {
+              return p.catch(onRejected);
+            }
+          },
+          abort() {
+            meta.aborted = true;
+            request.abort();
+            return this;
+          },
+          finally(onFinally) {
+            if (p != null) {
+              return p.finally(onFinally);
+            }
+          },
+        };
+
+        const makeRequest = () => {
+          // In AWS SDK V2 Credentials.refreshPromise should be available.
+          if (currentCredentials && typeof currentCredentials.refreshPromise === 'function') {
             currentCredentials
               .refreshPromise()
               .then(() => {
-                super.request(params, options, callback);
+                if (meta.aborted) {
+                  return callback(new RequestAbortedError());
+                }
+                request = super.request(params, options, callback);
               })
               .catch(callback);
-            return;
           }
-        }
+          // For AWS SDK V3.
+          else {
+            opts
+              .getCredentials()
+              .then((credentials) => {
+                if (meta.aborted) {
+                  return callback(new RequestAbortedError());
+                }
+                credentialsState.credentials = credentials;
+                request = super.request(params, options, callback);
+              })
+              .catch(callback);
+          }
+        };
 
-        // For AWS SDK V3 or when the client has not acquired credentials yet.
-        if (typeof callback === 'undefined') {
-          return opts.getCredentials().then((credentials) => {
-            credentialsState.credentials = credentials;
-            return super.request(params, options);
-          });
-        } else {
-          opts
-            .getCredentials()
-            .then((credentials) => {
-              credentialsState.credentials = credentials;
-              super.request(params, options, callback);
-            })
-            .catch(callback);
-        }
+        makeRequest();
+
+        return transportReturn;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/aws/awssigv4signer.test.js b/test/unit/lib/aws/awssigv4signer.test.js
index 30fa33181..e5ddc3205 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/aws/awssigv4signer.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/lib/aws/awssigv4signer.test.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const AwsSigv4SignerError = require('../../../../lib/aws/errors');
 const { Connection } = require('../../../../index');
 const { Client, buildServer } = require('../../../utils');
 const { debug } = require('console');
+const { RequestAbortedError } = require('../../../../lib/errors');
 
 test('Sign with SigV4', (t) => {
   t.plan(4);
@@ -697,6 +698,151 @@ test('Should create child client', (t) => {
       }
       count++;
     });
-    t.not_same(child.transport._auth, child2.transport._auth);
+    t.notSame(child.transport._auth, child2.transport._auth);
+  });
+});
+
+test('pre-request abort (promises)', (t) => {
+  t.plan(1);
+
+  function handler() {
+    t.fail('Request should have been aborted');
+  }
+
+  buildServer(handler, ({ port }, server) => {
+    const mockCreds = {
+      accessKeyId: uuidv4(),
+      secretAccessKey: uuidv4(),
+    };
+
+    const AwsSigv4SignerOptions = {
+      region: 'us-east-1',
+      getCredentials: () =>
+        new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(() => resolve(mockCreds), 100);
+        }),
+    };
+
+    const client = new Client({
+      ...AwsSigv4Signer(AwsSigv4SignerOptions),
+      node: `http://localhost:${port}`,
+    });
+
+    const promise = client.search({
+      index: 'test',
+      q: 'foo:bar',
+    });
+
+    promise
+      .then(() => {
+        t.fail('Should fail');
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        t.ok(err instanceof RequestAbortedError);
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        server.stop();
+      });
+
+    promise.abort();
+  });
+});
+
+test('pre-request abort (callback)', (t) => {
+  t.plan(1);
+
+  function handler() {
+    t.fail('Request should have been aborted');
+  }
+
+  buildServer(handler, ({ port }, server) => {
+    const mockCreds = {
+      accessKeyId: uuidv4(),
+      secretAccessKey: uuidv4(),
+    };
+
+    const AwsSigv4SignerOptions = {
+      region: 'us-east-1',
+      getCredentials: () =>
+        new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(() => resolve(mockCreds), 100);
+        }),
+    };
+
+    const client = new Client({
+      ...AwsSigv4Signer(AwsSigv4SignerOptions),
+      node: `http://localhost:${port}`,
+    });
+
+    const cb = client.search(
+      {
+        index: 'test',
+        q: 'foo:bar',
+      },
+      (err) => {
+        t.ok(err instanceof RequestAbortedError);
+        server.stop();
+      }
+    );
+
+    cb.abort();
+  });
+});
+
+test('in-flight abort', (t) => {
+  t.plan(4);
+
+  let handlerStartFn = null;
+  const handleStart = new Promise((resolve) => {
+    handlerStartFn = resolve;
+  });
+
+  function handler(req) {
+    t.ok(req);
+    req.on('close', () => {
+      t.ok(true);
+    });
+    handlerStartFn();
+  }
+
+  buildServer(handler, ({ port }, server) => {
+    const mockCreds = {
+      accessKeyId: uuidv4(),
+      secretAccessKey: uuidv4(),
+    };
+
+    const AwsSigv4SignerOptions = {
+      region: 'us-east-1',
+      getCredentials: () =>
+        new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(() => resolve(mockCreds), 100);
+        }),
+    };
+
+    const client = new Client({
+      ...AwsSigv4Signer(AwsSigv4SignerOptions),
+      node: `http://localhost:${port}`,
+    });
+
+    const promise = client.search({
+      index: 'test',
+      q: 'foo:bar',
+    });
+
+    promise
+      .then(() => {
+        t.fail('Should fail');
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        t.ok(err instanceof RequestAbortedError);
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        server.stop();
+      });
+
+    handleStart.then(() => {
+      t.ok(true);
+      promise.abort();
+    });
   });
 });