diff --git a/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js b/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js
index 83a2bf1..bb4f453 100644
--- a/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js
+++ b/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js
@@ -322,6 +322,13 @@ HttpProxy.prototype.proxyRequest = function (req, res, buffer) {
   //
   reverseProxy.once('error', proxyError);
 
+  //
+  // If `req` is aborted, we abort our `reverseProxy` request as well.
+  //
+  req.on('aborted', function () {
+    reverseProxy.abort();
+  });
+
   //
   // For each data `chunk` received from the incoming
   // `req` write it to the `reverseProxy` request.