diff --git a/lib/adapters/xhr.js b/lib/adapters/xhr.js
index 81364bd56b1a00edab5768c1f7578f7426e6ad66..d0d6902064cd63ece7e090b853010366219f3bb4 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/xhr.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/xhr.js
@@ -80,6 +80,18 @@ module.exports = function xhrAdapter(config) {
       request = null;
     };
 
+    // Handle browser request cancellation (as opposed to a manual cancellation)
+    request.onabort = function handleAbort() {
+      if (!request) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      reject(createError('Request aborted', config, 'ECONNABORTED', request));
+
+      // Clean up request
+      request = null;
+    };
+
     // Handle low level network errors
     request.onerror = function handleError() {
       // Real errors are hidden from us by the browser
diff --git a/test/specs/requests.spec.js b/test/specs/requests.spec.js
index 0a272b67ad1e61e2d0959b59d6e7502075423b2d..6acc4f3865291f265c6b668c0b9572860f388b57 100644
--- a/test/specs/requests.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/requests.spec.js
@@ -79,6 +79,31 @@ describe('requests', function () {
       .then(finish, finish);
   });
 
+  it('should reject on abort', function (done) {
+    var resolveSpy = jasmine.createSpy('resolve');
+    var rejectSpy = jasmine.createSpy('reject');
+
+    var finish = function () {
+      expect(resolveSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(rejectSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      var reason = rejectSpy.calls.first().args[0];
+      expect(reason instanceof Error).toBe(true);
+      expect(reason.config.method).toBe('get');
+      expect(reason.config.url).toBe('/foo');
+      expect(reason.request).toEqual(jasmine.any(XMLHttpRequest));
+
+      done();
+    };
+
+    axios('/foo')
+      .then(resolveSpy, rejectSpy)
+      .then(finish, finish);
+
+    getAjaxRequest().then(function (request) {
+      request.abort();
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should reject when validateStatus returns false', function (done) {
     var resolveSpy = jasmine.createSpy('resolve');
     var rejectSpy = jasmine.createSpy('reject');