diff --git a/src/ngResource/resource.js b/src/ngResource/resource.js
index 8874bbeca484..79281954dd1c 100644
--- a/src/ngResource/resource.js
+++ b/src/ngResource/resource.js
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ function shallowClearAndCopy(src, dst) {
  *      rejection), `false` before that. Knowing if the Resource has been resolved is useful in
  *      data-binding.
  *
+ *   - `$abort`: a method to abort the request if it has not completed yet.
+ *
  * @example
  *
  * # Credit card resource
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ function shallowClearAndCopy(src, dst) {
  * </pre>
  */
 angular.module('ngResource', ['ng']).
-  factory('$resource', ['$http', '$q', function($http, $q) {
+  factory('$resource', ['$http', '$q', '$timeout', function($http, $q, $timeout) {
 
     var DEFAULT_ACTIONS = {
       'get':    {method:'GET'},
@@ -501,6 +503,17 @@ angular.module('ngResource', ['ng']).
             }
           });
 
+          // If parameters do not contain `timeout` which is a promise, create it,
+          // so that later this call can be aborted by resolving this promise.
+          var timeout = httpConfig.timeout;
+          var timeoutDeferred;
+          if (!timeout || !timeout.then) {
+            timeoutDeferred = $q.defer();
+            httpConfig.timeout = timeoutDeferred.promise;
+            // If timeout is specified in milliseconds, use it to abort via promise
+            if (timeout) $timeout(timeoutDeferred.resolve, timeout);
+          }
+
           if (hasBody) httpConfig.data = data;
           route.setUrlParams(httpConfig,
                              extend({}, extractParams(data, action.params || {}), params),
@@ -557,6 +570,7 @@ angular.module('ngResource', ['ng']).
             // - return the instance / collection
             value.$promise = promise;
             value.$resolved = false;
+            if (timeoutDeferred) value.$abort = timeoutDeferred.resolve;
 
             return value;
           }
diff --git a/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js b/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
index b23f0ca42bd7..c0fe645fad0a 100644
--- a/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
@@ -674,6 +674,22 @@ describe("resource", function() {
       });
 
 
+      it('should add $abort method to the result object', function(){
+        $httpBackend.expect('POST', '/CreditCard/123!charge?amount=10', '{"auth":"abc"}').respond({success: 'ok'});
+        var errorCallback = jasmine.createSpy();
+        var cc = CreditCard.charge({id:123, amount:10}, {auth:'abc'});
+        cc.$promise.then(callback, errorCallback);
+
+        expect(cc.$abort).toEqual(jasmine.any(Function));
+        cc.$abort();
+
+        $httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation();
+        $httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingRequest();
+        expect(callback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(errorCallback).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
+
       it('should return promise from action method calls', function() {
         $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/CreditCard/123').respond({id: 123, number: '9876'});
         var cc = new CreditCard({name: 'Mojo'});
@@ -837,6 +853,22 @@ describe("resource", function() {
         expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
         expect(ccs.$resolved).toBe(true);
       });
+
+
+      it('should add $abort method to the result object', function(){
+        $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/CreditCard?key=value').respond([{id: 1}, {id: 2}]);
+        var errorCallback = jasmine.createSpy();
+        var ccs = CreditCard.query({key: 'value'});
+        ccs.$promise.then(callback, errorCallback);
+
+        expect(ccs.$abort).toEqual(jasmine.any(Function));
+        ccs.$abort();
+
+        $httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation();
+        $httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingRequest();
+        expect(callback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(errorCallback).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
     });
 
     it('should allow per action response interceptor that gets full response', function() {