diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Abortable.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Abortable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fcf274d66ea09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/Abortable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.fs;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
+
+/**
+ *  Stream that abort the upload.
+ */
+@InterfaceStability.Unstable
+public interface Abortable {
+
+  /**
+   * Abort the upload for the stream.
+   *
+   * This is to provide ability to cancel the write on stream; once stream is
+   * aborted, it should behave as the write was never happened.
+   */
+  void abort();
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSDataOutputStream.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSDataOutputStream.java
index 27d164b7d87ba..449ddb2153c28 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSDataOutputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FSDataOutputStream.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 @InterfaceStability.Stable
 public class FSDataOutputStream extends DataOutputStream
     implements Syncable, CanSetDropBehind, StreamCapabilities,
-      IOStatisticsSource {
+      IOStatisticsSource, Abortable {
   private final OutputStream wrappedStream;
 
   private static class PositionCache extends FilterOutputStream {
@@ -170,4 +170,14 @@ public void setDropBehind(Boolean dropBehind) throws IOException {
   public IOStatistics getIOStatistics() {
     return IOStatisticsSupport.retrieveIOStatistics(wrappedStream);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public void abort() {
+    try {
+      ((Abortable)wrappedStream).abort();
+    } catch (ClassCastException e) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("the wrapped stream does " +
+          "not support aborting stream.");
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/StreamCapabilities.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/StreamCapabilities.java
index 15ea2ab325c33..c484f6d5b0be7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/StreamCapabilities.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/StreamCapabilities.java
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ public interface StreamCapabilities {
    */
   String IOSTATISTICS = "iostatistics";
 
+  /**
+   * Stream abort() capability implemented by {@link Abortable#abort()}.
+   */
+  String ABORTABLE = "abortable";
+
   /**
    * Capabilities that a stream can support and be queried for.
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java
index 5784ab8615e6e..024d1ca5674f6 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.PutObjectRequest;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.PutObjectResult;
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.UploadPartRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Abortable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty.com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
 import org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty.com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 @InterfaceStability.Unstable
 class S3ABlockOutputStream extends OutputStream implements
-    StreamCapabilities, IOStatisticsSource {
+    StreamCapabilities, IOStatisticsSource, Abortable {
 
   private static final Logger LOG =
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(S3ABlockOutputStream.class);
@@ -541,6 +542,10 @@ public boolean hasCapability(String capability) {
     case StreamCapabilities.IOSTATISTICS:
       return true;
 
+      // S3A supports abort.
+    case StreamCapabilities.ABORTABLE:
+      return true;
+
     default:
       return false;
     }
@@ -551,6 +556,24 @@ public IOStatistics getIOStatistics() {
     return iostatistics;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void abort() {
+    if (closed.getAndSet(true)) {
+      // already closed
+      LOG.debug("Ignoring abort() as stream is already closed");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    S3ADataBlocks.DataBlock block = getActiveBlock();
+    try {
+      if (multiPartUpload != null) {
+        multiPartUpload.abort();
+      }
+    } finally {
+      cleanupWithLogger(LOG, block, blockFactory);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Multiple partition upload.
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3ABlockOutputArray.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3ABlockOutputArray.java
index 88e0cef2a34aa..21ec3c4b8e3e8 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3ABlockOutputArray.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3ABlockOutputArray.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.contract.ContractTestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.statistics.BlockOutputStreamStatistics;
@@ -155,4 +156,22 @@ public void testMarkReset() throws Throwable {
     markAndResetDatablock(createFactory(getFileSystem()));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testAbortAfterWrite() throws Throwable {
+    Path dest = path("testAbortAfterWrite");
+    describe(" testAbortAfterWrite");
+    FileSystem fs = getFileSystem();
+    FSDataOutputStream stream = fs.create(dest, true);
+    byte[] data = ContractTestUtils.dataset(16, 'a', 26);
+    try {
+      stream.write(data);
+      stream.abort();
+      // the path should not exist
+      ContractTestUtils.assertPathsDoNotExist(fs, "aborted file", dest);
+    } finally {
+      IOUtils.closeStream(stream);
+      // check the path doesn't exist "after" closing stream
+      ContractTestUtils.assertPathsDoNotExist(fs, "aborted file", dest);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/TestS3ABlockOutputStream.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/TestS3ABlockOutputStream.java
index 284718bd75c12..baa4a542c855a 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/TestS3ABlockOutputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/TestS3ABlockOutputStream.java
@@ -82,4 +82,30 @@ public void testWriteOperationHelperPartLimits() throws Throwable {
         () -> woh.newUploadPartRequest(key,
             "uploadId", 50000, 1024, inputStream, null, 0L));
   }
+
+  static class StreamClosedException extends IOException {}
+
+  @Test
+  public void testStreamClosedAfterAbort() throws Exception {
+    stream.abort();
+
+    // This verification replaces testing various operations after calling
+    // abort: after calling abort, stream is closed like calling close().
+    intercept(IOException.class, () -> stream.checkOpen());
+
+    // check that calling write() will call checkOpen() and throws exception
+    doThrow(new StreamClosedException()).when(stream).checkOpen();
+
+    intercept(StreamClosedException.class,
+        () -> stream.write(new byte[] {'a', 'b', 'c'}));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCallingCloseAfterCallingAbort() throws Exception {
+    stream.abort();
+
+    // This shouldn't throw IOException like calling close() multiple times.
+    // This will ensure abort() can be called with try-with-resource.
+    stream.close();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/ITestS3AMultipartUploadSizeLimits.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/ITestS3AMultipartUploadSizeLimits.java
index 4a348be8db5fa..8878ea1a1f017 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/ITestS3AMultipartUploadSizeLimits.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/ITestS3AMultipartUploadSizeLimits.java
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -118,4 +121,29 @@ public void testCommitLimitFailure() throws Throwable {
         describedAs("commit abort count")
         .isEqualTo(initial + 1);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAbortAfterTwoPartUpload() throws Throwable {
+    Path file = path(getMethodName());
+
+    byte[] data = dataset(6 * _1MB, 'a', 'z' - 'a');
+
+    FileSystem fs = getFileSystem();
+    FSDataOutputStream stream = fs.create(file, true);
+    try {
+      stream.write(data);
+
+      // From testTwoPartUpload() we know closing stream will finalize uploads
+      // and materialize the path. Here we call abort() to abort the upload,
+      // and ensure the path is NOT available. (uploads are aborted)
+
+      stream.abort();
+      // the path should not exist
+      assertPathDoesNotExist("upload must not have completed", file);
+    } finally {
+      IOUtils.closeStream(stream);
+      // check the path doesn't exist "after" closing stream
+      assertPathDoesNotExist("upload must not have completed", file);
+    }
+  }
 }