diff --git a/source/session.ts b/source/session.ts
index 5ff788b1..a394eb65 100644
--- a/source/session.ts
+++ b/source/session.ts
@@ -926,6 +926,8 @@ export class Session {
    * @param {?object} [options = {}] - Options
    * @param {?string} options.name - Component name. Defaults get from file object.
    * @param {?number} options.data - Component data. Defaults to {}.
+   * @param {XMLHttpRequest} options.xhr - Custom XHR object, deprecated in favor of options.signal.
+   * @param {AbortSignal} options.signal - Abort signal
    * @return {Promise} Promise resolved with the response when creating
    * Component and ComponentLocation.
    */
@@ -949,6 +951,12 @@ export class Session {
     const defaultProgress = (progress: number) => progress;
     const defaultAbort = () => {};
 
+    if (options.xhr) {
+      logger.warn(
+        "[session.createComponent] options.xhr is deprecated, use options.signal for aborting uploads."
+      );
+    }
+
     const data = options.data || {};
     const onProgress = options.onProgress || defaultProgress;
     const xhr = options.xhr || new XMLHttpRequest();
@@ -962,6 +970,12 @@ export class Session {
     let url: string;
     let headers: Record<string, string> = {};
 
+    const handleAbortSignal = () => {
+      xhr.abort();
+      options.signal?.removeEventListener("abort", handleAbortSignal);
+    };
+    options.signal?.addEventListener("abort", handleAbortSignal);
+
     const updateOnProgressCallback = (
       oEvent: ProgressEvent<XMLHttpRequestEventTarget>
     ) => {
diff --git a/source/types.ts b/source/types.ts
index e8170064..0b28895b 100644
--- a/source/types.ts
+++ b/source/types.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface CreateComponentOptions {
   data?: Data;
   onProgress?: (progress: number) => unknown;
   xhr?: XMLHttpRequest;
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
   onAborted?: () => unknown;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/session.test.js b/test/session.test.js
index 14794d50..fe574d7d 100755
--- a/test/session.test.js
+++ b/test/session.test.js
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ describe("Session", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("Should support abort of uploading file", async () => {
+  it("Should support abort of uploading file using xhr", async () => {
     const data = { foo: "bar" };
     const blob = new Blob([JSON.stringify(data)], {
       type: "application/json",
@@ -313,6 +313,30 @@ describe("Session", () => {
     await expect(promise).resolves.toEqual(true);
   });
 
+  it("Should support abort of uploading file using signal", async () => {
+    const data = { foo: "bar" };
+    const blob = new Blob([JSON.stringify(data)], {
+      type: "application/json",
+    });
+
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const promise = new Promise((resolve) => {
+      const onAborted = () => {
+        resolve(true);
+      };
+
+      session.createComponent(blob, {
+        signal: controller.signal,
+        name: "data.json",
+        onProgress: () => {
+          controller.abort();
+        },
+        onAborted,
+      });
+    });
+    await expect(promise).resolves.toEqual(true);
+  });
+
   it.skip("Should support ensure with create", async () => {
     const identifyingKeys = ["key", "parent_id", "parent_type"];
     const key = uuidV4();