diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/WFS/v1.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/WFS/v1.js
index a861162e64..71998da854 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/WFS/v1.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/WFS/v1.js
@@ -323,6 +323,21 @@ OpenLayers.Protocol.WFS.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Protocol, {
         });   
         
     },
-   
+
+    /**
+     * Method: abort
+     * Abort an ongoing request, the response object passed to
+     * this method must come from this protocol (as a result
+     * of a read, or commit operation).
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * response - {<OpenLayers.Protocol.Response>}
+     */
+    abort: function(response) {
+        if (response) {
+            response.priv.abort();
+        }
+    },
+  
     CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Protocol.WFS.v1" 
 });
diff --git a/tests/Protocol/WFS.html b/tests/Protocol/WFS.html
index aa3dc5b9f8..5da70c4b36 100644
--- a/tests/Protocol/WFS.html
+++ b/tests/Protocol/WFS.html
@@ -164,6 +164,29 @@
     
         OpenLayers.Request.POST = _POST;
     }
+    
+    function test_abort(t) {
+        t.plan(1);
+        var protocol = new OpenLayers.Protocol.WFS({
+            url: "http://example.com",
+            featureNS: "http://example.com#namespace",
+            featureType: "type"
+        });
+        
+        var response = {
+            priv: {
+                abort: function() {
+                    aborted = true;
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        
+        // call abort with mocked response
+        var aborted = false;
+        protocol.abort(response);
+        t.eq(aborted, true, "abort called on response.priv");
+
+    }
 
     function readXML(id) {
         var xml = document.getElementById(id).firstChild.nodeValue;