diff --git a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
index 7a4381ecd13cb3..82d86f9c59f8fa 100644
--- a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
+++ b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const {
   Symbol,
   SymbolToStringTag,
   WeakRef,
+  PromiseResolve,
 } = primordials;
 
 const {
@@ -22,11 +23,13 @@ const {
   kTrustEvent,
   kNewListener,
   kRemoveListener,
+  kWeakHandler,
 } = require('internal/event_target');
 const {
   customInspectSymbol,
   kEnumerableProperty,
   kEmptyObject,
+  createDeferredPromise,
 } = require('internal/util');
 const { inspect } = require('internal/util/inspect');
 const {
@@ -357,6 +360,20 @@ function transferableAbortController() {
   return AbortController[kMakeTransferable]();
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param {AbortSignal} signal
+ * @param {any} resource
+ * @returns {Promise<void>}
+ */
+function aborted(signal, resource = null) {
+  validateAbortSignal(signal, 'signal');
+  if (signal.aborted)
+    return PromiseResolve();
+  const abortPromise = createDeferredPromise();
+  signal.addEventListener('abort', abortPromise.resolve, { [kWeakHandler]: resource, once: true });
+  return abortPromise.promise;
+}
+
 ObjectDefineProperties(AbortController.prototype, {
   signal: kEnumerableProperty,
   abort: kEnumerableProperty,
@@ -377,4 +394,5 @@ module.exports = {
   ClonedAbortSignal,
   transferableAbortSignal,
   transferableAbortController,
+  aborted,
 };
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 893a085c90aa3b..4ee13a28f58512 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ module.exports = {
   get transferableAbortController() {
     return lazyAbortController().transferableAbortController;
   },
+  get aborted() {
+    return lazyAbortController().aborted;
+  },
   types
 };
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-aborted-util.js b/test/parallel/test-aborted-util.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..563d9ad922fc71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-aborted-util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Flags: --expose-gc
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const { aborted } = require('util');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { getEventListeners } = require('events');
+
+{
+  // Test aborted works
+  const ac = new AbortController();
+  aborted(ac.signal).then(common.mustCall());
+  ac.abort();
+  assert.strictEqual(ac.signal.aborted, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(getEventListeners(ac.signal, 'abort').length, 0);
+}
+
+{
+  // Test aborted works when provided a resource
+  const ac = new AbortController();
+  aborted(ac.signal, {}).then(common.mustCall());
+  ac.abort();
+  assert.strictEqual(ac.signal.aborted, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(getEventListeners(ac.signal, 'abort').length, 0);
+}
+
+{
+  // Test aborted with gc cleanup
+  const ac = new AbortController();
+  aborted(ac.signal, {}).then(common.mustNotCall());
+  setImmediate(() => {
+    global.gc();
+    ac.abort();
+    assert.strictEqual(ac.signal.aborted, true);
+    assert.strictEqual(getEventListeners(ac.signal, 'abort').length, 0);
+  });
+}