diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 54610e3..94b076c 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ export interface TransitionalOptions {
   clarifyTimeoutError?: boolean;
 }
 
+export interface GenericAbortSignal {
+  aborted: boolean;
+  onabort: ((...args: any) => any) | null;
+  addEventListener: (...args: any) => any;
+  removeEventListener: (...args: any) => any;
+}
+
 export interface AxiosRequestConfig<D = any> {
   url?: string;
   method?: Method | string;
@@ -105,7 +112,7 @@ export interface AxiosRequestConfig<D = any> {
   cancelToken?: CancelToken;
   decompress?: boolean;
   transitional?: TransitionalOptions;
-  signal?: AbortSignal;
+  signal?: GenericAbortSignal;
   insecureHTTPParser?: boolean;
   env?: {
     FormData?: new (...args: any[]) => object;
diff --git a/test/typescript/axios.ts b/test/typescript/axios.ts
index aa8c80d..7c304de 100644
--- a/test/typescript/axios.ts
+++ b/test/typescript/axios.ts
@@ -375,3 +375,7 @@ axios.get('/user')
 // FormData
 
 axios.toFormData({x: 1}, new FormData());
+
+// AbortSignal
+
+axios.get('/user', {signal: new AbortController().signal});