diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbdab68..17c8888 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ request({
   maxAttempts: 5,   // (default) try 5 times
   retryDelay: 5000  // (default) wait for 5s before trying again
 }, function(err, response, body){
-  // this callback will only be called when the request succeeded or after maxAttempts.
+  // this callback will only be called when the request succeeded or after maxAttempts or on error
 });
 ```
 
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Install with [npm](https://npmjs.org/package/requestretry).
 
 ## Changelog
 
-v1.0.0: Initial commit
+v1.0.0: request now yield an Request instance with a `.abort()` method.
+v0.0.1: Initial commit
 
 Copyright 2014, [Francois-Guillaume Ribreau](http://fgribreau.com) (npm@fgribreau.com)
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a641030..12728ef 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 'use strict';
 
 /*
- * retriablerequest
+ * Request
  *
  * Copyright(c) 2014 Francois-Guillaume Ribreau <npm@fgribreau.com>
  * MIT Licensed
  *
  */
-var request          = require('request');
-var _                = require('fg-lodash');
+var request    = require('request');
+var _          = require('fg-lodash');
+var Cancelable = require('cancelable');
 
 var RETRIABLE_ERRORS = ['ECONNRESET', 'ENOTFOUND', 'ESOCKETTIMEDOUT', 'ETIMEDOUT', 'ECONNREFUSED'];
 
@@ -17,26 +18,50 @@ var DEFAULTS         = {
   retryDelay: 5000, // wait for 5s before trying again
 };
 
-function isRetriableRequest(err, response){
-  // Inspired from https://github.com/geoffreak/request-enhanced/blob/master/src/request-enhanced.coffee#L107
-  return (err && _.contains(RETRIABLE_ERRORS, err.code)) || (response && 500 <= response.statusCode && response.statusCode < 600);
+function Request(options, f, maxAttempts, retryDelay){
+  this.maxAttempts = maxAttempts;
+  this.retryDelay  = retryDelay;
+  this.options     = options;
+  this.f           = _.once(f);
+  this._timeout    = null;
+  this._req        = null;
 }
 
-function tryUntilFail(options, f, retryOptions){
-  retryOptions.maxAttempts--;
+Request.request = request;
+
+Request.prototype._tryUntilFail = function(){
+  this.maxAttempts--;
 
-  request(options, function(err, response, body){
-    if(isRetriableRequest(err, response) && retryOptions.maxAttempts >= 0){
-      return setTimeout(tryUntilFail.bind(null, options, f, retryOptions), retryOptions.retryDelay);
+  this._req = Request.request(this.options, function(err, response, body){
+    if(this._isRetriable(err, response) && this.maxAttempts >= 0){
+      this._timeout = setTimeout(this._tryUntilFail.bind(this), this.retryDelay);
+      return;
     }
 
-    return f(err, response, body);
-  });
-}
+    return this.f(err, response, body);
+  }.bind(this));
+};
+
+Request.prototype._isRetriable = function(err, response){
+  // Inspired from https://github.com/geoffreak/request-enhanced/blob/master/src/request-enhanced.coffee#L107
+  return (err && _.contains(RETRIABLE_ERRORS, err.code)) || (response && 500 <= response.statusCode && response.statusCode < 600);
+};
 
-function RetriableRequest(options, f){
-  var retryOptions = _(options || {}).defaults(DEFAULTS).pick(Object.keys(DEFAULTS)).value();
-  tryUntilFail(options, f, retryOptions);
+Request.prototype.abort = function(){
+  if(this._req){
+    this._req.abort();
+  }
+  clearTimeout(this._timeout);
+  this.f(new Error('Aborted'));
+};
+
+function Factory(options, f){
+  var retry = _(options || {}).defaults(DEFAULTS).pick(Object.keys(DEFAULTS)).value();
+  var req = new Request(options, f, retry.maxAttempts, retry.retryDelay);
+  req._tryUntilFail();
+  return req;
 }
 
-module.exports = RetriableRequest;
+module.exports = Factory;
+
+Factory.Request = Request;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dc27a8c..f702ebf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "email": "npm@fgribreau.com",
     "url": "http://fgribreau.com"
   },
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "repository": {
     "url": "https://github.com/FGRibreau/node-request-retry"
   },
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "fg-lodash": "0.0.1",
     "request": "~2.34.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "chai": "~1.9.1",
+    "mocha": "~1.18.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/abort.js b/test/abort.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3455ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/abort.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var request = require('../');
+var t = require('chai').assert;
+
+describe('Request-retry', function () {
+
+  it('should return a RequestRetry handler object with a abort method', function (done) {
+    var start = +new Date();
+    var o = request({
+      url: 'http://filltext.com/?rows=1&delay=10', // wait for 4s
+      json:true
+    }, function(err){
+      t.strictEqual(err.toString(), 'Error: Aborted');
+      done();
+    });
+
+    o.abort();
+  });
+});