diff --git a/spec/observables/dom/fetch-spec.ts b/spec/observables/dom/fetch-spec.ts
index 17017c566a7..c7c598b0bff 100644
--- a/spec/observables/dom/fetch-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/observables/dom/fetch-spec.ts
@@ -249,4 +249,53 @@ describe('fromFetch', () => {
     // The subscription will not be closed until the error fires when the promise resolves.
     expect(subscription.closed).to.be.false;
   });
+
+  it('should support a selector', done => {
+    mockFetch.respondWith = {
+      ...OK_RESPONSE,
+      text: () => Promise.resolve('bar')
+    };
+    const fetch$ = fromFetch('/foo', undefined, response => response.text());
+    expect(mockFetch.calls.length).to.equal(0);
+    expect(MockAbortController.created).to.equal(0);
+
+    fetch$.subscribe({
+      next: text => {
+        expect(text).to.equal('bar');
+      },
+      error: done,
+      complete: () => {
+        // Wait until the complete and the subsequent unsubscribe are finished
+        // before testing these expectations:
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          expect(MockAbortController.created).to.equal(1);
+          expect(mockFetch.calls.length).to.equal(1);
+          expect(mockFetch.calls[0].input).to.equal('/foo');
+          expect(mockFetch.calls[0].init!.signal).not.to.be.undefined;
+          expect(mockFetch.calls[0].init!.signal!.aborted).to.be.false;
+          done();
+        }, 0);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should abort when unsubscribed and a selector is specified', () => {
+    mockFetch.respondWith = {
+      ...OK_RESPONSE,
+      text: () => Promise.resolve('bar')
+    };
+    const fetch$ = fromFetch('/foo', undefined, response => response.text());
+    expect(mockFetch.calls.length).to.equal(0);
+    expect(MockAbortController.created).to.equal(0);
+    const subscription = fetch$.subscribe();
+
+    expect(MockAbortController.created).to.equal(1);
+    expect(mockFetch.calls.length).to.equal(1);
+    expect(mockFetch.calls[0].input).to.equal('/foo');
+    expect(mockFetch.calls[0].init!.signal).not.to.be.undefined;
+    expect(mockFetch.calls[0].init!.signal!.aborted).to.be.false;
+
+    subscription.unsubscribe();
+    expect(mockFetch.calls[0].init!.signal!.aborted).to.be.true;
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/internal/observable/dom/fetch.ts b/src/internal/observable/dom/fetch.ts
index 50c9df010d3..bca6efa89e6 100644
--- a/src/internal/observable/dom/fetch.ts
+++ b/src/internal/observable/dom/fetch.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
 import { Observable } from '../../Observable';
+import { Subscription } from '../../Subscription';
+import { from } from '../../observable/from';
+import { ObservableInput } from '../../types';
+
+export function fromFetch(
+  input: string | Request,
+  init?: RequestInit
+): Observable<Response>;
+
+export function fromFetch<T>(
+  input: string | Request,
+  init: RequestInit | undefined,
+  selector: (response: Response) => ObservableInput<T>
+): Observable<T>;
 
 /**
  * Uses [the Fetch API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API) to
@@ -50,14 +64,25 @@ import { Observable } from '../../Observable';
  * @returns An Observable, that when subscribed to performs an HTTP request using the native `fetch`
  * function. The {@link Subscription} is tied to an `AbortController` for the the fetch.
  */
-export function fromFetch(input: string | Request, init?: RequestInit): Observable<Response> {
-  return new Observable<Response>(subscriber => {
+export function fromFetch<T>(
+  input: string | Request,
+  init?: RequestInit,
+  selector?: (response: Response) => ObservableInput<T>
+): Observable<Response | T> {
+  return new Observable<Response | T>(subscriber => {
     const controller = new AbortController();
     const signal = controller.signal;
-    let outerSignalHandler: () => void;
     let abortable = true;
     let unsubscribed = false;
 
+    const subscription = new Subscription();
+    subscription.add(() => {
+      unsubscribed = true;
+      if (abortable) {
+        controller.abort();
+      }
+    });
+
     let perSubscriberInit: RequestInit;
     if (init) {
       // If a signal is provided, just have it teardown. It's a cancellation token, basically.
@@ -65,12 +90,14 @@ export function fromFetch(input: string | Request, init?: RequestInit): Observab
         if (init.signal.aborted) {
           controller.abort();
         } else {
-          outerSignalHandler = () => {
+          const outerSignal = init.signal;
+          const outerSignalHandler = () => {
             if (!signal.aborted) {
               controller.abort();
             }
           };
-          init.signal.addEventListener('abort', outerSignalHandler);
+          outerSignal.addEventListener('abort', outerSignalHandler);
+          subscription.add(() => outerSignal.removeEventListener('abort', outerSignalHandler));
         }
       }
       // init cannot be mutated or reassigned as it's closed over by the
@@ -81,9 +108,26 @@ export function fromFetch(input: string | Request, init?: RequestInit): Observab
     }
 
     fetch(input, perSubscriberInit).then(response => {
-      abortable = false;
-      subscriber.next(response);
-      subscriber.complete();
+      if (selector) {
+        subscription.add(from(selector(response)).subscribe(
+          value => subscriber.next(value),
+          err => {
+            abortable = false;
+            if (!unsubscribed) {
+              // Only forward the error if it wasn't an abort.
+              subscriber.error(err);
+            }
+          },
+          () => {
+            abortable = false;
+            subscriber.complete();
+          }
+        ));
+      } else {
+        abortable = false;
+        subscriber.next(response);
+        subscriber.complete();
+      }
     }).catch(err => {
       abortable = false;
       if (!unsubscribed) {
@@ -92,11 +136,6 @@ export function fromFetch(input: string | Request, init?: RequestInit): Observab
       }
     });
 
-    return () => {
-      unsubscribed = true;
-      if (abortable) {
-        controller.abort();
-      }
-    };
+    return subscription;
   });
 }