diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cflint/plugins/core/AbortChecker.java b/src/main/java/com/cflint/plugins/core/AbortChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5360ec90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cflint/plugins/core/AbortChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.cflint.plugins.core;
+
+import ro.fortsoft.pf4j.Extension;
+import cfml.parsing.cfscript.CFFunctionExpression;
+import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFAbortStatement;
+import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFExpressionStatement;
+import cfml.parsing.cfscript.script.CFScriptStatement;
+
+import com.cflint.BugInfo;
+import com.cflint.BugList;
+import com.cflint.plugins.CFLintScannerAdapter;
+import com.cflint.plugins.Context;
+
+@Extension
+public class AbortChecker extends CFLintScannerAdapter {
+	final String severity = "WARNING";
+
+	public void expression(final CFScriptStatement expression, final Context context, final BugList bugs) {
+		System.out.println(expression.getClass().getName());
+
+		if (expression instanceof CFAbortStatement) {
+			int lineNo = ((CFAbortStatement) expression).getLine();
+			bugs.add(new BugInfo.BugInfoBuilder().setLine(lineNo).setMessageCode("AVOID_USING_ABORT")
+				.setSeverity(severity).setFilename(context.getFilename())
+				.setMessage("Abort statement at " + lineNo + ". Avoid using abort in production code.")
+				.build());
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/cflint.definition.xml b/src/main/resources/cflint.definition.xml
index f522dde99..f12e7ddc2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/cflint.definition.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/cflint.definition.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
 		</message>
 		<parameter name="tagName" value="cfabort"/>
 	</ruleImpl>
+	<ruleImpl name="AbortChecker" className="AbortChecker">
+		<message code="AVOID_USING_ABORT">
+			<severity>INFO</severity>
+		</message>
+	</ruleImpl>
 	<ruleImpl name="CFInsertChecker" className="CFXTagChecker">
 		<message code="AVOID_USING_CFINSERT_TAG">
 			<messageText>Avoid using &lt;${tagName}&gt; tags. Use cfquery and cfstoredproc instead.</messageText>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/cflint/TestAbortChecker.java b/src/test/java/com/cflint/TestAbortChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3136d5d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/cflint/TestAbortChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package com.cflint;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import cfml.parsing.reporting.ParseException;
+
+import com.cflint.config.CFLintPluginInfo.PluginInfoRule;
+import com.cflint.config.CFLintPluginInfo.PluginInfoRule.PluginMessage;
+import com.cflint.config.ConfigRuntime;
+import com.cflint.plugins.core.AbortChecker;
+
+public class TestAbortChecker {
+
+	private CFLint cfBugs;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() {
+		final ConfigRuntime conf = new ConfigRuntime();
+		final PluginInfoRule pluginRule = new PluginInfoRule();
+		pluginRule.setName("AbortChecker");
+		pluginRule.addParameter("tagName", "cfabort");
+		conf.getRules().add(pluginRule);
+		final PluginMessage pluginMessage = new PluginMessage("AVOID_USING_ABORT");
+		pluginMessage.setSeverity("WARNING");
+		pluginRule.getMessages().add(pluginMessage);
+		cfBugs = new CFLint(conf, new AbortChecker());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void test_no_abort() throws ParseException, IOException {
+		final String cfcSrc = "<cfscript>\r\n"
+		+ "a = 23;\r\n"
+		+ "</cfscript>";
+		cfBugs.process(cfcSrc, "test");
+		assertEquals(0, cfBugs.getBugs().getBugList().size());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void test_abort() throws ParseException, IOException {
+		final String cfcSrc = "<cfscript>\r\n"
+		+ "abort;\r\n"
+		+ "</cfscript>";
+		cfBugs.process(cfcSrc, "test");
+		final List<BugInfo> result = cfBugs.getBugs().getBugList().values().iterator().next();
+		assertEquals(1, result.size());
+		assertEquals("AVOID_USING_ABORT", result.get(0).getMessageCode());
+		assertEquals(2, result.get(0).getLine());
+	}
+
+}