diff --git a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
index d2db19d..00ef852 100644
--- a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
+++ b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
@@ -3,9 +3,20 @@
 if (typeof AbortController === 'undefined') {
   module.exports = {
     AbortController: class AbortController {
-      signal = { aborted: false, addEventListener () {}, removeEventListener () {} }
+      #eventListener = new Set()
+      signal = {
+        aborted: false,
+        addEventListener: (_, listener) => {
+          this.#eventListener.add(listener)
+        },
+        removeEventListener: (_, listener) => {
+          this.#eventListener.delete(listener)
+        }
+      }
+
       abort () {
         this.signal.aborted = true
+        this.#eventListener.forEach(listener => listener())
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js b/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js
index f53bc7e..014d381 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
   assert.strictEqual(child.signal, null)
 
   runAndKill(fixtures.path('test-runner', 'never_ending_sync.js')).then(common.mustCall())
-  runAndKill(fixtures.path('test-runner', 'never_ending_async.js')).then(typeof AbortSignal === 'undefined' ? undefined : common.mustCall())
+  runAndKill(fixtures.path('test-runner', 'never_ending_async.js')).then(common.mustCall())
 }