diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f2b3f4c3..e630dcac 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ function onabort (abortSignal : AbortSignalAny, listener : () => void) {
     abortSignal.once('abort', listener);
   }
 }
+
 class AbortError extends Error {
   constructor (reason?: AbortSignalEventTarget['reason']) {
     // TS does not recognizes the cause clause
@@ -830,7 +831,7 @@ class ThreadPool {
         // Call reject() first to make sure we always reject with the AbortError
         // if the task is aborted, not with an Error from the possible
         // thread termination below.
-        reject(new AbortError((signal as AbortSignalEventTarget)));
+        reject(new AbortError((signal as AbortSignalEventTarget).reason));
 
         if (taskInfo.workerInfo !== null) {
           // Already running: We cancel the Worker this is running on.
@@ -952,7 +953,7 @@ class ThreadPool {
       for (let i = 0; i < skipQueueLength; i++) {
         const taskInfo : TaskInfo = this.skipQueue.shift() as TaskInfo;
         if (taskInfo.workerInfo === null) {
-          taskInfo.done(new AbortError('pool is closing up'));
+          taskInfo.done(new AbortError('pool is closed'));
         } else {
           this.skipQueue.push(taskInfo);
         }
@@ -962,7 +963,7 @@ class ThreadPool {
       for (let i = 0; i < taskQueueLength; i++) {
         const taskInfo : TaskInfo = this.taskQueue.shift() as TaskInfo;
         if (taskInfo.workerInfo === null) {
-          taskInfo.done(new AbortError('pool is closing up'));
+          taskInfo.done(new AbortError('pool is closed'));
         } else {
           this.taskQueue.push(taskInfo);
         }
diff --git a/test/abort-task.ts b/test/abort-task.ts
index c1f58cba..1ab7dab8 100644
--- a/test/abort-task.ts
+++ b/test/abort-task.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { AbortController } from 'abort-controller';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import Piscina from '..';
 import { test } from 'tap';
@@ -184,3 +183,51 @@ test('task with AbortSignal cleans up properly', async ({ equal }) => {
 
   await pool.runTask('1+1', controller.signal);
 });
+
+test('aborted AbortSignal rejects task immediately (with reason)', async ({ match, equal }) => {
+  const pool = new Piscina({
+    filename: resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/move.ts')
+  });
+  const customReason = new Error('custom reason');
+
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  controller.abort(customReason);
+  equal(controller.signal.aborted, true);
+  equal(controller.signal.reason, customReason);
+
+  // The data won't be moved because the task will abort immediately.
+  const data = new Uint8Array(new SharedArrayBuffer(4));
+
+  try {
+    await pool.run(data, { transferList: [data.buffer], signal: controller.signal });
+  } catch (error) {
+    equal(error.message, 'The task has been aborted');
+    match(error.cause, customReason);
+  }
+
+  equal(data.length, 4);
+});
+
+test('tasks can be aborted through AbortController while running', async ({ equal, match }) => {
+  const pool = new Piscina({
+    filename: resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/notify-then-sleep.ts')
+  });
+  const reason = new Error('custom reason');
+
+  const buf = new Int32Array(new SharedArrayBuffer(4));
+  const abortController = new AbortController();
+
+  try {
+    const promise = pool.run(buf, { signal: abortController.signal });
+
+    Atomics.wait(buf, 0, 0);
+    equal(Atomics.load(buf, 0), 1);
+
+    abortController.abort(reason);
+
+    await promise;
+  } catch (error) {
+    equal(error.message, 'The task has been aborted');
+    match(error.cause, reason);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/test/pool-close.ts b/test/pool-close.ts
index c6734440..e842c8a8 100644
--- a/test/pool-close.ts
+++ b/test/pool-close.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ test('close()', async (t) => {
 
     setImmediate(() => {
       t.resolves(pool.close(), 'close is resolved when running tasks are completed');
-      t.rejects(pool.run({ time: 1000 }), /The task has been aborted/, 'abort any task enqueued during close');
+      t.resolves(pool.run({ time: 1000 }).then(null, err => {
+        t.equal(err.message, 'The task has been aborted');
+        t.equal(err.cause, 'queue is closing up');
+      }));
     });
 
     await t.resolves(pool.run({ time: 100 }), 'complete running task');
@@ -39,9 +42,9 @@ test('close()', async (t) => {
 
 test('close({force: true})', async (t) => {
   t.test('queued tasks waits for all tasks already running and aborts tasks that are not started yet', async (t) => {
-    const pool = new Piscina({ filename: resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/sleep.js'), maxThreads: 1 });
+    const pool = new Piscina({ filename: resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/sleep.js'), maxThreads: 1, concurrentTasksPerWorker: 1 });
 
-    const task1 = pool.run({ time: 100 });
+    const task1 = pool.run({ time: 1000 });
     const task2 = pool.run({ time: 200 });
 
     setImmediate(() => t.resolves(pool.close({ force: true }), 'close is resolved when all running tasks are completed'));
@@ -49,7 +52,10 @@ test('close({force: true})', async (t) => {
     await Promise.all([
       t.resolves(once(pool, 'close'), 'handler is called when pool is closed'),
       t.resolves(task1, 'complete running task'),
-      t.rejects(task2, /The task has been aborted/, 'abort task that are not started yet')
+      t.resolves(task2.then(null, err => {
+        t.equal(err.message, 'The task has been aborted');
+        t.equal(err.cause, 'pool is closed');
+      }))
     ]);
   });