diff --git a/lib/api/readable.js b/lib/api/readable.js
index cdede959980..5ebd04ebe83 100644
--- a/lib/api/readable.js
+++ b/lib/api/readable.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const assert = require('node:assert')
+const { addAbortListener } = require('node:events')
 const { Readable } = require('node:stream')
 const { RequestAbortedError, NotSupportedError, InvalidArgumentError, AbortError } = require('../core/errors')
 const util = require('../core/util')
@@ -293,10 +294,10 @@ class BodyReadable extends Readable {
         const onAbort = () => {
           this.destroy(signal.reason ?? new AbortError())
         }
-        signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort)
+        const abortListener = addAbortListener(signal, onAbort)
         this
           .on('close', function () {
-            signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
+            abortListener[Symbol.dispose]()
             if (signal.aborted) {
               reject(signal.reason ?? new AbortError())
             } else {
diff --git a/lib/core/util.js b/lib/core/util.js
index 0c72e5d598a..68965133b93 100644
--- a/lib/core/util.js
+++ b/lib/core/util.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const { IncomingMessage } = require('node:http')
 const stream = require('node:stream')
 const net = require('node:net')
 const { stringify } = require('node:querystring')
-const { EventEmitter: EE } = require('node:events')
+const { EventEmitter: EE, addAbortListener: addAbortListenerNative } = require('node:events')
 const timers = require('../util/timers')
 const { InvalidArgumentError, ConnectTimeoutError } = require('./errors')
 const { headerNameLowerCasedRecord } = require('./constants')
@@ -678,7 +678,12 @@ function isFormDataLike (object) {
 }
 
 function addAbortListener (signal, listener) {
-  if ('addEventListener' in signal) {
+  if (signal instanceof AbortSignal) {
+    const disposable = addAbortListenerNative(signal, listener)
+    return () => disposable[Symbol.dispose]()
+  }
+
+  if (typeof signal.addEventListener === 'function') {
     signal.addEventListener('abort', listener, { once: true })
     return () => signal.removeEventListener('abort', listener)
   }
diff --git a/lib/web/websocket/stream/websocketstream.js b/lib/web/websocket/stream/websocketstream.js
index d8061658fd9..eca2daa5bc8 100644
--- a/lib/web/websocket/stream/websocketstream.js
+++ b/lib/web/websocket/stream/websocketstream.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
+const { addAbortListener } = require('node:events')
 const { environmentSettingsObject } = require('../../fetch/util')
 const { states, opcodes, sentCloseFrameState } = require('../constants')
 const { webidl } = require('../../webidl')
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ class WebSocketStream {
       }
 
       // 8.3. Add the following abort steps to signal :
-      signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+      addAbortListener(signal, () => {
         // 8.3.1. If the WebSocket connection is not yet established : [WSP]
         if (!isEstablished(this.#handler.readyState)) {
           // 8.3.1.1. Fail the WebSocket connection .
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ class WebSocketStream {
           // Set this 's handshake aborted to true.
           this.#handshakeAborted = true
         }
-      }, { once: true })
+      })
     }
 
     // 9.  Let client be this 's relevant settings object .
diff --git a/test/node-test/util.js b/test/node-test/util.js
index 267486869f8..3110c743c6c 100644
--- a/test/node-test/util.js
+++ b/test/node-test/util.js
@@ -20,6 +20,35 @@ test('isStream', () => {
   assert.ok(util.isStream(ee) === false)
 })
 
+test('addAbortListener supports AbortSignal', async () => {
+  const ac = new AbortController()
+  let calls = 0
+
+  util.addAbortListener(ac.signal, () => {
+    calls++
+  })
+
+  ac.abort()
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve))
+
+  assert.equal(calls, 1)
+})
+
+test('addAbortListener removes native AbortSignal listener', async () => {
+  const ac = new AbortController()
+  let calls = 0
+
+  const remove = util.addAbortListener(ac.signal, () => {
+    calls++
+  })
+
+  remove()
+  ac.abort()
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve))
+
+  assert.equal(calls, 0)
+})
+
 test('getServerName', () => {
   assert.equal(util.getServerName('1.1.1.1'), '')
   assert.equal(util.getServerName('1.1.1.1:443'), '')
diff --git a/test/websocket/stream/abort-before-open.js b/test/websocket/stream/abort-before-open.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88f13a2323b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/websocket/stream/abort-before-open.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { test } = require('node:test')
+const { createServer } = require('node:http')
+
+const { WebSocketStream } = require('../../..')
+
+test('WebSocketStream aborts before handshake completes', async (t) => {
+  const sockets = new Set()
+  const server = createServer()
+
+  server.on('upgrade', (req, socket) => {
+    sockets.add(socket)
+    socket.on('close', () => sockets.delete(socket))
+  })
+
+  await new Promise((resolve) => server.listen(0, resolve))
+
+  t.after(async () => {
+    for (const socket of sockets) {
+      socket.destroy()
+    }
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => server.close(resolve))
+  })
+
+  const ac = new AbortController()
+  const wss = new WebSocketStream(`ws://localhost:${server.address().port}`, {
+    signal: ac.signal
+  })
+
+  ac.abort(new Error('abort before open'))
+
+  const [opened, closed] = await Promise.allSettled([wss.opened, wss.closed])
+
+  t.assert.strictEqual(opened.status, 'rejected')
+  t.assert.strictEqual(opened.reason.name, 'WebSocketError')
+  t.assert.strictEqual(opened.reason.message, 'Socket never opened')
+
+  t.assert.strictEqual(closed.status, 'rejected')
+  t.assert.strictEqual(closed.reason.name, 'WebSocketError')
+  t.assert.strictEqual(closed.reason.message, 'unclean close')
+})