diff --git a/papaparse.js b/papaparse.js
index b3f7bd7..09c89b5 100644
--- a/papaparse.js
+++ b/papaparse.js
@@ -1354,11 +1354,22 @@
 	{
 		var msg = e.data;
 		var worker = workers[msg.workerId];
+		var aborted = false;
 
 		if (msg.error)
 			worker.userError(msg.error, msg.file);
 		else if (msg.results && msg.results.data)
 		{
+			var abort = function() {
+				aborted = true;
+				completeWorker(msg.workerId, { data: [], errors: [], meta: { aborted: true } });
+			}
+			var handle = {
+				abort: abort,
+				pause: abort,
+				resume: notImplemented
+			};
+
 			if (isFunction(worker.userStep))
 			{
 				for (var i = 0; i < msg.results.data.length; i++)
@@ -1367,7 +1378,9 @@
 						data: [msg.results.data[i]],
 						errors: msg.results.errors,
 						meta: msg.results.meta
-					});
+					}, handle);
+					if (aborted)
+						break;
 				}
 				delete msg.results;	// free memory ASAP
 			}
@@ -1378,15 +1391,24 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (msg.finished)
+		if (msg.finished && !aborted)
 		{
-			if (isFunction(workers[msg.workerId].userComplete))
-				workers[msg.workerId].userComplete(msg.results);
-			workers[msg.workerId].terminate();
-			delete workers[msg.workerId];
+			completeWorker(msg.workerId, msg.results);
 		}
 	}
 
+	function completeWorker(workerId, results) {
+		var worker = workers[workerId];
+		if (isFunction(worker.userComplete))
+			worker.userComplete(results);
+		worker.terminate();
+		delete workers[workerId];
+	}
+
+	function notImplemented() {
+		throw "Not implemented.";
+	}
+
 	// Callback when worker thread receives a message
 	function workerThreadReceivedMessage(e)
 	{
diff --git a/tests/test-cases.js b/tests/test-cases.js
index 8497dc9..519f777 100644
--- a/tests/test-cases.js
+++ b/tests/test-cases.js
@@ -1197,5 +1197,78 @@ var CUSTOM_TESTS = [
 				}
 			});
 		}
+	},
+	{
+		description: "Step functions can abort parsing",
+		expected: [['A', 'b', 'c']],
+		run: function(callback) {
+			var updates = [];
+			Papa.parse('A,b,c\nd,E,f\nG,h,i', {
+				step: function(response, handle) {
+					updates.push(response.data[0]);
+					handle.abort();
+				}
+			});
+			setTimeout(function() {
+				callback(updates);
+			}, 100);
+		}
+	},
+	{
+		description: "Step functions can pause parsing",
+		expected: [['A', 'b', 'c']],
+		run: function(callback) {
+			var updates = [];
+			Papa.parse('A,b,c\nd,E,f\nG,h,i', {
+				step: function(response, handle) {
+					updates.push(response.data[0]);
+					handle.pause();
+				}
+			});
+			setTimeout(function() {
+				callback(updates);
+			}, 100);
+		}
+	},
+	{
+		description: "Step functions can resume parsing",
+		expected: [['A', 'b', 'c'], ['d', 'E', 'f'], ['G', 'h', 'i']],
+		run: function(callback) {
+			var updates = [];
+			var handle = null;
+			var first = true;
+			Papa.parse('A,b,c\nd,E,f\nG,h,i', {
+				step: function(response, h) {
+					updates.push(response.data[0]);
+					if (!first) return;
+					handle = h;
+					handle.pause();
+					first = false;
+				}, complete: function() {
+					callback(updates);
+				}
+			});
+			setTimeout(function() {
+				handle.resume();
+			}, 100);
+		}
+	},
+	{
+		description: "Step functions can abort workers",
+		expected: 1,
+		run: function(callback) {
+			var updates = 0;
+			Papa.parse("/tests/long-sample.csv", {
+				worker: true,
+				chunkSize: 500,
+				step: function(response, handle) {
+					updates++;
+					handle.abort();
+				},
+				complete: function() {
+					callback(updates);
+				}
+			});
+		}
 	}
 ];