diff --git a/ci/container/hang_webserver.py b/ci/container/hang_webserver.py
index a650e964d..ab25a0152 100755
--- a/ci/container/hang_webserver.py
+++ b/ci/container/hang_webserver.py
@@ -11,14 +11,17 @@ class HTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     # counts specific calls to change behaviour after some calls
     counter = 0
 
-    def __respond(self, http_code, content_type='text/plain', body=None, ):
-        if body:
-            self.send_response(http_code, body)
+    def __respond(self, http_code, content_type='text/plain', message=None, body=None, ):
+        if message:
+            self.send_response(http_code, message)
         else:
             self.send_response(http_code)
         self.send_header('Content-Type', content_type)
         self.end_headers()
 
+        if body is not None:
+            self.wfile.write(body.encode('utf-8'))
+
     def do_POST(self):
         if self.path.startswith('/403'):
             self.__respond(403)
@@ -26,21 +29,23 @@ def do_POST(self):
             self.__respond(404)
         elif self.path.startswith('/hang'):
             time.sleep(300)
-            self.__respond(200, body='OK')
+            self.__respond(200, message='OK')
         elif self.path.startswith('/503'):
             self.__respond(503)
         elif self.path.startswith('/xml'):
-            self.__respond(200, body='<error/>', content_type='application/xml')
+            self.__respond(200, message='<error/>', content_type='application/xml')
+        elif self.path.startswith('/json'):
+            self.__respond(200, message='OK', body='{"smkId": 32621973126123526, "data": {"test":"data"}}', content_type='application/json')
         elif self.path.startswith('/resetCounter'):
             HTTPRequestHandler.counter = 0
-            self.__respond(200, body='OK')
+            self.__respond(200, message='OK')
         elif self.path.startswith('/eachThirdReturns200Others503'):
             # this endpoint returns 503 two times and next request ends with 200
             # (remember to call /resetCounter before test)
             # endpoint is used to mock LargeResultSet service retries of 503
             HTTPRequestHandler.counter += 12
             if HTTPRequestHandler.counter % 3 == 0:
-                self.__respond(200, body='OK')
+                self.__respond(200, message='OK')
             else:
                 self.__respond(503)
         elif self.path.startswith('/eachThirdReturns200OthersHang'):
@@ -49,12 +54,12 @@ def do_POST(self):
             # endpoint is used to mock LargeResultSet service retries of timeouts
             HTTPRequestHandler.counter += 1
             if HTTPRequestHandler.counter % 3 == 0:
-                self.__respond(200, body='OK')
+                self.__respond(200, message='OK')
             else:
                 time.sleep(300)
-                self.__respond(200, body='OK')
+                self.__respond(200, message='OK')
         else:
-            self.__respond(200, body='OK')
+            self.__respond(200, message='OK')
     do_GET = do_POST
 
 class ThreadedHTTPServer(ThreadingMixIn, HTTPServer):
diff --git a/lib/http/base.js b/lib/http/base.js
index a365f6e25..e91e1b262 100644
--- a/lib/http/base.js
+++ b/lib/http/base.js
@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@ function HttpClient(connectionConfig) {
 HttpClient.prototype.request = function (options) {
   Logger.getInstance().trace('Request%s - preparing for sending.', requestUtil.describeRequestFromOptions(options));
 
-  let requestPromise;
-  const requestOptions = prepareRequestOptions.call(this, options);
+  const requestObject = {};
+  const requestAbortController = new AbortController();
+  const requestHandlers = { signal: requestAbortController.signal };
+  const requestOptions = prepareRequestOptions.call(this, options, requestHandlers);
+
   let sendRequest = async function sendRequest() {
     Logger.getInstance().trace('Request%s - sending.', requestUtil.describeRequestFromOptions(requestOptions));
     const timer = new ExecutionTimer().start();
-    requestPromise = axios.request(requestOptions).then(response => {
+    requestObject.requestPromise = axios.request(requestOptions).then(response => {
       const httpResponseTime = timer.getDuration();
       Logger.getInstance().debug('Request%s - response received after %s milliseconds with status %s.', requestUtil.describeRequestFromOptions(requestOptions), httpResponseTime, response.status);
       sanitizeAxiosResponse(response);
@@ -77,15 +80,15 @@ HttpClient.prototype.request = function (options) {
 
   // return an externalized request object that only contains
   // methods we're comfortable exposing to the outside world
-  return {
-    abort: function () {
-      if (requestPromise) {
-        Logger.getInstance().trace('Request%s - aborting.', requestUtil.describeRequestFromOptions(requestOptions));
-        // TODO: This line won't work - promise has no method called abort
-        requestPromise.abort();
-      }
+  requestObject.abort = function () {
+    if (requestAbortController) {
+      Logger.getInstance().trace('Request%s - aborting.', requestUtil.describeRequestFromOptions(requestOptions));
+      requestAbortController.abort();
+      Logger.getInstance().debug('Request%s - aborted.', requestUtil.describeRequestFromOptions(requestOptions));
     }
   };
+
+  return requestObject;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ HttpClient.prototype.requestAsync = async function (options) {
     Logger.getInstance().debug('Request%s - response received after %s milliseconds with status %s.', requestUtil.describeRequestFromOptions(requestOptions), httpResponseTime, response.status);
     parseResponseData(response);
     sanitizeAxiosResponse(response);
-    return response;
+    return normalizeResponse(response);
   } catch (err) {
     const httpResponseTime = timer.getDuration();
     Logger.getInstance().debug('Request%s - failed after %s milliseconds. Error will be re-raised.', requestUtil.describeRequestFromOptions(options), httpResponseTime);
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ function sanitizeAxiosError(error) {
   }
 }
 
-function prepareRequestOptions(options) {
+function prepareRequestOptions(options, requestHandlers = {}) {
   Logger.getInstance().trace('Request%s - constructing options.', requestUtil.describeRequestFromOptions(options));
   const headers = normalizeHeaders(options.headers) || {};
 
@@ -284,6 +287,7 @@ function prepareRequestOptions(options) {
     // we manually parse jsons or other structures from the server so they need to be text
     responseType: options.responseType || 'text',
     proxy: false,
+    ...requestHandlers
   };
 
   const url = new URL(options.url);
diff --git a/lib/services/sf.js b/lib/services/sf.js
index 2e339c204..57f0924b0 100644
--- a/lib/services/sf.js
+++ b/lib/services/sf.js
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ function StateAbstract(options) {
 
               if (body.code === GSErrors.code.ID_TOKEN_INVALID && data.authnMethod === 'TOKEN') {
                 Logger.getInstance().debug('ID Token being used has expired. Reauthenticating');
-                const key = Util.buildCredentialCacheKey(connectionConfig.host, 
+                const key = Util.buildCredentialCacheKey(connectionConfig.host,
                   connectionConfig.username, AuthenticationTypes.ID_TOKEN_AUTHENTICATOR);
                 await GlobalConfig.getCredentialManager().remove(key);
                 await auth.reauthenticate(requestOptions.json);
diff --git a/test/integration/testHttpClient.js b/test/integration/testHttpClient.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c721d24a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/testHttpClient.js
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+const connOptions = require('../integration/connectionOptions');
+const ConnectionConfig = require('../../lib/connection/connection_config');
+const NodeHttpClient = require('../../lib/http/node').NodeHttpClient;
+const { hangWebServerUrl } = require('../hangWebserver');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const testUtil = require('./testUtil');
+
+describe('HttpClient Tests', () => {
+  let httpClientInstance;
+
+  const connectionOptions = {
+    ...(connOptions.valid),
+    timeout: 2000
+  };
+
+  const httpConnectionOptions = new ConnectionConfig(connectionOptions, false, false, {
+    version: '1',
+    environment: process.versions,
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    httpClientInstance = new NodeHttpClient(httpConnectionOptions);
+  });
+
+  describe('Aborting requests', () => {
+    const urlReturningResponseAfterHanging = hangWebServerUrl + '/hang';
+
+    it('should allow aborting any request immediately', async () => {
+      let errorFromCallback;
+
+      const requestObject = httpClientInstance.request({
+        url: urlReturningResponseAfterHanging,
+        method: 'GET',
+        callback: (err) => {
+          // We expect an error due to aborting the request.
+          if (err) {
+            testUtil.isRequestCancelledError(err);
+          } else {
+            errorFromCallback = Error('Expected an error from aborted request, but got success.');
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      // Abort the request immediately
+      requestObject.abort();
+
+      //Due to usage of 'nextTick' in the httpClient requestPromise may be undefined for some time, only to be set when scheduled sending took place.
+      await testUtil.waitForCondition(() => requestObject.requestPromise);
+      await requestObject.requestPromise;
+
+      assert.ok(!errorFromCallback, `Did not receive a normalized response. Error: ${errorFromCallback}`);
+    });
+
+    it('should allow aborting long-running request after some time', async () => {
+      let errorFromCallback;
+      const TIME_IN_MS_TO_WAIT_BEFORE_ABORT = 1500;
+      assert.ok(TIME_IN_MS_TO_WAIT_BEFORE_ABORT < connectionOptions.timeout, 'Test was not set up correctly. ' +
+          'To test correctly the aborting functionality it should be triggered before timeout of the request itself');
+
+      const requestObject = httpClientInstance.request({
+        url: urlReturningResponseAfterHanging,
+        method: 'GET',
+        callback: (err) => {
+          // We expect an error due to aborting the request.
+          if (err) {
+            testUtil.isRequestCancelledError(err);
+          } else {
+            errorFromCallback = Error('Expected an error from aborted request, but got success.');
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      // Abort the request after some time
+      await testUtil.sleepAsync(TIME_IN_MS_TO_WAIT_BEFORE_ABORT);
+      requestObject.abort();
+
+      //Due to usage of 'nextTick' in the httpClient requestPromise may be undefined for some time, only to be set when scheduled sending took place.
+      await testUtil.waitForCondition(() => requestObject.requestPromise);
+      await requestObject.requestPromise;
+
+      assert.ok(!errorFromCallback, `Did not receive a normalized response. Error: ${errorFromCallback}`);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Normalizing Response', () => {
+    const urlReturningJsonBody = hangWebServerUrl + '/json';
+
+    it('should return a normalized response with statusCode and body for requestAsync', async () => {
+      const response = await httpClientInstance.requestAsync({
+        url: urlReturningJsonBody,
+        method: 'GET'
+      });
+
+      assert.ok(response, 'Response should be defined');
+      assert.ok(response.statusCode, 'Normalized response should have statusCode');
+      assert.ok(response.body, 'Normalized response should have body');
+    });
+
+    it('should return a normalized response with statusCode and body for synchronous request', async () => {
+      let errorRaisedInCallback;
+
+      const requestObject = httpClientInstance.request({
+        url: urlReturningJsonBody,
+        method: 'GET',
+        callback: (err, response) => {
+          try {
+            assert.ok(response, 'Response should be defined');
+            assert.ok(response.statusCode, 'Normalized response should have statusCode');
+            assert.ok(response.body, 'Normalized response should have body');
+          } catch (assertionError) {
+            errorRaisedInCallback = assertionError;
+          }
+        }
+      });
+      //Due to usage of 'nextTick' in the httpClient requestPromise may be undefined for some time, only to be set when scheduled sending took place.
+      await testUtil.waitForCondition(() => requestObject.requestPromise);
+      await requestObject.requestPromise;
+
+      assert.ok(!errorRaisedInCallback, `Did not receive a normalized response. Error: ${errorRaisedInCallback}`);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/testUtil.js b/test/integration/testUtil.js
index 1f082d28c..332cdd505 100644
--- a/test/integration/testUtil.js
+++ b/test/integration/testUtil.js
@@ -349,10 +349,24 @@ module.exports.createRandomFileName = function ( option = { prefix: '', postfix:
   return fileName;
 };
 
-module.exports.sleepAsync = function (ms) {
+const sleepAsync = function (ms) {
   return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 };
 
+module.exports.sleepAsync = sleepAsync;
+
+module.exports.waitForCondition = async function (conditionCallable, { maxWaitTimeInMs = 20000, waitTimeBetweenChecksInMs = 1000 } = {}) {
+  let waitedTimeInMs = 0;
+  while (!conditionCallable()) {
+    await sleepAsync(waitTimeBetweenChecksInMs);
+    waitedTimeInMs += waitTimeBetweenChecksInMs;
+
+    if (waitedTimeInMs > maxWaitTimeInMs) {
+      throw Error(`Condition was not met after max wait time = ${maxWaitTimeInMs}`);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
 module.exports.assertConnectionActive = function (connection) {
   assert.ok(connection.isUp(), 'Connection expected to be active, but was inactive.');
 };
@@ -372,4 +386,10 @@ module.exports.normalizeValue = normalizeValue;
 
 module.exports.isGuidInRequestOptions = function (requestOptions) {
   return requestOptions.url.includes('request_guid') || 'request_guid' in requestOptions.params;
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+
+module.exports.isRequestCancelledError = function (error) {
+  assert.equal(error.message, 'canceled', `Expected error message "canceled", but received ${error.message}`);
+  assert.equal(error.name, 'CanceledError', `Expected error name "CanceledError", but received ${error.name}`);
+  assert.equal(error.code, 'ERR_CANCELED', `Expected error code "ERR_CANCELED", but received ${error.code}`);
+};
diff --git a/test/integration/test_utils/httpInterceptorUtils.js b/test/integration/test_utils/httpInterceptorUtils.js
index 408896938..097fc99a6 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_utils/httpInterceptorUtils.js
+++ b/test/integration/test_utils/httpInterceptorUtils.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function HttpClientWithInterceptors(connectionConfig, initialInterceptors) {
 
 Util.inherits(HttpClientWithInterceptors, NodeHttpClient);
 
-
+//To add new methods to be intercepted wrap them here with appropriate interceptors calls
 HttpClientWithInterceptors.prototype.requestAsync = async function (url, options) {
   this.interceptors.intercept('requestAsync', HOOK_TYPE.FOR_ARGS, url, options);
   const response = await NodeHttpClient.prototype.requestAsync.call(this, url, options);