diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e346c54..69a20ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -315,3 +315,25 @@ val result: Future[Int] = retryWithBackOff(5, 5.seconds) {
   callThatService(): Future[Int]
 }
 ```
+
+### CancelableFuture
+
+If you need to create a ```Future``` that you want to cancel at a later point in time then
+you can use a `CancelableFuture`.
+
+```scala
+import markatta.futiles.CancellableFuture
+
+val cancellableFuture = CancellableFuture {
+  someLongOperation()
+}
+
+cancellableFuture.cancel()
+
+```
+
+Note that the `.cancel` method on `CancelableFuture` is a best effort implementation and
+it also does not handle cleaning up of resources (such as file handles) since further
+computations deriving from `.map`/`.flatMap`/`onComplete` may not execute. If a 
+`CancelableFuture` was cancelled this way it will fail with a `CancellationException`
+exception.
diff --git a/src/main/scala-2.11/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureImpl.scala b/src/main/scala-2.11/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureImpl.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44df1ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala-2.11/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureImpl.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package markatta.futiles
+
+import java.util.concurrent.{Callable, FutureTask}
+import scala.concurrent._
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import scala.util.Try
+
+private[futiles] final class CancellableFutureImpl[T](executionContext: ExecutionContext, block: => T)
+    extends CancellableFuture[T] {
+  private val promise = Promise[T]()
+
+  def delegate: Future[T] = promise.future
+
+  private val jf: FutureTask[T] = new FutureTask[T](
+    new Callable[T] {
+      override def call(): T = block
+    }
+  ) {
+    override def done(): Unit = promise.complete(
+      Try(
+        try
+          get()
+        catch {
+          case e: ExecutionException if e.getCause != null =>
+            // This is here to mirror the same behaviour that Scala's Future has, i.e. if you throw
+            // an exception in a Scala Future then then Future.failed has that same exception. Java's
+            // FutureTask however wraps this in an ExecutionException.
+            throw e.getCause
+        }
+      )
+    )
+  }
+
+  override def onComplete[U](f: Try[T] => U)(implicit executor: ExecutionContext): Unit =
+    delegate.onComplete(f)
+
+  override def isCompleted: Boolean = delegate.isCompleted
+
+  override def value: Option[Try[T]] = delegate.value
+
+  override def transform[S](s: T => S, f: Throwable => Throwable)(implicit
+      executor: ExecutionContext
+  ): Future[S] = delegate.transform(s, f)
+
+  override def ready(atMost: Duration)(implicit permit: CanAwait): CancellableFutureImpl.this.type = {
+    delegate.ready(atMost)
+    this
+  }
+
+  override def result(atMost: Duration)(implicit permit: CanAwait): T = delegate.result(atMost)
+
+  override def cancel(): Unit = jf.cancel(true)
+
+  executionContext.execute(jf)
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala-2.12/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureImpl.scala b/src/main/scala-2.12/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureImpl.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5def544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala-2.12/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureImpl.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package markatta.futiles
+
+import java.util.concurrent.{Callable, FutureTask}
+import scala.concurrent._
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import scala.util.Try
+
+private[futiles] final class CancellableFutureImpl[T](executionContext: ExecutionContext, block: => T)
+    extends CancellableFuture[T] {
+  private val promise = Promise[T]()
+
+  def delegate: Future[T] = promise.future
+
+  private val jf: FutureTask[T] = new FutureTask[T](
+    new Callable[T] {
+      override def call(): T = block
+    }
+  ) {
+    override def done(): Unit = promise.complete(
+      Try(
+        try
+          get()
+        catch {
+          case e: ExecutionException if e.getCause != null =>
+            // This is here to mirror the same behaviour that Scala's Future has, i.e. if you throw
+            // an exception in a Scala Future then then Future.failed has that same exception. Java's
+            // FutureTask however wraps this in an ExecutionException.
+            throw e.getCause
+        }
+      )
+    )
+  }
+
+  override def onComplete[U](f: Try[T] => U)(implicit executor: ExecutionContext): Unit =
+    delegate.onComplete(f)
+
+  override def isCompleted: Boolean = delegate.isCompleted
+
+  override def value: Option[Try[T]] = delegate.value
+
+  override def transform[S](f: Try[T] => Try[S])(implicit executor: ExecutionContext): Future[S] = delegate.transform(f)
+
+  override def transformWith[S](f: Try[T] => Future[S])(implicit executor: ExecutionContext): Future[S] =
+    delegate.transformWith(f)
+
+  override def ready(atMost: Duration)(implicit permit: CanAwait): CancellableFutureImpl.this.type = {
+    delegate.ready(atMost)
+    this
+  }
+
+  override def result(atMost: Duration)(implicit permit: CanAwait): T = delegate.result(atMost)
+
+  override def cancel(): Unit = jf.cancel(true)
+
+  executionContext.execute(jf)
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala-2.13/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureImpl.scala b/src/main/scala-2.13/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureImpl.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5def544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala-2.13/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureImpl.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package markatta.futiles
+
+import java.util.concurrent.{Callable, FutureTask}
+import scala.concurrent._
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import scala.util.Try
+
+private[futiles] final class CancellableFutureImpl[T](executionContext: ExecutionContext, block: => T)
+    extends CancellableFuture[T] {
+  private val promise = Promise[T]()
+
+  def delegate: Future[T] = promise.future
+
+  private val jf: FutureTask[T] = new FutureTask[T](
+    new Callable[T] {
+      override def call(): T = block
+    }
+  ) {
+    override def done(): Unit = promise.complete(
+      Try(
+        try
+          get()
+        catch {
+          case e: ExecutionException if e.getCause != null =>
+            // This is here to mirror the same behaviour that Scala's Future has, i.e. if you throw
+            // an exception in a Scala Future then then Future.failed has that same exception. Java's
+            // FutureTask however wraps this in an ExecutionException.
+            throw e.getCause
+        }
+      )
+    )
+  }
+
+  override def onComplete[U](f: Try[T] => U)(implicit executor: ExecutionContext): Unit =
+    delegate.onComplete(f)
+
+  override def isCompleted: Boolean = delegate.isCompleted
+
+  override def value: Option[Try[T]] = delegate.value
+
+  override def transform[S](f: Try[T] => Try[S])(implicit executor: ExecutionContext): Future[S] = delegate.transform(f)
+
+  override def transformWith[S](f: Try[T] => Future[S])(implicit executor: ExecutionContext): Future[S] =
+    delegate.transformWith(f)
+
+  override def ready(atMost: Duration)(implicit permit: CanAwait): CancellableFutureImpl.this.type = {
+    delegate.ready(atMost)
+    this
+  }
+
+  override def result(atMost: Duration)(implicit permit: CanAwait): T = delegate.result(atMost)
+
+  override def cancel(): Unit = jf.cancel(true)
+
+  executionContext.execute(jf)
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/markatta/futiles/CancellableFuture.scala b/src/main/scala/markatta/futiles/CancellableFuture.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a0939f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/markatta/futiles/CancellableFuture.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package markatta.futiles
+
+import scala.concurrent._
+import scala.util.Try
+import java.util.concurrent.{Callable, FutureTask}
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+
+trait CancellableFuture[T] extends Future[T] {
+
+  /** Attempts to cancel the underlying [[scala.concurrent.Future]]. Note that this is a best effort attempt
+    */
+  @throws[CancellationException]
+  def cancel(): Unit
+}
+
+object CancellableFuture {
+
+  /** Allows you to run a computation inside of a [[scala.concurrent.Future]] which can later be cancelled
+    *
+    * @param body
+    *   The computation to run inside of the [[scala.concurrent.Future]]
+    * @param executionContext
+    *   The [[scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext]] to run the [[scala.concurrent.Future]] on
+    * @return
+    *   A [[markatta.futiles.CancellableFuture]] providing a `cancel` method allowing you to terminate the
+    *   [[markatta.futiles.CancellableFuture]] at any time
+    * @see
+    *   Adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/39986418/1519631
+    */
+  def apply[T](body: => T)(implicit executionContext: ExecutionContext): CancellableFuture[T] =
+    new CancellableFutureImpl[T](executionContext, body)
+}
diff --git a/src/test/scala/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6889ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/markatta/futiles/CancellableFutureSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package markatta.futiles
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
+import scala.concurrent.CancellationException
+
+class CancellableFutureSpec extends Spec {
+  describe("The cancellable utility") {
+
+    describe("without cancellation") {
+
+      it("works as a normal Future") {
+        val cancellable = CancellableFuture {
+          ()
+        }
+
+        cancellable.futureValue shouldEqual ()
+      }
+
+      it("throws an Exception correctly") {
+        val cancellable = CancellableFuture {
+          throw new IllegalArgumentException
+        }
+
+        val exception = cancellable.failed.futureValue
+        exception shouldBe an[IllegalArgumentException]
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    describe("with cancellation") {
+
+      it("prevents Future from completing") {
+        val atomicBoolean = new AtomicBoolean(true)
+
+        val cancellable = CancellableFuture {
+          Thread.sleep(100)
+          atomicBoolean.set(false)
+        }
+
+        Thread.sleep(50)
+        cancellable.cancel()
+        Thread.sleep(100)
+        atomicBoolean.get() shouldEqual true
+      }
+
+      it("throws a CancellationException exception") {
+        val cancellable = CancellableFuture {
+          Thread.sleep(100)
+        }
+        cancellable.cancel()
+        cancellable.failed.futureValue shouldBe an[CancellationException]
+      }
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}