diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index 67cda03d69a114..0d93e5492c9d06 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -1870,16 +1870,14 @@ const { pipeline } = require('stream/promises');
 
 async function run() {
   const ac = new AbortController();
-  const options = {
-    signal: ac.signal,
-  };
+  const signal = ac.signal;
 
   setTimeout(() => ac.abort(), 1);
   await pipeline(
     fs.createReadStream('archive.tar'),
     zlib.createGzip(),
     fs.createWriteStream('archive.tar.gz'),
-    options,
+    { signal },
   );
 }
 
@@ -1895,10 +1893,10 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 async function run() {
   await pipeline(
     fs.createReadStream('lowercase.txt'),
-    async function* (source) {
+    async function* (source, signal) {
       source.setEncoding('utf8');  // Work with strings rather than `Buffer`s.
       for await (const chunk of source) {
-        yield chunk.toUpperCase();
+        yield await processChunk(chunk, { signal });
       }
     },
     fs.createWriteStream('uppercase.txt')
@@ -1909,6 +1907,28 @@ async function run() {
 run().catch(console.error);
 ```
 
+Remember to handle the `signal` argument passed into the async generator.
+Especially in the case where the async generator is the source for the
+pipeline (i.e. first argument) or the pipeline will never complete.
+
+```js
+const { pipeline } = require('stream/promises');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+async function run() {
+  await pipeline(
+    async function * (signal) {
+      await someLongRunningfn({ signal });
+      yield 'asd';
+    },
+    fs.createWriteStream('uppercase.txt')
+  );
+  console.log('Pipeline succeeded.');
+}
+
+run().catch(console.error);
+```
+
 `stream.pipeline()` will call `stream.destroy(err)` on all streams except:
 * `Readable` streams which have emitted `'end'` or `'close'`.
 * `Writable` streams which have emitted `'finish'` or `'close'`.
@@ -3407,13 +3427,20 @@ the `Readable.from()` utility method:
 ```js
 const { Readable } = require('stream');
 
+const ac = new AbortController();
+const signal = ac.signal;
+
 async function * generate() {
   yield 'a';
+  await someLongRunningFn({ signal });
   yield 'b';
   yield 'c';
 }
 
 const readable = Readable.from(generate());
+readable.on('close', () => {
+  ac.abort();
+});
 
 readable.on('data', (chunk) => {
   console.log(chunk);
@@ -3433,6 +3460,11 @@ const { pipeline: pipelinePromise } = require('stream/promises');
 
 const writable = fs.createWriteStream('./file');
 
+const ac = new AbortController();
+const signal = ac.signal;
+
+const iterator = createIterator({ signal });
+
 // Callback Pattern
 pipeline(iterator, writable, (err, value) => {
   if (err) {
@@ -3440,6 +3472,8 @@ pipeline(iterator, writable, (err, value) => {
   } else {
     console.log(value, 'value returned');
   }
+}).on('close', () => {
+  ac.abort();
 });
 
 // Promise Pattern
@@ -3447,7 +3481,10 @@ pipelinePromise(iterator, writable)
   .then((value) => {
     console.log(value, 'value returned');
   })
-  .catch(console.error);
+  .catch((err) => {
+    console.error(err);
+    ac.abort();
+  });
 ```
 
 <!--type=misc-->
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/compose.js b/lib/internal/streams/compose.js
index 04b6c6dcb0a53e..d11a372732caab 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/compose.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/compose.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const pipeline = require('internal/streams/pipeline');
+const { pipeline } = require('internal/streams/pipeline');
 const Duplex = require('internal/streams/duplex');
 const { destroyer } = require('internal/streams/destroy');
 const {
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/duplexify.js b/lib/internal/streams/duplexify.js
index 410a01df56126e..cbcbf1fd69cc3b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/duplexify.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/duplexify.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const from = require('internal/streams/from');
 const {
   isBlob,
 } = require('internal/blob');
+const { AbortController } = require('internal/abort_controller');
 
 const {
   FunctionPrototypeCall
@@ -81,14 +82,15 @@ module.exports = function duplexify(body, name) {
   // }
 
   if (typeof body === 'function') {
-    const { value, write, final } = fromAsyncGen(body);
+    const { value, write, final, destroy } = fromAsyncGen(body);
 
     if (isIterable(value)) {
       return from(Duplexify, value, {
         // TODO (ronag): highWaterMark?
         objectMode: true,
         write,
-        final
+        final,
+        destroy
       });
     }
 
@@ -123,7 +125,8 @@ module.exports = function duplexify(body, name) {
               process.nextTick(cb, err);
             }
           });
-        }
+        },
+        destroy
       });
     }
 
@@ -202,15 +205,18 @@ module.exports = function duplexify(body, name) {
 
 function fromAsyncGen(fn) {
   let { promise, resolve } = createDeferredPromise();
+  const ac = new AbortController();
+  const signal = ac.signal;
   const value = fn(async function*() {
     while (true) {
       const { chunk, done, cb } = await promise;
       process.nextTick(cb);
       if (done) return;
+      if (signal.aborted) throw new AbortError();
       yield chunk;
       ({ promise, resolve } = createDeferredPromise());
     }
-  }());
+  }(), { signal });
 
   return {
     value,
@@ -219,6 +225,10 @@ function fromAsyncGen(fn) {
     },
     final(cb) {
       resolve({ done: true, cb });
+    },
+    destroy(err, cb) {
+      ac.abort();
+      cb(err);
     }
   };
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
index 3d39b3ac7b228a..012d99de0357f2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
@@ -21,15 +21,20 @@ const {
     ERR_MISSING_ARGS,
     ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED,
   },
+  AbortError,
 } = require('internal/errors');
 
-const { validateCallback } = require('internal/validators');
+const {
+  validateCallback,
+  validateAbortSignal
+} = require('internal/validators');
 
 const {
   isIterable,
   isReadableNodeStream,
   isNodeStream,
 } = require('internal/streams/utils');
+const { AbortController } = require('internal/abort_controller');
 
 let PassThrough;
 let Readable;
@@ -168,10 +173,26 @@ function pipeline(...streams) {
     streams = streams[0];
   }
 
+  return pipelineImpl(streams, callback);
+}
+
+function pipelineImpl(streams, callback, opts) {
   if (streams.length < 2) {
     throw new ERR_MISSING_ARGS('streams');
   }
 
+  const ac = new AbortController();
+  const signal = ac.signal;
+  const outerSignal = opts?.signal;
+
+  validateAbortSignal(outerSignal, 'options.signal');
+
+  function abort() {
+    finishImpl(new AbortError());
+  }
+
+  outerSignal?.addEventListener('abort', abort);
+
   let error;
   let value;
   const destroys = [];
@@ -179,8 +200,10 @@ function pipeline(...streams) {
   let finishCount = 0;
 
   function finish(err) {
-    const final = --finishCount === 0;
+    finishImpl(err, --finishCount === 0);
+  }
 
+  function finishImpl(err, final) {
     if (err && (!error || error.code === 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE')) {
       error = err;
     }
@@ -193,6 +216,9 @@ function pipeline(...streams) {
       destroys.shift()(error);
     }
 
+    outerSignal?.removeEventListener('abort', abort);
+    ac.abort();
+
     if (final) {
       callback(error, value);
     }
@@ -211,7 +237,7 @@ function pipeline(...streams) {
 
     if (i === 0) {
       if (typeof stream === 'function') {
-        ret = stream();
+        ret = stream({ signal });
         if (!isIterable(ret)) {
           throw new ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE(
             'Iterable, AsyncIterable or Stream', 'source', ret);
@@ -223,7 +249,7 @@ function pipeline(...streams) {
       }
     } else if (typeof stream === 'function') {
       ret = makeAsyncIterable(ret);
-      ret = stream(ret);
+      ret = stream(ret, { signal });
 
       if (reading) {
         if (!isIterable(ret, true)) {
@@ -291,7 +317,11 @@ function pipeline(...streams) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (signal?.aborted || outerSignal?.aborted) {
+    process.nextTick(abort);
+  }
+
   return ret;
 }
 
-module.exports = pipeline;
+module.exports = { pipelineImpl, pipeline };
diff --git a/lib/stream.js b/lib/stream.js
index 43f59788f62bc8..cc56b76e31a4a6 100644
--- a/lib/stream.js
+++ b/lib/stream.js
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ const {
   promisify: { custom: customPromisify },
 } = require('internal/util');
 
-const pipeline = require('internal/streams/pipeline');
 const compose = require('internal/streams/compose');
+const { pipeline } = require('internal/streams/pipeline');
 const { destroyer } = require('internal/streams/destroy');
 const eos = require('internal/streams/end-of-stream');
 const internalBuffer = require('internal/buffer');
diff --git a/lib/stream/promises.js b/lib/stream/promises.js
index 8a8e66417c6057..0db01a8b208d60 100644
--- a/lib/stream/promises.js
+++ b/lib/stream/promises.js
@@ -5,20 +5,12 @@ const {
   Promise,
 } = primordials;
 
-const {
-  addAbortSignalNoValidate,
-} = require('internal/streams/add-abort-signal');
-
-const {
-  validateAbortSignal,
-} = require('internal/validators');
-
 const {
   isIterable,
   isNodeStream,
 } = require('internal/streams/utils');
 
-const pl = require('internal/streams/pipeline');
+const { pipelineImpl: pl } = require('internal/streams/pipeline');
 const eos = require('internal/streams/end-of-stream');
 
 function pipeline(...streams) {
@@ -29,19 +21,15 @@ function pipeline(...streams) {
         !isNodeStream(lastArg) && !isIterable(lastArg)) {
       const options = ArrayPrototypePop(streams);
       signal = options.signal;
-      validateAbortSignal(signal, 'options.signal');
     }
 
-    const pipe = pl(...streams, (err, value) => {
+    pl(streams, (err, value) => {
       if (err) {
         reject(err);
       } else {
         resolve(value);
       }
-    });
-    if (signal) {
-      addAbortSignalNoValidate(signal, pipe);
-    }
+    }, { signal });
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
index 1f4474e6b5fce6..4b0f11ea41218a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ const {
   Duplex,
   addAbortSignal,
 } = require('stream');
+const pipelinep = require('stream/promises').pipeline;
 const assert = require('assert');
 const http = require('http');
 const { promisify } = require('util');
 const net = require('net');
+const tsp = require('timers/promises');
 
 {
   let finished = false;
@@ -1387,3 +1389,20 @@ const net = require('net');
     assert.strictEqual(res, content);
   }));
 }
+
+{
+  const ac = new AbortController();
+  const signal = ac.signal;
+  pipelinep(
+    async function * ({ signal }) {
+      await tsp.setTimeout(1e6, signal);
+    },
+    async function(source) {
+
+    },
+    { signal }
+  ).catch(common.mustCall((err) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'AbortError');
+  }));
+  ac.abort();
+}