diff --git a/XMLHttpRequest/abort-after-receive.htm b/XMLHttpRequest/abort-after-receive.htm
index 736d289c9b6db3..44a02ba66af9f6 100644
--- a/XMLHttpRequest/abort-after-receive.htm
+++ b/XMLHttpRequest/abort-after-receive.htm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         client.onabort = test.step_func(function () {
             // this should not fire!
 
-            assert_unreached("abort should not cause the about event to fire");
+            assert_unreached("abort() should not cause the abort event to fire");
         });
 
         client.open("GET", "resources/well-formed.xml", true);
diff --git a/XMLHttpRequest/abort-after-timeout.htm b/XMLHttpRequest/abort-after-timeout.htm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..74c6e85bd9176f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/XMLHttpRequest/abort-after-timeout.htm
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+<head>
+    <title>XMLHttpRequest: abort() after a timeout should not fire "abort" event</title>
+    <script src="/resources/testharness.js"></script>
+    <script src="/resources/testharnessreport.js"></script>
+    <link rel="help" href="http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/xhr/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#the-abort()-method" />
+</head>
+<body>
+<div id="log"></div>
+<script>
+    var test = async_test();
+
+    test.step(function() {
+        // timeout is 100ms
+        // the download would otherwise take 500ms
+        // we check after 300ms to make sure abort does not fire an "abort" event
+
+        var timeoutFired = false;
+
+        var client = new XMLHttpRequest();
+
+        assert_true('timeout' in client, 'xhr.timeout is not supported in this user agent');
+
+        client.timeout = 100;
+
+        setTimeout(test.step_func(function() {
+            assert_true(timeoutFired);
+
+            // abort should not cause the "abort" event to fire
+
+            client.abort();
+
+            assert_equals(client.readyState, 0);
+
+            test.done();
+        }), 300);
+
+        client.ontimeout = function () {
+            timeoutFired = true;
+        };
+
+        client.onabort = test.step_func(function () {
+            // this should not fire!
+
+            assert_unreached("abort() should not cause the abort event to fire");
+        });
+
+        client.open("GET", "resources/delay.php?ms=500000", true);
+        client.send(null);
+    });
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
