diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index 539c2795e2..68278d2b18 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ typedef enum
 typedef struct
 {
 	PGconn	   *con;			/* connection handle to DB */
+	PGcancel   *cancel;			/* query cancel */
 	int			id;				/* client No. */
 	ConnectionStateEnum state;	/* state machine's current state. */
 	ConditionalStack cstack;	/* enclosing conditionals state */
@@ -638,6 +639,8 @@ typedef struct
 								 * here */
 } CState;
 
+CState	*client_states;		/* status of all clients */
+
 /*
  * Thread state
  */
@@ -3631,6 +3634,7 @@ advanceConnectionState(TState *thread, CState *st, StatsData *agg)
 						st->state = CSTATE_ABORTED;
 						break;
 					}
+					st->cancel = PQgetCancel(st->con);
 
 					/* reset now after connection */
 					now = pg_time_now();
@@ -4662,6 +4666,18 @@ disconnect_all(CState *state, int length)
 		finishCon(&state[i]);
 }
 
+/* send cancel requests to all connections */
+static void
+cancel_all()
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < nclients; i++)
+	{
+		char errbuf[1];
+		if (client_states[i].cancel != NULL)
+			(void) PQcancel(client_states[i].cancel, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Remove old pgbench tables, if any exist
  */
@@ -7133,6 +7149,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* enable threads to access the status of all clients */
+	client_states = state;
+
 	/* other CState initializations */
 	for (i = 0; i < nclients; i++)
 	{
@@ -7345,6 +7364,22 @@ threadRun(void *arg)
 	StatsData	last,
 				aggs;
 
+	if (thread->tid == 0)
+		setup_cancel_handler(NULL);
+
+#if defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY) && !defined(WIN32)
+	if (thread->tid > 0 && false)
+	{
+		sigset_t	sigint_sigset;
+		sigset_t	osigset;
+		sigemptyset(&sigint_sigset);
+		sigaddset(&sigint_sigset, SIGINT);
+
+		/* Block SIGINT in all threads except one. */
+		pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigint_sigset, &osigset);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	/* open log file if requested */
 	if (use_log)
 	{
@@ -7387,6 +7422,7 @@ threadRun(void *arg)
 				pg_fatal("could not create connection for client %d",
 						 state[i].id);
 			}
+			state[i].cancel = PQgetCancel(state[i].con);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -7414,6 +7450,17 @@ threadRun(void *arg)
 		pg_time_usec_t min_usec;
 		pg_time_usec_t now = 0; /* set this only if needed */
 
+		/*
+		 * If pgbench is cancelled, sent cancel request to all connections
+		 * and exit he benchmark.
+		 */
+		if (CancelRequested)
+		{
+			if (thread->tid == 0)
+				cancel_all();
+			goto done;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * identify which client sockets should be checked for input, and
 		 * compute the nearest time (if any) at which we need to wake up.
@@ -7613,6 +7660,8 @@ finishCon(CState *st)
 	{
 		PQfinish(st->con);
 		st->con = NULL;
+		PQfreeCancel(st->cancel);
+		st->cancel = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/t/003_pgbench_cancel.pl b/src/bin/pgbench/t/003_pgbench_cancel.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5619a687c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/t/003_pgbench_cancel.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2023, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
+use Test::More;
+use Time::HiRes qw(usleep);
+
+my $tempdir = PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::tempdir;
+
+my $node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('main');
+$node->init;
+$node->start;
+
+# Test query canceling by sending SIGINT to a running pgbench
+#
+# There is, as of this writing, no documented way to get the PID of
+# the process from IPC::Run.  As a workaround, we have pgbench print its
+# own PID (which is the parent of the shell launched by pgbench) to a
+# file.
+SKIP:
+{
+	skip "cancel test requires a Unix shell", 2 if $windows_os;
+
+	local %ENV = $node->_get_env();
+
+	my ($stdin, $stdout, $stderr, @file);
+
+	# Test whether shell supports $PPID.  It's part of POSIX, but some
+	# pre-/non-POSIX shells don't support it (e.g., NetBSD).
+	$stdin = "\\! echo \$PPID";
+	IPC::Run::run([ 'psql', '-X', '-v', 'ON_ERROR_STOP=1' ],
+		'<', \$stdin, '>', \$stdout, '2>', \$stderr);
+	$stdout =~ /^\d+$/ or skip "shell apparently does not support \$PPID", 2;
+
+	@file = $node->_pgbench_make_files(
+		{
+			'003_pgbench_cancel' => qq{
+\\shell echo \$PPID >$tempdir/pgbench.pid
+select pg_sleep($PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::timeout_default);
+		}});
+
+	# Now start the real test
+	my $h = IPC::Run::start([ 'pgbench', '-c', '4', '-j', '4', '-T', "$PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::timeout_default", @file ],
+		\$stdin, \$stdout, \$stderr);
+
+	# Get the PID
+	my $count;
+	my $pgbench_pid;
+	until (
+		-s "$tempdir/pgbench.pid"
+		  and ($pgbench_pid =
+			PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::slurp_file("$tempdir/pgbench.pid")) =~
+		  /^\d+\n/s)
+	{
+		($count++ < 100 * $PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::timeout_default)
+		  or die "pid file did not appear";
+		usleep(10_000);
+	}
+
+	$node->poll_query_until('postgres',
+		q{SELECT (SELECT count(*) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE query ~ '^select pg_sleep') = 4;}
+	) or die "timed out";
+
+	# Send cancel request
+	kill 'INT', $pgbench_pid;
+
+	my $result = finish $h;
+
+	ok(!$result, 'query failed as expected');
+	like(
+		$stderr,
+		qr/Run was aborted; the above results are incomplete/,
+		'pgbench was canceled');
+
+	is($node->safe_psql('postgres',
+		q{SELECT count(*) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE query ~ '^select pg_sleep'}),
+		'0', 'all queries were canceled');
+}
+
+done_testing();