diff --git a/jena-arq/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/sparql/exec/QueryExecDataset.java b/jena-arq/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/sparql/exec/QueryExecDataset.java
index f79786f4991..1dcfcbb3310 100644
--- a/jena-arq/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/sparql/exec/QueryExecDataset.java
+++ b/jena-arq/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/sparql/exec/QueryExecDataset.java
@@ -462,6 +462,8 @@ private void startQueryIteratorActual() {
 
         execInit();
 
+        context.set(ARQConstants.symCancelQuery, cancelSignal);
+
         /* Timeouts:
          * -1,-1                No timeouts
          * N, same as -1,N      Overall timeout only.  No wrapper needed.
diff --git a/jena-geosparql/src/test/java/org/apache/jena/geosparql/geo/topological/CancelQueryTest.java b/jena-geosparql/src/test/java/org/apache/jena/geosparql/geo/topological/CancelQueryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26e640713eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jena-geosparql/src/test/java/org/apache/jena/geosparql/geo/topological/CancelQueryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+package org.apache.jena.geosparql.geo.topological;
+
+
+import org.apache.jena.geosparql.configuration.GeoSPARQLConfig;
+import org.apache.jena.geosparql.implementation.datatype.WKTDatatype;
+import org.apache.jena.geosparql.implementation.index.IndexConfiguration;
+import org.apache.jena.geosparql.implementation.vocabulary.Geo;
+import org.apache.jena.geosparql.spatial.SpatialIndex;
+import org.apache.jena.geosparql.spatial.SpatialIndexException;
+import org.apache.jena.graph.Graph;
+import org.apache.jena.graph.NodeFactory;
+import org.apache.jena.graph.Triple;
+import org.apache.jena.query.*;
+import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.Model;
+import org.apache.jena.rdf.model.ModelFactory;
+import org.apache.jena.sparql.graph.GraphFactory;
+import org.apache.jena.vocabulary.RDF;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.*;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+public class CancelQueryTest {
+
+    @Test//(timeout = 10000)
+    public void test_cancel_spatial_property_function1() {
+        GeoSPARQLConfig.setup(IndexConfiguration.IndexOption.MEMORY, Boolean.TRUE);
+
+        int maxCancelDelayInMillis = 10000;
+        boolean useIndex = true;
+
+        // Create a model with spatial triples
+        int numGeometries = 1000;
+
+        Graph graph = GraphFactory.createDefaultGraph();
+        // features
+        IntStream.range(0, numGeometries)
+                .mapToObj(i -> NodeFactory.createURI("http://www.example.org/r" + i))
+                .forEach(feature -> graph.add(feature, RDF.type.asNode(), Geo.FEATURE_NODE));
+        // geometries
+        IntStream.range(0, numGeometries)
+                .mapToObj(i ->
+                    Triple.create(
+                            NodeFactory.createURI("http://www.example.org/r" + i),
+                            Geo.HAS_GEOMETRY_PROP.asNode(),
+                            NodeFactory.createURI("http://www.example.org/r" + i + "/geometry")
+                    )
+                )
+                .forEach(graph::add);
+        // geo:Geometry type triples
+        IntStream.range(0, numGeometries)
+                .mapToObj(i ->
+                        Triple.create(
+                                NodeFactory.createURI("http://www.example.org/r" + i + "/geometry"),
+                                RDF.type.asNode(),
+                                Geo.GEOMETRY_NODE
+                        )
+                )
+                .forEach(graph::add);
+        // geometry WKT literals
+        IntStream.range(0, numGeometries)
+                .mapToObj(i ->
+                        Triple.create(
+                                NodeFactory.createURI("http://www.example.org/r" + i + "/geometry"),
+                                Geo.AS_WKT_PROP.asNode(),
+                                NodeFactory.createLiteralDT("POINT(2 2)", WKTDatatype.INSTANCE)
+                        )
+                )
+                .forEach(graph::add);
+        Model model = ModelFactory.createModelForGraph(graph);
+        Dataset ds = DatasetFactory.create(model);
+
+        // create spatial index
+        if (useIndex){
+            try {
+                SpatialIndex index = SpatialIndex.buildSpatialIndex(ds);
+                SpatialIndex.setSpatialIndex(ds, index);
+            } catch (SpatialIndexException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        // Create a query that queries for spatial relation with both sides being unbound, thus, pairwise comparison would be needed
+        Query query = QueryFactory.create("PREFIX geo: <http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#> SELECT * { ?a geo:sfIntersects ?b . }");
+        Callable<QueryExecution> qeFactory = () -> QueryExecution.dataset(ds).query(query).build();//.timeout(2000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).build();
+
+        runAsyncAbort(maxCancelDelayInMillis, qeFactory, CancelQueryTest::doCount);
+    }
+
+    private static int doCount(QueryExecution qe) {
+        System.out.println("Executing query ...");
+        try (QueryExecution qe2 = qe) {
+            ResultSet rs = qe2.execSelect();
+            int size = ResultSetFormatter.consume(rs);
+            return size;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reusable method that creates a parallel stream that starts query executions
+     * and schedules cancel tasks on a separate thread pool.
+     */
+    public static void runAsyncAbort(int delayToAbort, Callable<QueryExecution> qeFactory, Function<QueryExecution, ?> processor) {
+        ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
+
+        QueryExecution qe;
+        try {
+            qe = qeFactory.call();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to build a query execution", e);
+        }
+        Future<?> future = executorService.submit(() -> processor.apply(qe));
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(delayToAbort);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+        System.out.println("Abort: " + qe);
+        qe.abort();
+        try {
+            // System.out.println("Waiting for: " + qe);
+            future.get();
+        } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+            Throwable cause = e.getCause();
+            if (!(cause instanceof QueryCancelledException)) {
+                // Unexpected exception - print out the stack trace
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+            Assert.assertEquals(QueryCancelledException.class, cause.getClass());
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            // Ignored
+        } finally {
+            // System.out.println("Completed: " + qe);
+            executorService.shutdownNow();
+        }
+    }
+}
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