diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e11bfd2..14a5879 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -640,4 +640,6 @@ got.UnsupportedProtocolError = class extends StdError {
 	}
 };
 
+got.CancelError = PCancelable.CancelError;
+
 module.exports = got;
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 2ac7fc1..16b1c4a 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ When server redirects you more than 10 times. Includes a `redirectUrls` property
 
 When given an unsupported protocol.
 
+#### got.CancelError
+
+When the request is aborted with `.cancel()`.
+
 
 ## Aborting the request
 
@@ -296,6 +300,22 @@ request.catch(err => {
 request.cancel();
 ```
 
+Or
+
+```js
+const request = got(url, options);
+
+request.catch(err => {
+  if (err instanceof got.CancelError) {
+    // Handle cancelation
+  }
+
+  // Handle other errors
+});
+
+request.cancel();
+```
+
 
 ## Proxies
 
diff --git a/test/cancel.js b/test/cancel.js
index 3ed0fdf..caa2d15 100644
--- a/test/cancel.js
+++ b/test/cancel.js
@@ -85,3 +85,35 @@ test('cancel immediately', async t => {
 	await t.throws(p);
 	await t.notThrows(aborted, 'Request finished instead of aborting.');
 });
+
+test('recover from cancelation using cancelable promise attribute', async t => {
+	// Canceled before connection started
+	const p = got('http://example.com');
+	const recover = p.catch(err => {
+		if (p.canceled) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		throw err;
+	});
+
+	p.cancel();
+
+	await t.notThrows(recover);
+});
+
+test('recover from cancellation using error instance', async t => {
+	// Canceled before connection started
+	const p = got('http://example.com');
+	const recover = p.catch(err => {
+		if (err instanceof got.CancelError) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		throw err;
+	});
+
+	p.cancel();
+
+	await t.notThrows(recover);
+});