diff --git a/options/ansi/generic/stdlib-stubs.cpp b/options/ansi/generic/stdlib-stubs.cpp
index 188e9026..d4d0aa67 100644
--- a/options/ansi/generic/stdlib-stubs.cpp
+++ b/options/ansi/generic/stdlib-stubs.cpp
@@ -205,9 +205,35 @@ void *calloc(size_t count, size_t size) {
 // realloc() is provided by the platform
 
 void abort(void) {
-	__ensure(!"Not implemented");
-	__builtin_unreachable();
+	sigset_t set;
+	sigemptyset(&set);
+	sigaddset(&set, SIGABRT);
+	if (mlibc::sys_sigprocmask) {
+		mlibc::sys_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, nullptr);
+	}
+
+	raise(SIGABRT);
+
+	sigfillset(&set);
+	sigdelset(&set, SIGABRT);
+	if (mlibc::sys_sigprocmask) {
+		mlibc::sys_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &set, nullptr);
+	}
+
+	struct sigaction sa;
+	sa.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
+	sa.sa_flags = 0;
+	sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+
+	if (mlibc::sys_sigaction(SIGABRT, &sa, nullptr))
+		mlibc::panicLogger() << "mlibc: sigaction failed in abort" << frg::endlog;
+
+	if (raise(SIGABRT))
+		mlibc::panicLogger() << "mlibc: raise failed in abort" << frg::endlog;
+
+	__builtin_trap();
 }
+
 int atexit(void (*func)(void)) {
 	// TODO: the function pointer types are not compatible;
 	// the conversion here is undefined behavior. its fine to do
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index ad82fdaf..9ab719c2 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ posix_test_cases = [
 	'system' # This test should be in the ANSI tests, but it depends on sys/wait.h
 ]
 
+posix_fail_test_cases = [
+	'abort' # This test should be in the ANSI tests, but it depends on sigaction
+]
+
 glibc_test_cases = [
 	'getopt'
 ]
@@ -65,6 +69,16 @@ if not disable_posix_option
 				'-no-pie'])
 		test('posix/' + f, exec)
 	endforeach
+
+	foreach f : posix_fail_test_cases
+		exec = executable('posix-' + f, ['posix/' + f + '.c', test_sources],
+			link_with: libc, include_directories: libc_include_dirs,
+			build_rpath: meson.build_root(),
+			c_args: '-no-pie',
+			link_args: ['-Wl,--dynamic-linker=' + meson.build_root() + '/ld.so',
+				'-no-pie'])
+		test('posix/' + f, exec, should_fail: true)
+	endforeach
 endif
 
 # We never disable the posix option so glibc is gated behind the posix option here.
diff --git a/tests/posix/abort.c b/tests/posix/abort.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea754ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/posix/abort.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void handler(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *ctx) { }
+
+int main() {
+	struct sigaction sa;
+	sa.sa_sigaction = handler;
+	sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+	sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+
+	int ret = sigaction(SIGABRT, &sa, NULL);
+	assert(!ret);
+
+	abort();
+}