diff --git a/src/__tests__/http-test.ts b/src/__tests__/http-test.ts
index eb97113b..190c608a 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/http-test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/http-test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import zlib from 'zlib';
+import type http from 'http';
 
 import type { Server as Restify } from 'restify';
 import connect from 'connect';
@@ -81,6 +82,12 @@ function urlString(urlParams?: { [param: string]: string }): string {
   return string;
 }
 
+function sleep() {
+  return new Promise((r) => {
+    setTimeout(r, 1);
+  });
+}
+
 describe('GraphQL-HTTP tests for connect', () => {
   runTests(() => {
     const app = connect();
@@ -2389,9 +2396,7 @@ function runTests(server: Server) {
         graphqlHTTP(() => ({
           schema: TestSchema,
           async *customExecuteFn() {
-            await new Promise((r) => {
-              setTimeout(r, 1);
-            });
+            await sleep();
             yield {
               data: {
                 test2: 'Modification',
@@ -2436,6 +2441,141 @@ function runTests(server: Server) {
         ].join('\r\n'),
       );
     });
+
+    it('calls return on underlying async iterable when connection is closed', async () => {
+      const app = server();
+      const fakeReturn = sinon.fake();
+
+      app.get(
+        urlString(),
+        graphqlHTTP(() => ({
+          schema: TestSchema,
+          // custom iterable keeps yielding until return is called
+          customExecuteFn() {
+            let returned = false;
+            return {
+              [Symbol.asyncIterator]: () => ({
+                next: async () => {
+                  await sleep();
+                  if (returned) {
+                    return { value: undefined, done: true };
+                  }
+                  return {
+                    value: { data: { test: 'Hello, World' }, hasNext: true },
+                    done: false,
+                  };
+                },
+                return: () => {
+                  returned = true;
+                  fakeReturn();
+                  return Promise.resolve({ value: undefined, done: true });
+                },
+              }),
+            };
+          },
+        })),
+      );
+
+      let text = '';
+      const request = app
+        .request()
+        .get(urlString({ query: '{test}' }))
+        .parse((res, cb) => {
+          res.on('data', (data) => {
+            text = `${text}${data.toString('utf8') as string}`;
+            ((res as unknown) as http.IncomingMessage).destroy();
+          });
+          res.on('end', (err) => {
+            cb(err, null);
+          });
+        });
+
+      try {
+        await request;
+      } catch (e: unknown) {
+        // ignore aborted error
+      }
+      // sleep to allow return function to be called
+      await sleep();
+      expect(text).to.equal(
+        [
+          '',
+          '---',
+          'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8',
+          'Content-Length: 47',
+          '',
+          '{"data":{"test":"Hello, World"},"hasNext":true}',
+          '',
+        ].join('\r\n'),
+      );
+      expect(fakeReturn.callCount).to.equal(1);
+    });
+
+    it('handles return function on async iterable that throws', async () => {
+      const app = server();
+
+      app.get(
+        urlString(),
+        graphqlHTTP(() => ({
+          schema: TestSchema,
+          // custom iterable keeps yielding until return is called
+          customExecuteFn() {
+            let returned = false;
+            return {
+              [Symbol.asyncIterator]: () => ({
+                next: async () => {
+                  await sleep();
+                  if (returned) {
+                    return { value: undefined, done: true };
+                  }
+                  return {
+                    value: { data: { test: 'Hello, World' }, hasNext: true },
+                    done: false,
+                  };
+                },
+                return: () => {
+                  returned = true;
+                  return Promise.reject(new Error('Throws!'));
+                },
+              }),
+            };
+          },
+        })),
+      );
+
+      let text = '';
+      const request = app
+        .request()
+        .get(urlString({ query: '{test}' }))
+        .parse((res, cb) => {
+          res.on('data', (data) => {
+            text = `${text}${data.toString('utf8') as string}`;
+            ((res as unknown) as http.IncomingMessage).destroy();
+          });
+          res.on('end', (err) => {
+            cb(err, null);
+          });
+        });
+
+      try {
+        await request;
+      } catch (e: unknown) {
+        // ignore aborted error
+      }
+      // sleep to allow return function to be called
+      await sleep();
+      expect(text).to.equal(
+        [
+          '',
+          '---',
+          'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8',
+          'Content-Length: 47',
+          '',
+          '{"data":{"test":"Hello, World"},"hasNext":true}',
+          '',
+        ].join('\r\n'),
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Custom parse function', () => {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 7624e168..05161631 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ export function graphqlHTTP(options: Options): Middleware {
     let documentAST: DocumentNode;
     let executeResult;
     let result: ExecutionResult;
+    let finishedIterable = false;
 
     try {
       // Parse the Request to get GraphQL request parameters.
@@ -371,6 +372,23 @@ export function graphqlHTTP(options: Options): Middleware {
           const asyncIterator = getAsyncIterator<ExecutionResult>(
             executeResult,
           );
+
+          response.on('close', () => {
+            if (
+              !finishedIterable &&
+              typeof asyncIterator.return === 'function'
+            ) {
+              asyncIterator.return().then(null, (rawError: unknown) => {
+                const graphqlError = getGraphQlError(rawError);
+                sendPartialResponse(pretty, response, {
+                  data: undefined,
+                  errors: [formatErrorFn(graphqlError)],
+                  hasNext: false,
+                });
+              });
+            }
+          });
+
           const { value } = await asyncIterator.next();
           result = value;
         } else {
@@ -398,6 +416,7 @@ export function graphqlHTTP(options: Options): Middleware {
         rawError instanceof Error ? rawError : String(rawError),
       );
 
+      // eslint-disable-next-line require-atomic-updates
       response.statusCode = error.status;
 
       const { headers } = error;
@@ -431,6 +450,7 @@ export function graphqlHTTP(options: Options): Middleware {
     // the resulting JSON payload.
     // https://graphql.github.io/graphql-spec/#sec-Data
     if (response.statusCode === 200 && result.data == null) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line require-atomic-updates
       response.statusCode = 500;
     }
 
@@ -462,17 +482,7 @@ export function graphqlHTTP(options: Options): Middleware {
           sendPartialResponse(pretty, response, formattedPayload);
         }
       } catch (rawError: unknown) {
-        /* istanbul ignore next: Thrown by underlying library. */
-        const error =
-          rawError instanceof Error ? rawError : new Error(String(rawError));
-        const graphqlError = new GraphQLError(
-          error.message,
-          undefined,
-          undefined,
-          undefined,
-          undefined,
-          error,
-        );
+        const graphqlError = getGraphQlError(rawError);
         sendPartialResponse(pretty, response, {
           data: undefined,
           errors: [formatErrorFn(graphqlError)],
@@ -481,6 +491,7 @@ export function graphqlHTTP(options: Options): Middleware {
       }
       response.write('\r\n-----\r\n');
       response.end();
+      finishedIterable = true;
       return;
     }
 
@@ -657,3 +668,17 @@ function getAsyncIterator<T>(
   const method = asyncIterable[Symbol.asyncIterator];
   return method.call(asyncIterable);
 }
+
+function getGraphQlError(rawError: unknown) {
+  /* istanbul ignore next: Thrown by underlying library. */
+  const error =
+    rawError instanceof Error ? rawError : new Error(String(rawError));
+  return new GraphQLError(
+    error.message,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    error,
+  );
+}