diff --git a/src/database.cc b/src/database.cc
index 5f1e197d3..e7891cbd2 100644
--- a/src/database.cc
+++ b/src/database.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ NAN_MODULE_INIT(Database::Init) {
     Nan::SetPrototypeMethod(t, "serialize", Serialize);
     Nan::SetPrototypeMethod(t, "parallelize", Parallelize);
     Nan::SetPrototypeMethod(t, "configure", Configure);
+    Nan::SetPrototypeMethod(t, "interrupt", Interrupt);
 
     NODE_SET_GETTER(t, "open", OpenGetter);
 
@@ -224,6 +225,8 @@ void Database::Work_BeginClose(Baton* baton) {
     assert(baton->db->pending == 0);
 
     baton->db->RemoveCallbacks();
+    baton->db->closing = true;
+
     int status = uv_queue_work(uv_default_loop(),
         &baton->request, Work_Close, (uv_after_work_cb)Work_AfterClose);
     assert(status == 0);
@@ -249,6 +252,8 @@ void Database::Work_AfterClose(uv_work_t* req) {
     Baton* baton = static_cast<Baton*>(req->data);
     Database* db = baton->db;
 
+    db->closing = false;
+
     Local<Value> argv[1];
     if (baton->status != SQLITE_OK) {
         EXCEPTION(Nan::New(baton->message.c_str()).ToLocalChecked(), baton->status, exception);
@@ -351,6 +356,21 @@ NAN_METHOD(Database::Configure) {
     info.GetReturnValue().Set(info.This());
 }
 
+NAN_METHOD(Database::Interrupt) {
+    Database* db = Nan::ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Database>(info.This());
+
+    if (!db->open) {
+        return Nan::ThrowError("Database is not open");
+    }
+
+    if (db->closing) {
+        return Nan::ThrowError("Database is closing");
+    }
+
+    sqlite3_interrupt(db->_handle);
+    info.GetReturnValue().Set(info.This());
+}
+
 void Database::SetBusyTimeout(Baton* baton) {
     assert(baton->db->open);
     assert(baton->db->_handle);
diff --git a/src/database.h b/src/database.h
index 8aeabfd5c..c5455abe3 100644
--- a/src/database.h
+++ b/src/database.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class Database : public Nan::ObjectWrap {
     Database() : Nan::ObjectWrap(),
         _handle(NULL),
         open(false),
+        closing(false),
         locked(false),
         pending(0),
         serialize(false),
@@ -151,6 +152,8 @@ class Database : public Nan::ObjectWrap {
 
     static NAN_METHOD(Configure);
 
+    static NAN_METHOD(Interrupt);
+
     static void SetBusyTimeout(Baton* baton);
 
     static void RegisterTraceCallback(Baton* baton);
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ class Database : public Nan::ObjectWrap {
     sqlite3* _handle;
 
     bool open;
+    bool closing;
     bool locked;
     unsigned int pending;
 
diff --git a/test/interrupt.test.js b/test/interrupt.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c769349c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interrupt.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+var sqlite3 = require('..');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+describe('interrupt', function() {
+    it('should interrupt queries', function(done) {
+        var interrupted = false;
+        var saved = null;
+
+        var db = new sqlite3.Database(':memory:', function() {
+            db.serialize();
+
+            var setup = 'create table t (n int);';
+            for (var i = 0; i < 8; i += 1) {
+                setup += 'insert into t values (' + i + ');';
+            }
+            db.exec(setup);
+
+            var query = 'select last.n ' +
+                'from t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t as last';
+
+            db.each(query, function(err) {
+                if (err) {
+                    saved = err;
+                } else if (!interrupted) {
+                    interrupted = true;
+                    db.interrupt();
+                }
+            });
+
+            db.close(function() {
+                if (saved) {
+                    assert.equal(saved.message, 'SQLITE_INTERRUPT: interrupted');
+                    assert.equal(saved.errno, sqlite3.INTERRUPT);
+                    assert.equal(saved.code, 'SQLITE_INTERRUPT');
+                    done();
+                } else {
+                    done(new Error('Completed query without error, but expected error'));
+                }
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should throw if interrupt is called before open', function(done) {
+        var db = new sqlite3.Database(':memory:');
+
+        assert.throws(function() {
+            db.interrupt();
+        }, (/Database is not open/));
+
+        db.close();
+        done();
+    });
+
+    it('should throw if interrupt is called after close', function(done) {
+        var db = new sqlite3.Database(':memory:');
+
+        db.close(function() {
+            assert.throws(function() {
+                db.interrupt();
+            }, (/Database is not open/));
+
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should throw if interrupt is called during close', function(done) {
+        var db = new sqlite3.Database(':memory:', function() {
+            db.close();
+            assert.throws(function() {
+                db.interrupt();
+            }, (/Database is closing/));
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+});