diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a2ea70e2f..f15ca9a42 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = [ "process", "io-util", "macros", "net"
 
 once_cell = "1.8.0"
 
-openssh-mux-client = { version = "0.17.0", optional = true }
+openssh-mux-client = { version = "0.17.6", optional = true }
 
 libc = "0.2.137"
 
diff --git a/src/native_mux_impl/session.rs b/src/native_mux_impl/session.rs
index 23b4e11d4..64f9ce7ed 100644
--- a/src/native_mux_impl/session.rs
+++ b/src/native_mux_impl/session.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,24 @@ impl Session {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub(crate) async fn close_port_forward(
+        &self,
+        forward_type: crate::ForwardType,
+        listen_socket: crate::Socket<'_>,
+        connect_socket: crate::Socket<'_>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        Connection::connect(&self.ctl)
+            .await?
+            .close_port_forward(
+                forward_type.into(),
+                &listen_socket.into(),
+                &connect_socket.into(),
+            )
+            .await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     async fn close_impl(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         Connection::connect(&self.ctl)
             .await?
diff --git a/src/process_impl/session.rs b/src/process_impl/session.rs
index 7188ffc6a..612ba3132 100644
--- a/src/process_impl/session.rs
+++ b/src/process_impl/session.rs
@@ -139,6 +139,43 @@ impl Session {
         }
     }
 
+    pub(crate) async fn close_port_forward(
+        &self,
+        forward_type: ForwardType,
+        listen_socket: Socket<'_>,
+        connect_socket: Socket<'_>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let flag = match forward_type {
+            ForwardType::Local => OsStr::new("-L"),
+            ForwardType::Remote => OsStr::new("-R"),
+        };
+
+        let mut forwarding = listen_socket.as_os_str().into_owned();
+        forwarding.push(":");
+        forwarding.push(connect_socket.as_os_str());
+
+        let port_forwarding = self
+            .new_cmd(&[OsStr::new("-O"), OsStr::new("cancel"), flag, &*forwarding])
+            .output()
+            .await
+            .map_err(Error::Ssh)?;
+
+        if port_forwarding.status.success() {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            let exit_err = String::from_utf8_lossy(&port_forwarding.stderr);
+            let err = exit_err.trim();
+
+            if err.is_empty() {
+                if let Some(master_error) = self.discover_master_error() {
+                    return Err(master_error);
+                }
+            }
+
+            Err(Error::Ssh(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, err)))
+        }
+    }
+
     async fn close_impl(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let exit = self
             .new_cmd(&["-O", "exit"])
diff --git a/src/session.rs b/src/session.rs
index d1bf891f6..121874c57 100644
--- a/src/session.rs
+++ b/src/session.rs
@@ -471,9 +471,6 @@ impl Session {
     ///
     /// Otherwise, `listen_socket` on the remote machine will be forwarded to `connect_socket`
     /// on the local machine.
-    ///
-    /// Currently, there is no way of stopping a port forwarding due to the fact that
-    /// openssh multiplex server/master does not support this.
     pub async fn request_port_forward(
         &self,
         forward_type: impl Into<ForwardType>,
@@ -490,6 +487,25 @@ impl Session {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Close a previously established local/remote port forwarding.
+    ///
+    /// The same set of arguments should be passed as when the port forwarding was requested.
+    pub async fn close_port_forward(
+        &self,
+        forward_type: impl Into<ForwardType>,
+        listen_socket: impl Into<Socket<'_>>,
+        connect_socket: impl Into<Socket<'_>>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        delegate!(&self.0, imp, {
+            imp.close_port_forward(
+                forward_type.into(),
+                listen_socket.into(),
+                connect_socket.into(),
+            )
+            .await
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Terminate the remote connection.
     ///
     /// This destructor terminates the ssh multiplex server
diff --git a/tests/openssh.rs b/tests/openssh.rs
index 47638ebad..501832447 100644
--- a/tests/openssh.rs
+++ b/tests/openssh.rs
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ async fn remote_socket_forward() {
 
         eprintln!("Creating remote process");
         let cmd = format!(
-            "echo -e '0\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n' | nc localhost {} >/dev/stderr",
+            "echo -e '0\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10' | nc localhost {} >/dev/stderr",
             port
         );
         let child = session
@@ -851,6 +851,16 @@ async fn remote_socket_forward() {
 
         assert_eq!(DATA, &buffer);
 
+        eprintln!("Canceling port forward");
+        session
+            .close_port_forward(ForwardType::Remote, (loopback(), *port), &*unix_socket)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        eprintln!("Trying to connect again");
+        let e = output.try_read(&mut buffer).unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(e.kind(), io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock);
+
         drop(output);
         drop(output_listener);
 
@@ -902,6 +912,16 @@ async fn local_socket_forward() {
 
         drop(output);
 
+        eprintln!("Closing port forward");
+        session
+            .close_port_forward(ForwardType::Local, &*unix_socket, (loopback(), port))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        eprintln!("Trying to connect again");
+        let e = UnixStream::connect(&unix_socket).await.unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(e.kind(), io::ErrorKind::ConnectionRefused);
+
         eprintln!("Waiting for session to end");
         let output = child.wait_with_output().await.unwrap();
         eprintln!("local_socket_forward: {:#?}", output);