diff --git a/include/wx/webrequest_curl.h b/include/wx/webrequest_curl.h
index 45f34611e2..d2cef8ad54 100644
--- a/include/wx/webrequest_curl.h
+++ b/include/wx/webrequest_curl.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #if wxUSE_WEBREQUEST_CURL
 
 #include "wx/thread.h"
+#include "wx/vector.h"
 
 #include "curl/curl.h"
 
@@ -117,6 +118,8 @@ public:
 
     bool StartRequest(wxWebRequestCURL& request);
 
+    void CancelRequest(wxWebRequestCURL* request);
+
 protected:
     wxThread::ExitCode Entry() wxOVERRIDE;
 
@@ -125,6 +128,8 @@ private:
     wxCondition m_condition;
     wxMutex m_mutex;
     bool m_shuttingDown;
+    wxMutex m_cancelledMutex;
+    wxVector< wxObjectDataPtr<wxWebRequestCURL> > m_cancelledRequests;
 
     void Initialize();
 
diff --git a/src/common/webrequest_curl.cpp b/src/common/webrequest_curl.cpp
index 5c1a295c92..b4dbc00c89 100644
--- a/src/common/webrequest_curl.cpp
+++ b/src/common/webrequest_curl.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ bool wxWebRequestCURL::StartRequest()
 
 void wxWebRequestCURL::Cancel()
 {
-    wxFAIL_MSG("not implemented");
+    static_cast<wxWebSessionCURL&>(GetSession()).CancelRequest(this);
 }
 
 void wxWebRequestCURL::HandleCompletion()
@@ -393,6 +393,18 @@ wxThread::ExitCode wxWebSessionCURL::Entry()
 
     while ( activeRequests )
     {
+        // Handle cancelled requests
+        {
+            wxMutexLocker lock(m_cancelledMutex);
+            while ( !m_cancelledRequests.empty() )
+            {
+                wxObjectDataPtr<wxWebRequestCURL> request(m_cancelledRequests.back());
+                m_cancelledRequests.pop_back();
+                curl_multi_remove_handle(m_handle, request->GetHandle());
+                request->SetState(wxWebRequest::State_Cancelled);
+            }
+        }
+
         // Instruct CURL to work on requests
         curl_multi_perform(m_handle, &activeRequests);
 
@@ -413,7 +425,7 @@ wxThread::ExitCode wxWebSessionCURL::Entry()
         {
             // Wait for CURL work to finish
             int numfds;
-            curl_multi_wait(m_handle, NULL, 0, 1000, &numfds);
+            curl_multi_wait(m_handle, NULL, 0, 500, &numfds);
 
             if ( !numfds )
             {
@@ -458,6 +470,15 @@ bool wxWebSessionCURL::StartRequest(wxWebRequestCURL & request)
     return true;
 }
 
+void wxWebSessionCURL::CancelRequest(wxWebRequestCURL* request)
+{
+    // Add the request to a list of threads that will be removed from the curl
+    // multi handle in the worker thread
+    wxMutexLocker lock(m_cancelledMutex);
+    request->IncRef();
+    m_cancelledRequests.push_back(wxObjectDataPtr<wxWebRequestCURL>(request));
+}
+
 // static
 void wxWebSessionCURL::InitializeCURL()
 {