diff --git a/contrib/dataimporthandler/CHANGES.txt b/contrib/dataimporthandler/CHANGES.txt
index 709dba9392b..c2a40d31931 100644
--- a/contrib/dataimporthandler/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/contrib/dataimporthandler/CHANGES.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 * SOLR-1757: DIH multithreading sometimes throws NPE (noble)
 
+* SOLR-1766: DIH with threads enabled doesn't respond to the abort command (Michael Henson via noble)
+
 Other Changes
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/DocBuilder.java b/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/DocBuilder.java
index 42423a21e78..ab49f6b7ad1 100644
--- a/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/DocBuilder.java
+++ b/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/DocBuilder.java
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ public class DocBuilder {
         DocWrapper docWrapper = this.docWrapper;
         Context.CURRENT_CONTEXT.set(context);
         for (; ;) {
+          if(DocBuilder.this.stop.get()) break;
           try {
             Map<String, Object> arow = epw.nextRow();
             if (arow == null) {