diff --git a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
index b387e5f4e2cea0..37001dc733982b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
+++ b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 const {
   ObjectAssign,
   ObjectDefineProperties,
+  ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
   Symbol,
+  TypeError,
 } = primordials;
 
 const {
@@ -35,6 +37,11 @@ function customInspect(self, obj, depth, options) {
 }
 
 class AbortSignal extends EventTarget {
+  constructor() {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
+    throw new TypeError('Illegal constructor');
+  }
+
   get aborted() { return !!this[kAborted]; }
 
   [customInspectSymbol](depth, options) {
@@ -50,6 +57,13 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(AbortSignal.prototype, {
 
 defineEventHandler(AbortSignal.prototype, 'abort');
 
+function createAbortSignal() {
+  const signal = new EventTarget();
+  ObjectSetPrototypeOf(signal, AbortSignal.prototype);
+  signal[kAborted] = false;
+  return signal;
+}
+
 function abortSignal(signal) {
   if (signal[kAborted]) return;
   signal[kAborted] = true;
@@ -65,7 +79,7 @@ function abortSignal(signal) {
 const kSignal = Symbol('signal');
 class AbortController {
   constructor() {
-    this[kSignal] = new AbortSignal();
+    this[kSignal] = createAbortSignal();
     emitExperimentalWarning('AbortController');
   }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js b/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
index 8910ac7155762b..673a774ef148c3 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 
-const { ok, strictEqual } = require('assert');
+const { ok, strictEqual, throws } = require('assert');
 
 {
   // Tests that abort is fired with the correct event type on AbortControllers
@@ -51,3 +51,12 @@ const { ok, strictEqual } = require('assert');
   strictEqual(firstTrusted, secondTrusted);
   strictEqual(untrusted, firstTrusted);
 }
+
+{
+  // Tests that AbortSignal is impossible to construct manually
+  const ac = new AbortController();
+  throws(
+    () => new ac.signal.constructor(),
+    /^TypeError: Illegal constructor$/
+  );
+}