diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/jsdom.ts b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/jsdom.ts
index c9fd0ceb0d4c..985ac06bd310 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/jsdom.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/env/jsdom.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+import type { DOMWindow } from 'jsdom'
 import type { Environment } from '../../types/environment'
 import type { JSDOMOptions } from '../../types/jsdom-options'
 import { populateGlobal } from './utils'
 
-function catchWindowErrors(window: Window) {
+function catchWindowErrors(window: DOMWindow) {
   let userErrorListenerCount = 0
   function throwUnhandlerError(e: ErrorEvent) {
     if (userErrorListenerCount === 0 && e.error != null) {
@@ -70,7 +71,10 @@ export default <Environment>{
       userAgent,
       ...restOptions,
     })
-    const clearWindowErrors = catchWindowErrors(dom.window as any)
+
+    const clearAddEventListenerPatch = patchAddEventListener(dom.window)
+
+    const clearWindowErrors = catchWindowErrors(dom.window)
 
     // TODO: browser doesn't expose Buffer, but a lot of dependencies use it
     dom.window.Buffer = Buffer
@@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ export default <Environment>{
         return dom.getInternalVMContext()
       },
       teardown() {
+        clearAddEventListenerPatch()
         clearWindowErrors()
         dom.window.close()
         dom = undefined as any
@@ -161,6 +166,8 @@ export default <Environment>{
       ...restOptions,
     })
 
+    const clearAddEventListenerPatch = patchAddEventListener(dom.window)
+
     const { keys, originals } = populateGlobal(global, dom.window, {
       bindFunctions: true,
     })
@@ -171,6 +178,7 @@ export default <Environment>{
 
     return {
       teardown(global) {
+        clearAddEventListenerPatch()
         clearWindowErrors()
         dom.window.close()
         delete global.jsdom
@@ -180,3 +188,43 @@ export default <Environment>{
     }
   },
 }
+
+function patchAddEventListener(window: DOMWindow) {
+  const JSDOMAbortSignal = window.AbortSignal
+  const JSDOMAbortController = window.AbortController
+  const originalAddEventListener = window.EventTarget.prototype.addEventListener
+
+  window.EventTarget.prototype.addEventListener = function addEventListener(
+    type: string,
+    callback: EventListenerOrEventListenerObject | null,
+    options?: AddEventListenerOptions | boolean,
+  ) {
+    if (typeof options === 'object' && options.signal != null) {
+      const { signal, ...otherOptions } = options
+      // - this happens because AbortSignal is provided by Node.js,
+      // but jsdom APIs require jsdom's AbortSignal, while Node APIs
+      // (like fetch and Request) require a Node.js AbortSignal
+      // - disable narrow typing with "as any" because we need it later
+      if (!((signal as any) instanceof JSDOMAbortSignal)) {
+        const jsdomCompatOptions = Object.create(null)
+        Object.assign(jsdomCompatOptions, otherOptions)
+
+        // use jsdom-native abort controller instead and forward the
+        // previous one with `addEventListener`
+        const jsdomAbortController = new JSDOMAbortController()
+        signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+          jsdomAbortController.abort(signal.reason)
+        })
+
+        jsdomCompatOptions.signal = jsdomAbortController.signal
+        return originalAddEventListener.call(this, type, callback, jsdomCompatOptions)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return originalAddEventListener.call(this, type, callback, options)
+  }
+
+  return () => {
+    window.EventTarget.prototype.addEventListener = originalAddEventListener
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/core/test/environments/jsdom.spec.ts b/test/core/test/environments/jsdom.spec.ts
index db3bc83ff19a..3751f520dc26 100644
--- a/test/core/test/environments/jsdom.spec.ts
+++ b/test/core/test/environments/jsdom.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { stripVTControlCharacters } from 'node:util'
 import { processError } from '@vitest/utils/error'
-import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { expect, test, vi } from 'vitest'
 
 test('MessageChannel and MessagePort are available', () => {
   expect(MessageChannel).toBeDefined()
@@ -40,6 +40,26 @@ test('Fetch API accepts other APIs', () => {
   expect.soft(() => new Request('http://localhost', { method: 'POST', body: searchParams })).not.toThrowError()
 })
 
+test('DOM APIs accept AbortController', () => {
+  const element = document.createElement('div')
+  document.body.append(element)
+  const controller = new AbortController()
+  const spy = vi.fn()
+  element.addEventListener('click', spy, {
+    signal: controller.signal,
+  })
+
+  element.click()
+
+  expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+  controller.abort()
+
+  element.click()
+
+  expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+})
+
 test('atob and btoa are available', () => {
   expect(atob('aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=')).toBe('hello world')
   expect(btoa('hello world')).toBe('aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=')