diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
index 24d0b037567e14..9f88e25e153a63 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ function pipelineImpl(streams, callback, opts) {
   validateAbortSignal(outerSignal, 'options.signal');
 
   function abort() {
-    finishImpl(new AbortError());
+    finishImpl(new AbortError(undefined, { cause: outerSignal?.reason }));
   }
 
   addAbortListener ??= require('internal/events/abort_listener').addAbortListener;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
index 5525fffa46d6d0..339c4c2290b84a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
@@ -1331,12 +1331,13 @@ const tsp = require('timers/promises');
 
 {
   const ac = new AbortController();
+  const reason = new Error('Reason');
   const r = Readable.from(async function* () {
     for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
       await Promise.resolve();
       yield String(i);
       if (i === 5) {
-        ac.abort();
+        ac.abort(reason);
       }
     }
   }());
@@ -1349,6 +1350,7 @@ const tsp = require('timers/promises');
   });
   const cb = common.mustCall((err) => {
     assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'AbortError');
+    assert.strictEqual(err.cause, reason);
     assert.strictEqual(res, '012345');
     assert.strictEqual(w.destroyed, true);
     assert.strictEqual(r.destroyed, true);