diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Binders/CancellationTokenModelBinder.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Binders/CancellationTokenModelBinder.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9671a9e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Binders/CancellationTokenModelBinder.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a model binder which can bind models of type <see cref="CancellationToken"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class CancellationTokenModelBinder : IModelBinder
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public Task<bool> BindModelAsync(ModelBindingContext bindingContext)
+        {
+            if (bindingContext.ModelType == typeof(CancellationToken))
+            {
+                bindingContext.Model = bindingContext.HttpContext.RequestAborted;
+                return Task.FromResult(true);
+            }
+
+            return Task.FromResult(false);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/MvcOptionsSetup.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/MvcOptionsSetup.cs
index 3959a57f92..9c449a294b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/MvcOptionsSetup.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/MvcOptionsSetup.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             // Set up ModelBinding
             options.ModelBinders.Add(new TypeConverterModelBinder());
             options.ModelBinders.Add(new TypeMatchModelBinder());
+            options.ModelBinders.Add(new CancellationTokenModelBinder());
             options.ModelBinders.Add(new ByteArrayModelBinder());
             options.ModelBinders.Add(typeof(GenericModelBinder));
             options.ModelBinders.Add(new MutableObjectModelBinder());
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ModelBindingTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ModelBindingTests.cs
index 6e8d99f9c5..f120d7e3d5 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ModelBindingTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ModelBindingTests.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,37 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FunctionalTests
         private readonly IServiceProvider _services = TestHelper.CreateServices("ModelBindingWebSite");
         private readonly Action<IApplicationBuilder> _app = new ModelBindingWebSite.Startup().Configure;
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ModelBindCancellationTokenParameteres()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var server = TestServer.Create(_services, _app);
+            var client = server.CreateClient();
+
+            // Act
+            var response = await client.GetAsync("http://localhost/Home/ActionWithCancellationToken");
+
+            //Assert
+            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
+            Assert.Equal("true", await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ModelBindCancellationToken_ForProperties()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var server = TestServer.Create(_services, _app);
+            var client = server.CreateClient();
+
+            // Act
+            var response = await client.GetAsync(
+                "http://localhost/Home/ActionWithCancellationTokenModel?wrapper=bogusValue");
+
+            //Assert
+            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
+            Assert.Equal("true", await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task ModelBindingBindsBase64StringsToByteArrays()
         {
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test/Binders/CancellationTokenModelBinderTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test/Binders/CancellationTokenModelBinderTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2322de320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test/Binders/CancellationTokenModelBinderTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.PipelineCore;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding.Test
+{
+    public class CancellationTokenModelBinderTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CancellationTokenModelBinder_ReturnsTrue_ForCancellationTokenType()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var bindingContext = GetBindingContext(typeof(CancellationToken));
+            var binder = new CancellationTokenModelBinder();
+
+            // Act
+            var bound = await binder.BindModelAsync(bindingContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.True(bound);
+            Assert.Equal(bindingContext.HttpContext.RequestAborted, bindingContext.Model);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(typeof(int))]
+        [InlineData(typeof(object))]
+        [InlineData(typeof(CancellationTokenModelBinderTests))]
+        public async Task CancellationTokenModelBinder_ReturnsFalse_ForNonCancellationTokenType(Type t)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var bindingContext = GetBindingContext(t);
+            var binder = new CancellationTokenModelBinder();
+
+            // Act
+            var bound = await binder.BindModelAsync(bindingContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.False(bound);
+            Assert.Null(bindingContext.Model);
+        }
+
+        private static ModelBindingContext GetBindingContext(Type modelType)
+        {
+            var metadataProvider = new EmptyModelMetadataProvider();
+            ModelBindingContext bindingContext = new ModelBindingContext
+            {
+                ModelMetadata = metadataProvider.GetMetadataForType(null, modelType),
+                ModelName = "someName",
+                ValueProvider = new SimpleHttpValueProvider(),
+                ModelBinder = new CancellationTokenModelBinder(),
+                MetadataProvider = metadataProvider,
+                HttpContext = new DefaultHttpContext(),
+            };
+
+            return bindingContext;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Test/MvcOptionSetupTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Test/MvcOptionSetupTest.cs
index c95f0a8244..5ce47d0865 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Test/MvcOptionSetupTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Test/MvcOptionSetupTest.cs
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             setup.Invoke(mvcOptions);
 
             // Assert
-            Assert.Equal(6, mvcOptions.ModelBinders.Count);
+            Assert.Equal(7, mvcOptions.ModelBinders.Count);
             Assert.Equal(typeof(TypeConverterModelBinder), mvcOptions.ModelBinders[0].OptionType);
             Assert.Equal(typeof(TypeMatchModelBinder), mvcOptions.ModelBinders[1].OptionType);
-            Assert.Equal(typeof(ByteArrayModelBinder), mvcOptions.ModelBinders[2].OptionType);
-            Assert.Equal(typeof(GenericModelBinder), mvcOptions.ModelBinders[3].OptionType);
-            Assert.Equal(typeof(MutableObjectModelBinder), mvcOptions.ModelBinders[4].OptionType);
-            Assert.Equal(typeof(ComplexModelDtoModelBinder), mvcOptions.ModelBinders[5].OptionType);
+            Assert.Equal(typeof(CancellationTokenModelBinder), mvcOptions.ModelBinders[2].OptionType);
+            Assert.Equal(typeof(ByteArrayModelBinder), mvcOptions.ModelBinders[3].OptionType);
+            Assert.Equal(typeof(GenericModelBinder), mvcOptions.ModelBinders[4].OptionType);
+            Assert.Equal(typeof(MutableObjectModelBinder), mvcOptions.ModelBinders[5].OptionType);
+            Assert.Equal(typeof(ComplexModelDtoModelBinder), mvcOptions.ModelBinders[6].OptionType);
         }
 
         [Fact]
diff --git a/test/WebSites/ModelBindingWebSite/Controllers/HomeController.cs b/test/WebSites/ModelBindingWebSite/Controllers/HomeController.cs
index 5284020409..a6ff4da7f7 100644
--- a/test/WebSites/ModelBindingWebSite/Controllers/HomeController.cs
+++ b/test/WebSites/ModelBindingWebSite/Controllers/HomeController.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc;
 using ModelBindingWebSite.Models;
 
 namespace ModelBindingWebSite.Controllers
@@ -26,6 +27,16 @@ namespace ModelBindingWebSite.Controllers
             return CreateValidationDictionary();
         }
 
+        public bool ActionWithCancellationToken(CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            return token == ActionContext.HttpContext.RequestAborted;
+        }
+
+        public bool ActionWithCancellationTokenModel(CancellationTokenModel wrapper)
+        {
+            return wrapper.CancellationToken == ActionContext.HttpContext.RequestAborted;
+        }
+
         private Dictionary<string, string> CreateValidationDictionary()
         {
             var result = new Dictionary<string, string>();
@@ -42,5 +53,10 @@ namespace ModelBindingWebSite.Controllers
 
             return result;
         }
+
+        public class CancellationTokenModel
+        {
+            public CancellationToken CancellationToken { get; set; }
+        }
     }
 }
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