diff --git a/docs/rxjs-next/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/rxjs-next/ARCHITECTURE.md
index e39bcf6dbb..1a87aed436 100644
--- a/docs/rxjs-next/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/rxjs-next/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ JavaScript does not expose the required DOM abort-algorithm hook; controllers
 without registered Observable algorithms delegate directly to the captured
 platform method.
 
+If the realm's `AbortController` inherits its `abort` method, initialization
+captures that callable and installs a configurable, writable, non-enumerable
+bridge on the selected constructor's prototype, leaving the ancestor prototype
+unchanged. Existing own method descriptors retain their attributes.
+
 ### Shared native/fallback lifecycle contract
 
 P0.4 adds one self-contained contract under
diff --git a/packages/observable-polyfill/src/index.ts b/packages/observable-polyfill/src/index.ts
index 44da7e6618..991f2796a0 100644
--- a/packages/observable-polyfill/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/observable-polyfill/src/index.ts
@@ -1380,7 +1380,14 @@ function initializeObservablePolyfill(): void {
 
   if (activeObservable === undefined) {
     const AbortControllerCtor = globalThis.AbortController;
-    const abortDescriptor = AbortControllerCtor && Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(AbortControllerCtor.prototype, 'abort');
+    const abortDescriptor =
+      AbortControllerCtor &&
+      (Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(AbortControllerCtor.prototype, 'abort') ?? {
+        configurable: true,
+        enumerable: false,
+        value: AbortControllerCtor.prototype.abort,
+        writable: true,
+      });
     if (!AbortControllerCtor || !abortDescriptor || typeof abortDescriptor.value !== 'function') {
       throw new TypeError('Cannot initialize @rxjs/observable-polyfill: AbortController.prototype.abort is unavailable');
     }
diff --git a/packages/rxjs/test/import/fixture-scenario.mjs b/packages/rxjs/test/import/fixture-scenario.mjs
index ea694eaf69..86c6b9ab46 100644
--- a/packages/rxjs/test/import/fixture-scenario.mjs
+++ b/packages/rxjs/test/import/fixture-scenario.mjs
@@ -49,6 +49,37 @@ if (scenario === 'missing-global-subpath') {
   assert.equal('filter' in root, false);
   assert.deepEqual(constructorDescriptions, ['rxjs.observable.polyfill.info.v1', 'rxjs.kernel.create.v1']);
   assert.deepEqual(prototypeDescriptions, ['Symbol.toStringTag', 'rxjs.kernel.create.v1']);
+} else if (scenario === 'inherited-abort') {
+  Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, 'Observable');
+  const NativeAbortController = globalThis.AbortController;
+  const nativeAbort = NativeAbortController.prototype.abort;
+  class WindowAbortController extends NativeAbortController {}
+  globalThis.AbortController = WindowAbortController;
+  assert.equal(Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(WindowAbortController.prototype, 'abort'), undefined);
+
+  await import('rxjs');
+
+  assert.equal(typeof globalThis.Observable, 'function');
+  assert.equal(NativeAbortController.prototype.abort, nativeAbort);
+
+  const reason = new Error('cancelled');
+  const events = [];
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  controller.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => events.push('abort'));
+  new Observable((subscriber) => {
+    subscriber.addTeardown(() => events.push(subscriber.signal.reason));
+  }).subscribe(undefined, { signal: controller.signal });
+
+  controller.abort(reason);
+
+  assert.equal(controller.signal.aborted, true);
+  assert.equal(controller.signal.reason, reason);
+  assert.deepEqual(events, [reason, 'abort']);
+
+  const plainController = new AbortController();
+  plainController.abort(reason);
+  assert.equal(plainController.signal.aborted, true);
+  assert.equal(plainController.signal.reason, reason);
 } else if (scenario === 'foreign-constructor') {
   class ForeignObservable {}
   class ForeignSubscriber {}
diff --git a/packages/rxjs/test/import/fixtures.mjs b/packages/rxjs/test/import/fixtures.mjs
index 8c7b799f9c..5bc1524c34 100644
--- a/packages/rxjs/test/import/fixtures.mjs
+++ b/packages/rxjs/test/import/fixtures.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 const scenarios = [
   'missing-global-subpath',
   'root-core-only',
+  'inherited-abort',
   'foreign-constructor',
   'earlier-version',
   'event-target-when',