diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/postbuildscript/processor/Processor.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/postbuildscript/processor/Processor.java
index 1754567..97f485b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/postbuildscript/processor/Processor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/postbuildscript/processor/Processor.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.jenkinsci.plugins.postbuildscript.processor;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import hudson.AbortException;
 import hudson.EnvVars;
 import hudson.FilePath;
 import hudson.Launcher;
@@ -172,11 +173,16 @@ private boolean processBuildSteps(boolean endOfMatrixBuild) throws PostBuildScri
                 }
 
                 for (BuildStep buildStep : postBuildStep.getBuildSteps()) {
-                    if (!buildStep.perform(build, launcher, listener)) {
-                        everyStepSuccessful = false;
-                        if (postBuildStep.isStopOnFailure()) {
-                            return false;
-                        }
+                    boolean buildSucceed;
+                    try {
+                        buildSucceed = buildStep.perform(build, launcher, listener);
+                    } catch (AbortException e) {
+                        buildSucceed = false;
+                    }
+                    everyStepSuccessful &= buildSucceed;
+
+                    if (!buildSucceed && postBuildStep.isStopOnFailure()) {
+                        return false;
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/postbuildscript/PostBuildScriptIT.java b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/postbuildscript/PostBuildScriptIT.java
index 334f239..f9b0289 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/postbuildscript/PostBuildScriptIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/postbuildscript/PostBuildScriptIT.java
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package org.jenkinsci.plugins.postbuildscript;
 
+import hudson.AbortException;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.startsWith;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
-
 import hudson.Functions;
 import hudson.Launcher;
 import hudson.model.AbstractBuild;
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class PostBuildScriptIT {
     private final Collection<BuildStep> buildSteps = new ArrayList<>();
     private TestBuildStep firstBuildStep;
     private TestBuildStep secondBuildStep;
+    private TestAbortingBuildStep abortingBuildStep;
 
     @Test
     public void executesShellScriptFile(JenkinsRule jenkinsRule) throws Exception {
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ public void executesPostBuildStep(JenkinsRule jenkinsRule) throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void executesPostBuildStepRegardlessOfFailures(JenkinsRule jenkinsRule) throws Exception {
 
+        givenAbortingBuildStep();
         givenFailingFirstBuildStep();
         givenSecondBuildStep();
         givenPostBuildStep(false);
@@ -136,6 +138,19 @@ public void stopOnBuildStepFailure(JenkinsRule jenkinsRule) throws Exception {
         Assertions.assertEquals(0, secondBuildStep.getInvocations());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void handlesAbortException(JenkinsRule jenkinsRule) throws Exception {
+        givenAbortingBuildStep();
+        givenSecondBuildStep();
+        givenPostBuildStep(true);
+
+        whenBuilt(jenkinsRule);
+
+        thenNoProblemOccured(jenkinsRule);
+        thenFailedBuild();
+        Assertions.assertEquals(0, secondBuildStep.getInvocations());
+    }
+
     private void givenSuccessfulFirstBuildStep() {
         firstBuildStep = new TestBuildStep(true);
         buildSteps.add(firstBuildStep);
@@ -151,6 +166,11 @@ private void givenSecondBuildStep() {
         buildSteps.add(secondBuildStep);
     }
 
+    private void givenAbortingBuildStep() {
+        abortingBuildStep = new TestAbortingBuildStep();
+        buildSteps.add( abortingBuildStep );
+    }
+
     private void givenPostBuildStep(boolean stopOnFailure) {
         PostBuildStep step = new PostBuildStep(SUCCESS_RESULTS, buildSteps, stopOnFailure);
         Collection<PostBuildStep> steps = Collections.singleton(step);
@@ -194,6 +214,10 @@ private void thenFailedBuild() {
         assertThat(build.getResult(), is(Result.FAILURE));
     }
 
+    private void thenNoProblemOccured(JenkinsRule jenkinsRule) throws IOException {
+        jenkinsRule.assertLogNotContains(Messages.PostBuildScript_ProblemOccured(), build);
+    }
+
     private static class TestBuildStep extends TestBuilder {
         private final boolean result;
         private volatile int invocations;
@@ -212,4 +236,13 @@ public boolean perform(AbstractBuild<?, ?> build, Launcher launcher, BuildListen
             return result;
         }
     }
+
+    private static class TestAbortingBuildStep extends TestBuilder {
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean perform(AbstractBuild<?, ?> build, Launcher launcher, BuildListener listener) throws AbortException {
+            throw new AbortException();
+        }
+
+    }
 }