diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index ac0d49136d..f1047b6bfd 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -2869,6 +2869,14 @@ class WorkflowJobCancel(RetrieveAPIView):
     is_job_cancel = True
     new_in_310 = True
 
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        obj = self.get_object()
+        if obj.can_cancel:
+            obj.cancel()
+            return Response(status=status.HTTP_202_ACCEPTED)
+        else:
+            return self.http_method_not_allowed(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
 class SystemJobTemplateList(ListAPIView):
 
     model = SystemJobTemplate
diff --git a/awx/main/models/workflow.py b/awx/main/models/workflow.py
index 158efabeb4..892209ea50 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/workflow.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/workflow.py
@@ -424,3 +424,7 @@ class WorkflowJob(UnifiedJob, WorkflowJobOptions, JobNotificationMixin, Workflow
     def start_celery_task(self, opts, error_callback, success_callback):
         return None
 
+    def cancel(self):
+        if self.can_cancel:
+            self.status = 'canceled'
+            self.save(update_fields=['status'])
diff --git a/awx/main/scheduler/__init__.py b/awx/main/scheduler/__init__.py
index 7c7e9e5ab3..aa0e223420 100644
--- a/awx/main/scheduler/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/main/scheduler/__init__.py
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ class TaskManager():
     def process_finished_workflow_jobs(self, workflow_jobs):
         for workflow_job in workflow_jobs:
             dag = WorkflowDAG(workflow_job)
-            if dag.is_workflow_done():
+            if workflow_job.status == 'canceled':
+                dag.bfs_nodes_to_cancel()
+            elif dag.is_workflow_done():
                 if workflow_job._has_failed():
                     workflow_job.status = 'failed'
                 else:
diff --git a/awx/main/scheduler/dag_workflow.py b/awx/main/scheduler/dag_workflow.py
index 7be2c70489..742c337dc0 100644
--- a/awx/main/scheduler/dag_workflow.py
+++ b/awx/main/scheduler/dag_workflow.py
@@ -48,6 +48,29 @@ class WorkflowDAG(SimpleDAG):
                 nodes.extend(children_all)
         return [n['node_object'] for n in nodes_found]
 
+    def bfs_nodes_to_cancel(self):
+        root_nodes = self.get_root_nodes()
+        nodes = root_nodes
+
+        for index, n in enumerate(nodes):
+            obj = n['node_object']
+            job = obj.job
+
+            if not job:
+                continue
+            elif job.can_cancel:
+                job.cancel()
+            elif job.status == 'failed':
+                children_failed = self.get_dependencies(obj, 'failure_nodes')
+                children_always = self.get_dependencies(obj, 'always_nodes')
+                children_all = children_failed + children_always
+                nodes.extend(children_all)
+            elif job.status == 'successful':
+                children_success = self.get_dependencies(obj, 'success_nodes')
+                children_always = self.get_dependencies(obj, 'always_nodes')
+                children_all = children_success + children_always
+                nodes.extend(children_all)
+
     def is_workflow_done(self):
         root_nodes = self.get_root_nodes()
         nodes = root_nodes