diff --git a/include/iri_action_server/iri_action_server.h b/include/iri_action_server/iri_action_server.h
index d70ba47113ba42c00af296218c6d9a2a62038801..ed1c0b951c7cb60a073cc16de7d9a873d5023e46 100755
--- a/include/iri_action_server/iri_action_server.h
+++ b/include/iri_action_server/iri_action_server.h
@@ -212,7 +212,25 @@ class IriActionServer
     * then starts the simple action server.
     */
     void start(void);
-    
+
+   /**
+    * \brief Abort Action
+    *
+    * Calls the ROS simple action server to abort current action
+    *
+    * \param  result An optional result to send back to any clients of the goal
+    * \param  text An optional text message to send back to any clients of the goal
+    */
+    void setAborted(const Result& result = Result(), const std::string& text = std::string(""));
+
+   /**
+    * \brief Action is Active
+    *
+    * Allows polling implementations to query about the status of the current goal
+    * @return True if a goal is active, false otherwise
+    */
+    bool isActive(void);
+
    /**
     * \brief Set Loop Rate
     *
@@ -318,6 +336,18 @@ void IriActionServer<ActionSpec>::start(void)
     ROS_FATAL("Some Callbacks have not been registered yet!");
 }
 
+template <class ActionSpec>
+void IriActionServer<ActionSpec>::setAborted(const Result& result, const std::string& text)
+{
+  as_.setAborted(result, text);
+}
+
+template <class ActionSpec>
+bool IriActionServer<ActionSpec>::isActive(void)
+{
+  return as_.isActive();
+}
+
 template <class ActionSpec>
 void IriActionServer<ActionSpec>::executeCallback(const GoalConstPtr& goal)
 {