diff --git a/src/main/resources/cflint.definition.xml b/src/main/resources/cflint.definition.xml
index cf8bc961b..c02aa57e2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/cflint.definition.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/cflint.definition.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@
 		</message>
 		<parameter name="tagName" value="cfdump"/>
 	</ruleImpl>
+	<ruleImpl name="CFAbortChecker" className="CFXTagChecker">
+		<message code="AVOID_USING_CFABORT_TAG">
+			<messageText>Avoid Leaving &lt;${tagName}&gt; tags in committed code. Did you accidently leave a cfabort in the code?</messageText>
+			<severity>INFO</severity>
+		</message>
+		<parameter name="tagName" value="cfabort"/>
+	</ruleImpl>
 	<ruleImpl name="CFInsertChecker" className="CFXTagChecker">
 		<message code="AVOID_USING_CFINSERT_TAG">
 			<messageText>Avoid using &lt;${tagName}&gt; tags. Use cfquery and cfstoredproc instead.</messageText>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/cflint/TestCFAbortChecker.java b/src/test/java/com/cflint/TestCFAbortChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0045ce4fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/cflint/TestCFAbortChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.cflint;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import cfml.parsing.reporting.ParseException;
+
+import com.cflint.config.CFLintPluginInfo.PluginInfoRule;
+import com.cflint.config.CFLintPluginInfo.PluginInfoRule.PluginMessage;
+import com.cflint.config.ConfigRuntime;
+import com.cflint.plugins.core.CFXTagChecker;
+
+public class TestCFAbortChecker {
+
+	private CFLint cfBugs;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() {
+		final ConfigRuntime conf = new ConfigRuntime();
+		final PluginInfoRule pluginRule = new PluginInfoRule();
+		pluginRule.setName("CFXTagChecker");
+		pluginRule.addParameter("tagName", "cfabort");
+		conf.getRules().add(pluginRule);
+		final PluginMessage pluginMessage = new PluginMessage("AVOID_USING_CFABORT_TAG");
+		pluginMessage.setSeverity("INFO");
+		pluginMessage.setMessageText("Avoid Leaving <${tagName}> tags in committed code.");
+		pluginRule.getMessages().add(pluginMessage);
+		final CFXTagChecker checker = new CFXTagChecker();
+		checker.setParameter("tagName", "cfabort");
+		cfBugs = new CFLint(conf, checker);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void test_BAD() throws ParseException, IOException {
+
+		final String cfcSrc = "<cfabort>";
+		cfBugs.process(cfcSrc, "test");
+		assertEquals(1, cfBugs.getBugs().getBugList().size());
+		assertEquals("Avoid Leaving <cfabort> tags in committed code.",
+				cfBugs.getBugs().getFlatBugList().get(0).getMessage());
+	}
+
+}