diff --git a/katka/constants.py b/katka/constants.py
index d10eb88..a74ca32 100644
--- a/katka/constants.py
+++ b/katka/constants.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 STEP_STATUS_IN_PROGRESS = "in progress"
 STEP_STATUS_WAITING = "waiting"  # A step cannot proceed until some action is completed
 STEP_STATUS_SKIPPED = "skipped"  # A step is skipped due to some conditional
+STEP_STATUS_ABORTED = "aborted"  # A step was manually aborted
 STEP_STATUS_FAILED = "failed"
 STEP_STATUS_SUCCESS = "success"
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
     (STEP_STATUS_IN_PROGRESS, STEP_STATUS_IN_PROGRESS),
     (STEP_STATUS_WAITING, STEP_STATUS_WAITING),
     (STEP_STATUS_SKIPPED, STEP_STATUS_SKIPPED),
+    (STEP_STATUS_ABORTED, STEP_STATUS_ABORTED),
     (STEP_STATUS_FAILED, STEP_STATUS_FAILED),
     (STEP_STATUS_SUCCESS, STEP_STATUS_SUCCESS),
 )
diff --git a/katka/migrations/0032_added_step_aborted.py b/katka/migrations/0032_added_step_aborted.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f120d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/katka/migrations/0032_added_step_aborted.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.7 on 2020-02-03 15:07
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("katka", "0031_application_active"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="scmsteprun",
+            name="status",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                choices=[
+                    ("not started", "not started"),
+                    ("in progress", "in progress"),
+                    ("waiting", "waiting"),
+                    ("skipped", "skipped"),
+                    ("aborted", "aborted"),
+                    ("failed", "failed"),
+                    ("success", "success"),
+                ],
+                default="not started",
+                max_length=30,
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]