diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
index 22982a984f..4d07272f0f 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { getCurrentInstance, inject } from 'vue'
 import type { Router, RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded, NavigationGuard, RouteLocationNormalized, RouteLocationRaw, NavigationFailure, RouteLocationPathRaw } from 'vue-router'
 import { sendRedirect } from 'h3'
 import { hasProtocol, joinURL, parseURL } from 'ufo'
-import { useNuxtApp, useRuntimeConfig, useState } from '#app'
+import { useNuxtApp, useRuntimeConfig, useState, createError, NuxtError } from '#app'
 
 export const useRouter = () => {
   return useNuxtApp()?.$router as Router
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ export const navigateTo = (to: RouteLocationRaw | undefined | null, options?: Na
 }
 
 /** This will abort navigation within a Nuxt route middleware handler. */
-export const abortNavigation = (err?: Error | string) => {
+export const abortNavigation = (err?: string | Partial<NuxtError>) => {
   if (process.dev && !isProcessingMiddleware()) {
     throw new Error('abortNavigation() is only usable inside a route middleware handler.')
   }
   if (err) {
-    throw err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(err)
+    throw createError(err)
   }
   return false
 }
diff --git a/test/basic.test.ts b/test/basic.test.ts
index 8f2d9ed904..9cade4e2e3 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.ts
+++ b/test/basic.test.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,15 @@ describe('middlewares', () => {
     expect(html).toContain('Hello Nuxt 3!')
   })
 
+  it('should allow aborting navigation on server-side', async () => {
+    const res = await fetch('/?abort', {
+      headers: {
+        accept: 'application/json'
+      }
+    })
+    expect(res.status).toEqual(401)
+  })
+
   it('should inject auth', async () => {
     const html = await $fetch('/auth')
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/middleware/abort.global.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/middleware/abort.global.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efc4f51753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/middleware/abort.global.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware((to) => {
+  if ('abort' in to.query) {
+    return abortNavigation({
+      statusCode: 401
+    })
+  }
+})