diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/playbooks/post.yaml b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/playbooks/post.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40b3ca7325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/playbooks/post.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+- hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - debug: var=waitpath
+    - file:
+        path: "{{zuul._test.test_root}}/{{zuul.build}}.post_start.flag"
+        state: touch
+    # Do not finish until test creates the flag file
+    - wait_for:
+        state: present
+        path: "{{waitpath}}"
+    - file:
+        path: "{{zuul._test.test_root}}/{{zuul.build}}.post_end.flag"
+        state: touch
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/playbooks/pre.yaml b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/playbooks/pre.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f679dceaef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/playbooks/pre.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- hosts: all
+  tasks: []
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/playbooks/python27.yaml b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/playbooks/python27.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f679dceaef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/playbooks/python27.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- hosts: all
+  tasks: []
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/zuul.yaml b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/zuul.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92a551557f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/common-config/zuul.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+- pipeline:
+    name: check
+    manager: independent
+    post-review: true
+    trigger:
+      gerrit:
+        - event: patchset-created
+    success:
+      gerrit:
+        Verified: 1
+    failure:
+      gerrit:
+        Verified: -1
+
+- job:
+    name: base
+    parent: null
+
+- job:
+    name: python27
+    pre-run: playbooks/pre
+    post-run: playbooks/post
+    vars:
+      waitpath: '{{zuul._test.test_root}}/{{zuul.build}}/test_wait'
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/org_project/.zuul.yaml b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/org_project/.zuul.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89a567472e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/org_project/.zuul.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- project:
+    name: org/project
+    check:
+      jobs:
+        - python27
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/org_project/README b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/org_project/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9daeafb986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/git/org_project/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/main.yaml b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60338795d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/post-playbook/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+- tenant:
+    name: tenant-one
+    source:
+      gerrit:
+        config-projects:
+          - common-config
+        untrusted-projects:
+          - org/project
+
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_v3.py b/tests/unit/test_v3.py
index bfb908873c..b30d710651 100755
--- a/tests/unit/test_v3.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_v3.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import textwrap
 import gc
+import time
 from unittest import skip
 
 import testtools
@@ -1460,6 +1461,40 @@ class TestPrePlaybooks(AnsibleZuulTestCase):
                         "The file %s should exist" % post_flag_path)
 
 
+class TestPostPlaybooks(AnsibleZuulTestCase):
+    tenant_config_file = 'config/post-playbook/main.yaml'
+
+    def test_post_playbook_abort(self):
+        # Test that when we abort a job in the post playbook, that we
+        # don't send back POST_FAILURE.
+        self.executor_server.verbose = True
+        A = self.fake_gerrit.addFakeChange('org/project', 'master', 'A')
+        self.fake_gerrit.addEvent(A.getPatchsetCreatedEvent(1))
+
+        while not len(self.builds):
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+        build = self.builds[0]
+
+        post_start = os.path.join(self.test_root, build.uuid +
+                                  '.post_start.flag')
+        start = time.time()
+        while time.time() < start + 90:
+            if os.path.exists(post_start):
+                break
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+        # The post playbook has started, abort the job
+        self.fake_gerrit.addEvent(A.getChangeAbandonedEvent())
+        self.waitUntilSettled()
+
+        build = self.getJobFromHistory('python27')
+        self.assertEqual('ABORTED', build.result)
+
+        post_end = os.path.join(self.test_root, build.uuid +
+                                '.post_end.flag')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(post_start))
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(post_end))
+
+
 class TestBrokenConfig(ZuulTestCase):
     # Test that we get an appropriate syntax error if we start with a
     # broken config.
diff --git a/zuul/executor/server.py b/zuul/executor/server.py
index 6af538c4d9..e3f8a24e68 100644
--- a/zuul/executor/server.py
+++ b/zuul/executor/server.py
@@ -835,6 +835,8 @@ class AnsibleJob(object):
             # TODOv3(pabelanger): Implement post-run timeout setting.
             post_status, post_code = self.runAnsiblePlaybook(
                 playbook, args['timeout'], success, phase='post', index=index)
+            if post_status == self.RESULT_ABORTED:
+                return 'ABORTED'
             if post_status != self.RESULT_NORMAL or post_code != 0:
                 success = False
                 # If we encountered a pre-failure, that takes