diff --git a/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt b/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt
index ca287b3..88d108c 100644
--- a/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/boost_boilerplate/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,3 +93,8 @@ add_executable(reading_tcp_async
   src/chapter02_io/reading_tcp_async.cpp
   src/sdk.h)
 target_link_libraries(reading_tcp_async PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
+
+add_executable(cancel_async_operations
+  src/chapter02_io/cancel_async_operations.cpp
+  src/sdk.h)
+target_link_libraries(cancel_async_operations PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
diff --git a/boost_boilerplate/src/chapter02_io/cancel_async_operations.cpp b/boost_boilerplate/src/chapter02_io/cancel_async_operations.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..831237a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boost_boilerplate/src/chapter02_io/cancel_async_operations.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#include <boost/predef.h>
+
+#ifdef BOOST_OS_WINDOWS
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501
+
+#if _WIN32_WINNT <= 0x0502
+
+#define BOOST_ASIO_DISABLE_IOCF
+#define BOOST_ASIO_ENABLE_CANCELIO
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <thread>
+
+using namespace boost;
+namespace net = boost::asio;
+namespace sys = boost::system;
+using namespace std;
+
+int main()
+{
+  string raw_ip_address = "127.0.0.1";
+  const uint16_t port_num = 3333;
+
+  try
+  {
+    net::ip::tcp::endpoint ep(net::ip::address::from_string(raw_ip_address), port_num);
+    net::io_context ios;
+
+    auto sock = make_shared<net::ip::tcp::socket>(ios, ep.protocol());
+
+    sock->async_connect(ep, [sock](const sys::error_code& ec)
+    {
+      if (ec)
+      {
+        if (ec == net::error::operation_aborted)
+        {
+          cout << "Operation cancelled";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          cout << "Error occured"
+               << "\nError code = " << ec.value()
+               << "\nMessage: " << ec.what();
+        }
+
+        return;
+      }
+    });
+
+    thread worker_thread([&ios]()
+                         {
+                            try
+                            {
+                              ios.run();
+                            }
+                            catch (const sys::system_error& err)
+                            {
+                              cout << "Error occured"
+                                   << "\nError code = " << err.code()
+                                   << "\nMessage: " << err.what();
+                            }
+                         });
+
+    this_thread::sleep_for(chrono::seconds(2));
+    sock->cancel();
+    worker_thread.join();
+  }
+  catch (const sys::system_error& err)
+  {
+
+  }
+}