diff --git a/httpasyncclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/DefaultAsyncRequestDirector.java b/httpasyncclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/DefaultAsyncRequestDirector.java
index 605023a..66f7a83 100644
--- a/httpasyncclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/DefaultAsyncRequestDirector.java
+++ b/httpasyncclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/DefaultAsyncRequestDirector.java
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public synchronized void cancel() {
+    public synchronized boolean cancel() {
         this.log.debug("HTTP exchange cancelled");
         try {
-            this.responseConsumer.cancel();
+            boolean cancelled = this.responseConsumer.cancel();
 
             T result = this.responseConsumer.getResult();
             Exception ex = this.responseConsumer.getException();
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@
             } else {
                 this.resultCallback.cancelled(this);
             }
+            return cancelled;
         } catch (RuntimeException runex) {
             this.resultCallback.failed(runex, this);
             throw runex;
diff --git a/httpasyncclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/TestClientAuthentication.java b/httpasyncclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/TestClientAuthentication.java
index 3914562..9d20009 100644
--- a/httpasyncclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/TestClientAuthentication.java
+++ b/httpasyncclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/impl/nio/client/TestClientAuthentication.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
+import org.apache.http.concurrent.Cancellable;
 import org.apache.http.impl.DefaultConnectionReuseStrategy;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicCredentialsProvider;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultTargetAuthenticationHandler;
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@
             this.authTokenExtractor = new BasicAuthTokenExtractor();
         }
 
-        public void verify(
+        public Cancellable verify(
                 final HttpRequest request,
                 final HttpAsyncContinueTrigger trigger,
                 final HttpContext context) throws HttpException, IOException {
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@
             } else {
                 trigger.continueRequest();
             }
+            return null;
         }
 
     }