diff --git a/builtin/game/async.lua b/builtin/game/async.lua
index fc286ef25..79d1aea9b 100644
--- a/builtin/game/async.lua
+++ b/builtin/game/async.lua
@@ -8,15 +8,24 @@ function core.async_event_handler(jobid, retval)
 	core.async_jobs[jobid] = nil
 end
 
+local job_metatable = {__index = {}}
+
+function job_metatable.__index:cancel()
+	local cancelled = core.cancel_async_callback(self.id)
+	if cancelled then
+		core.async_jobs[self.id] = nil
+	end
+	return cancelled
+end
+
 function core.handle_async(func, callback, ...)
 	assert(type(func) == "function" and type(callback) == "function",
 		"Invalid core.handle_async invocation")
 	local args = {n = select("#", ...), ...}
 	local mod_origin = core.get_last_run_mod()
 
-	local jobid = core.do_async_callback(func, args, mod_origin)
-	core.async_jobs[jobid] = callback
+	local id = core.do_async_callback(func, args, mod_origin)
+	core.async_jobs[id] = callback
 
-	return true
+	return setmetatable({id = id}, job_metatable)
 end
-
diff --git a/doc/lua_api.md b/doc/lua_api.md
index b34e571c2..a15415a03 100644
--- a/doc/lua_api.md
+++ b/doc/lua_api.md
@@ -7166,12 +7166,12 @@ This allows you easy interoperability for delegating work to jobs.
     * When `func` returns the callback is called (in the normal environment)
       with all of the return values as arguments.
     * Optional: Variable number of arguments that are passed to `func`
+    * Returns an `AsyncJob` async job.
 * `core.register_async_dofile(path)`:
     * Register a path to a Lua file to be imported when an async environment
       is initialized. You can use this to preload code which you can then call
       later using `core.handle_async()`.
 
-
 ### List of APIs available in an async environment
 
 Classes:
@@ -8002,6 +8002,15 @@ use the provided load and write functions for this.
 * `from_file(filename)`: Experimental. Like `from_string()`, but reads the data
   from a file.
 
+`AsyncJob`
+----------
+An `AsyncJob` is a reference to a job to be run in an async environment.
+
+### Methods
+* `cancel()`: try to cancel the job
+    * Returns whether the job was cancelled.
+    * A job can only be cancelled if it has not started.
+
 `InvRef`
 --------
 
diff --git a/games/devtest/mods/unittests/async_env.lua b/games/devtest/mods/unittests/async_env.lua
index b00deb3b6..d17cef1ed 100644
--- a/games/devtest/mods/unittests/async_env.lua
+++ b/games/devtest/mods/unittests/async_env.lua
@@ -207,3 +207,32 @@ local function test_vector_preserve(cb)
 	end, {vec})
 end
 unittests.register("test_async_vector", test_vector_preserve, {async=true})
+
+local function test_async_job_replacement(cb)
+	core.ipc_set("unittests:end_blocking", nil)
+	local capacity = core.get_async_threading_capacity()
+	for _ = 1, capacity do
+		core.handle_async(function()
+			core.ipc_poll("unittests:end_blocking", 1000)
+		end, function() end)
+	end
+	local job = core.handle_async(function()
+	end, function()
+		return cb("Canceled async job ran")
+	end)
+	if not job:cancel() then
+		return cb("AsyncJob:cancel sanity check failed")
+	end
+	core.ipc_set("unittests:end_blocking", true)
+
+	-- Try to cancel a job that is already run.
+	job = core.handle_async(function(x)
+		return x
+	end, function(ret)
+		if job:cancel() then
+			return cb("AsyncJob:cancel canceled a completed job")
+		end
+		cb()
+	end, 1)
+end
+unittests.register("test_async_job_replacement", test_async_job_replacement, {async=true})
diff --git a/src/script/cpp_api/s_async.cpp b/src/script/cpp_api/s_async.cpp
index 982fb825e..0a4d82a60 100644
--- a/src/script/cpp_api/s_async.cpp
+++ b/src/script/cpp_api/s_async.cpp
@@ -96,38 +96,44 @@ void AsyncEngine::addWorkerThread()
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************/
-u32 AsyncEngine::queueAsyncJob(std::string &&func, std::string &&params,
-		const std::string &mod_origin)
+
+u32 AsyncEngine::queueAsyncJob(LuaJobInfo &&job)
 {
 	MutexAutoLock autolock(jobQueueMutex);
 	u32 jobId = jobIdCounter++;
 
-	jobQueue.emplace_back();
-	auto &to_add = jobQueue.back();
-	to_add.id = jobId;
-	to_add.function = std::move(func);
-	to_add.params = std::move(params);
-	to_add.mod_origin = mod_origin;
+	assert(!job.function.empty());
+	job.id = jobId;
+	jobQueue.push_back(std::move(job));
 
 	jobQueueCounter.post();
 	return jobId;
 }
 
+u32 AsyncEngine::queueAsyncJob(std::string &&func, std::string &&params,
+		const std::string &mod_origin)
+{
+	LuaJobInfo to_add(std::move(func), std::move(params), mod_origin);
+	return queueAsyncJob(std::move(to_add));
+}
+
 u32 AsyncEngine::queueAsyncJob(std::string &&func, PackedValue *params,
 		const std::string &mod_origin)
+{
+	LuaJobInfo to_add(std::move(func), params, mod_origin);
+	return queueAsyncJob(std::move(to_add));
+}
+
+bool AsyncEngine::cancelAsyncJob(u32 id)
 {
 	MutexAutoLock autolock(jobQueueMutex);
-	u32 jobId = jobIdCounter++;
-
-	jobQueue.emplace_back();
-	auto &to_add = jobQueue.back();
-	to_add.id = jobId;
-	to_add.function = std::move(func);
-	to_add.params_ext.reset(params);
-	to_add.mod_origin = mod_origin;
-
-	jobQueueCounter.post();
-	return jobId;
+	for (auto job = jobQueue.begin(); job != jobQueue.end(); job++) {
+		if (job->id == id) {
+			jobQueue.erase(job);
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************/
@@ -419,3 +425,19 @@ void* AsyncWorkerThread::run()
 	return 0;
 }
 
+u32 ScriptApiAsync::queueAsync(std::string &&serialized_func,
+		PackedValue *param, const std::string &mod_origin)
+{
+	return asyncEngine.queueAsyncJob(std::move(serialized_func),
+			param, mod_origin);
+}
+
+bool ScriptApiAsync::cancelAsync(u32 id)
+{
+	return asyncEngine.cancelAsyncJob(id);
+}
+
+void ScriptApiAsync::stepAsync()
+{
+	asyncEngine.step(getStack());
+}
diff --git a/src/script/cpp_api/s_async.h b/src/script/cpp_api/s_async.h
index 1b6743dea..fd82f6f36 100644
--- a/src/script/cpp_api/s_async.h
+++ b/src/script/cpp_api/s_async.h
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ class AsyncEngine;
 struct LuaJobInfo
 {
 	LuaJobInfo() = default;
+	LuaJobInfo(std::string &&func, std::string &&params, const std::string &mod_origin = "") :
+		function(func), params(params), mod_origin(mod_origin) {}
+	LuaJobInfo(std::string &&func, PackedValue *params, const std::string &mod_origin = "") :
+		function(func), mod_origin(mod_origin) {
+		params_ext.reset(params);
+	}
 
 	// Function to be called in async environment (from string.dump)
 	std::string function;
@@ -102,12 +108,26 @@ public:
 	u32 queueAsyncJob(std::string &&func, PackedValue *params,
 			const std::string &mod_origin = "");
 
+	/**
+	 * Try to cancel an async job
+	 * @param id The ID of the job
+	 * @return Whether the job was cancelled
+	 */
+	bool cancelAsyncJob(u32 id);
+
 	/**
 	 * Engine step to process finished jobs
 	 * @param L The Lua stack
 	 */
 	void step(lua_State *L);
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the maximum number of threads that can be used by the async environment
+	 */
+	unsigned int getThreadingCapacity() const {
+		return MYMAX(workerThreads.size(), autoscaleMaxWorkers);
+	}
+
 protected:
 	/**
 	 * Get a Job from queue to be processed
@@ -117,6 +137,13 @@ protected:
 	 */
 	bool getJob(LuaJobInfo *job);
 
+	/**
+	 * Queue an async job
+	 * @param job The job to queue (takes ownership!)
+	 * @return Id of the queued job
+	 */
+	u32 queueAsyncJob(LuaJobInfo &&job);
+
 	/**
 	 * Put a Job result back to result queue
 	 * @param result result of completed job
@@ -206,3 +233,23 @@ private:
 	// Counter semaphore for job dispatching
 	Semaphore jobQueueCounter;
 };
+
+class ScriptApiAsync:
+	virtual public ScriptApiBase
+{
+public:
+	ScriptApiAsync(Server *server): asyncEngine(server) {}
+
+	virtual void initAsync() = 0;
+	void stepAsync();
+
+	u32 queueAsync(std::string &&serialized_func,
+			PackedValue *param, const std::string &mod_origin);
+	bool cancelAsync(u32 id);
+	unsigned int getThreadingCapacity() const {
+		return asyncEngine.getThreadingCapacity();
+	}
+
+protected:
+	AsyncEngine asyncEngine;
+};
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/CMakeLists.txt b/src/script/lua_api/CMakeLists.txt
index ef1be9525..c1f71ec68 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 set(common_SCRIPT_LUA_API_SRCS
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/l_areastore.cpp
+	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/l_async.cpp
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/l_auth.cpp
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/l_base.cpp
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/l_craft.cpp
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_async.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_async.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00c5e0eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_async.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Luanti
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+
+#include "lua_api/l_internal.h"
+#include "lua_api/l_async.h"
+#include "cpp_api/s_async.h"
+
+static std::string get_serialized_function(lua_State *L, int index)
+{
+	luaL_checktype(L, index, LUA_TFUNCTION);
+	call_string_dump(L, index);
+	size_t func_length;
+	const char *serialized_func_raw = lua_tolstring(L, -1, &func_length);
+	std::string serialized_func(serialized_func_raw, func_length);
+	lua_pop(L, 1);
+	return serialized_func;
+}
+
+// do_async_callback(func, params, mod_origin)
+int ModApiAsync::l_do_async_callback(lua_State *L)
+{
+	NO_MAP_LOCK_REQUIRED;
+	ScriptApiAsync *script = getScriptApi<ScriptApiAsync>(L);
+
+	luaL_checktype(L, 2, LUA_TTABLE);
+	luaL_checktype(L, 3, LUA_TSTRING);
+
+	auto serialized_func = get_serialized_function(L, 1);
+	PackedValue *param = script_pack(L, 2);
+	std::string mod_origin = readParam<std::string>(L, 3);
+
+	u32 jobId = script->queueAsync(
+		std::move(serialized_func),
+		param, mod_origin);
+
+	lua_pushinteger(L, jobId);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+// cancel_async_callback(id)
+int ModApiAsync::l_cancel_async_callback(lua_State *L)
+{
+	NO_MAP_LOCK_REQUIRED;
+	ScriptApiAsync *script = getScriptApi<ScriptApiAsync>(L);
+	u32 id = luaL_checkinteger(L, 1);
+	lua_pushboolean(L, script->cancelAsync(id));
+	return 1;
+}
+
+// get_async_capacity()
+int ModApiAsync::l_get_async_threading_capacity(lua_State *L)
+{
+	NO_MAP_LOCK_REQUIRED;
+	ScriptApiAsync *script = getScriptApi<ScriptApiAsync>(L);
+	lua_pushinteger(L, script->getThreadingCapacity());
+	return 1;
+}
+
+void ModApiAsync::Initialize(lua_State *L, int top)
+{
+	API_FCT(do_async_callback);
+	API_FCT(cancel_async_callback);
+	API_FCT(get_async_threading_capacity);
+}
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_async.h b/src/script/lua_api/l_async.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1632a9e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_async.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Luanti
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "lua_api/l_base.h"
+
+class ModApiAsync : public ModApiBase
+{
+public:
+	static void Initialize(lua_State *L, int top);
+private:
+	// do_async_callback(func, params, mod_origin)
+	static int l_do_async_callback(lua_State *L);
+	// cancel_async_callback(id)
+	static int l_cancel_async_callback(lua_State *L);
+	// get_async_threading_capacity()
+	static int l_get_async_threading_capacity(lua_State *L);
+};
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_server.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_server.cpp
index 698b2dba6..8d49e15ed 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_server.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_server.cpp
@@ -625,33 +625,6 @@ int ModApiServer::l_notify_authentication_modified(lua_State *L)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-// do_async_callback(func, params, mod_origin)
-int ModApiServer::l_do_async_callback(lua_State *L)
-{
-	NO_MAP_LOCK_REQUIRED;
-	ServerScripting *script = getScriptApi<ServerScripting>(L);
-
-	luaL_checktype(L, 1, LUA_TFUNCTION);
-	luaL_checktype(L, 2, LUA_TTABLE);
-	luaL_checktype(L, 3, LUA_TSTRING);
-
-	call_string_dump(L, 1);
-	size_t func_length;
-	const char *serialized_func_raw = lua_tolstring(L, -1, &func_length);
-
-	PackedValue *param = script_pack(L, 2);
-
-	std::string mod_origin = readParam<std::string>(L, 3);
-
-	u32 jobId = script->queueAsync(
-		std::string(serialized_func_raw, func_length),
-		param, mod_origin);
-
-	lua_settop(L, 0);
-	lua_pushinteger(L, jobId);
-	return 1;
-}
-
 // register_async_dofile(path)
 int ModApiServer::l_register_async_dofile(lua_State *L)
 {
@@ -747,7 +720,6 @@ void ModApiServer::Initialize(lua_State *L, int top)
 	API_FCT(unban_player_or_ip);
 	API_FCT(notify_authentication_modified);
 
-	API_FCT(do_async_callback);
 	API_FCT(register_async_dofile);
 	API_FCT(serialize_roundtrip);
 
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_server.h b/src/script/lua_api/l_server.h
index 6de7de363..0d2253e57 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_server.h
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_server.h
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ private:
 	// notify_authentication_modified(name)
 	static int l_notify_authentication_modified(lua_State *L);
 
-	// do_async_callback(func, params, mod_origin)
-	static int l_do_async_callback(lua_State *L);
-
 	// register_async_dofile(path)
 	static int l_register_async_dofile(lua_State *L);
 
diff --git a/src/script/scripting_server.cpp b/src/script/scripting_server.cpp
index f30def03d..624d1b91d 100644
--- a/src/script/scripting_server.cpp
+++ b/src/script/scripting_server.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "filesys.h"
 #include "cpp_api/s_internal.h"
 #include "lua_api/l_areastore.h"
+#include "lua_api/l_async.h"
 #include "lua_api/l_auth.h"
 #include "lua_api/l_base.h"
 #include "lua_api/l_craft.h"
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 ServerScripting::ServerScripting(Server* server):
 		ScriptApiBase(ScriptingType::Server),
-		asyncEngine(server)
+		ScriptApiAsync(server)
 {
 	setGameDef(server);
 
@@ -115,18 +116,6 @@ void ServerScripting::initAsync()
 	asyncEngine.initialize(0);
 }
 
-void ServerScripting::stepAsync()
-{
-	asyncEngine.step(getStack());
-}
-
-u32 ServerScripting::queueAsync(std::string &&serialized_func,
-	PackedValue *param, const std::string &mod_origin)
-{
-	return asyncEngine.queueAsyncJob(std::move(serialized_func),
-			param, mod_origin);
-}
-
 void ServerScripting::InitializeModApi(lua_State *L, int top)
 {
 	// Register reference classes (userdata)
@@ -150,6 +139,7 @@ void ServerScripting::InitializeModApi(lua_State *L, int top)
 	ModChannelRef::Register(L);
 
 	// Initialize mod api modules
+	ModApiAsync::Initialize(L, top);
 	ModApiAuth::Initialize(L, top);
 	ModApiCraft::Initialize(L, top);
 	ModApiEnv::Initialize(L, top);
diff --git a/src/script/scripting_server.h b/src/script/scripting_server.h
index 6c0583553..8b661a476 100644
--- a/src/script/scripting_server.h
+++ b/src/script/scripting_server.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct PackedValue;
 
 class ServerScripting:
 		virtual public ScriptApiBase,
+		public ScriptApiAsync,
 		public ScriptApiDetached,
 		public ScriptApiEntity,
 		public ScriptApiEnv,
@@ -41,14 +42,7 @@ public:
 	void saveGlobals();
 
 	// Initialize async engine, call this AFTER loading all mods
-	void initAsync();
-
-	// Global step handler to collect async results
-	void stepAsync();
-
-	// Pass job to async threads
-	u32 queueAsync(std::string &&serialized_func,
-		PackedValue *param, const std::string &mod_origin);
+	void initAsync() override;
 
 protected:
 	// from ScriptApiSecurity:
@@ -63,6 +57,4 @@ private:
 	void InitializeModApi(lua_State *L, int top);
 
 	static void InitializeAsync(lua_State *L, int top);
-
-	AsyncEngine asyncEngine;
 };