diff --git a/doc/api/globals.md b/doc/api/globals.md
index 8e002eb897a221..b8d29fdbb9343f 100644
--- a/doc/api/globals.md
+++ b/doc/api/globals.md
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ Returns a new already aborted `AbortSignal`.
 added:
   - v17.3.0
   - v16.14.0
+changes:
+ - version: REPLACEME
+   pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/58594
+   description: Change validation of `delay` to allow non-integer.
 -->
 
 * `delay` {number} The number of milliseconds to wait before triggering
diff --git a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
index 4fbed3bfa7399a..17a2c5fff4b649 100644
--- a/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
+++ b/lib/internal/abort_controller.js
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/errors');
 const {
   converters,
+  convertToInt,
   createInterfaceConverter,
   createSequenceConverter,
 } = require('internal/webidl');
 
 const {
   validateObject,
-  validateUint32,
   kValidateObjectAllowObjects,
 } = require('internal/validators');
 
@@ -236,7 +236,15 @@ class AbortSignal extends EventTarget {
    * @returns {AbortSignal}
    */
   static timeout(delay) {
-    validateUint32(delay, 'delay', false);
+    const opts = { __proto__: null, enforceRange: true };
+    try {
+      delay = convertToInt('delay', delay, 32, opts);
+    } catch (err) {
+      // this is so that the validation error change is not a semver-major
+      // TODO: remove this try/catch and validateUint32 as semver-major
+      validateUint32(delay, 'delay', false);
+      throw err;
+    }
     const signal = new AbortSignal(kDontThrowSymbol);
     signal[kTimeout] = true;
     clearTimeoutRegistry.register(
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js b/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
index 87781f849ffb52..6834636c48d082 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-abortcontroller.js
@@ -274,3 +274,35 @@ test('abortSignal.throwIfAobrted() works as expected (3)', () => {
   throws(() => AbortSignal.abort(actualReason).throwIfAborted(), actualReason);
   Reflect.defineProperty(AbortSignal.prototype, 'reason', originalDesc);
 });
+
+test('abortSignal.timeout() works with special \'delay\' value', async () => {
+  const inputs = [
+    null,
+    true,
+    false,
+    '',
+    [],
+    0,
+    0.0,
+    0.1,
+    0.5,
+    1,
+    1.0,
+    2147483648,
+    12345678901234,
+  ];
+
+  const signals = [];
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
+    signals[i] = AbortSignal.timeout(inputs[i]);
+  }
+
+  await sleep(2);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
+    ok(signals[i].aborted);
+    ok(signals[i].reason instanceof DOMException);
+    strictEqual(signals[i].reason.name, 'TimeoutError');
+  }
+});