diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 024c9dc2b29..1b4c25a8d74 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -617,3 +617,4 @@ Released with 1.0.0-beta.37 code base.
 ### Fixed
 
 -  Fixed types for `web3.utils._jsonInterfaceMethodToString` (#5550)
+-  Fixed Next.js builds failing on Node.js v16, Abortcontroller added if it doesn't exist globally (#5601)
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diff --git a/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js b/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
index 4169ed62a38..44bd193a0c4 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers-http/src/index.js
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ var https = require('https');
 // Apply missing polyfill for IE
 require('cross-fetch/polyfill');
 require('es6-promise').polyfill();
-require('abortcontroller-polyfill/dist/polyfill-patch-fetch');
+
+// import abortController if abortController is not included in node
+if(typeof global !== "undefined" && !global.AbortController){
+    require('abortcontroller-polyfill/dist/polyfill-patch-fetch')
+}
 
 /**
  * HttpProvider should be used to send rpc calls over http
diff --git a/test/httpprovider.js b/test/httpprovider.js
index 162e294a9d6..6814b92bba3 100644
--- a/test/httpprovider.js
+++ b/test/httpprovider.js
@@ -71,10 +71,12 @@ describe('web3-providers-http', function () {
 
     describe('send', function () {
         it('should fail with invalid remote node connection', async function () {
+
             var provider = new HttpProvider('http://localhost:8545');
             var web3 = new Web3(provider);
 
             await expect(web3.eth.getChainId()).to.be.rejectedWith(Error, "CONNECTION ERROR: Couldn't connect to node http://localhost:8545.");
+            
         });
 
         it('should fail for non-json format response', async function () {