diff --git a/src/sagemaker/session.py b/src/sagemaker/session.py
index 75ef1f8f8e..e64086d953 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/session.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/session.py
@@ -1103,6 +1103,27 @@ def wait_for_transform_job(self, job, poll=5):
         self._check_job_status(job, desc, "TransformJobStatus")
         return desc
 
+    def stop_transform_job(self, name):
+        """Stop the Amazon SageMaker hyperparameter tuning job with the specified name.
+
+        Args:
+            name (str): Name of the Amazon SageMaker batch transform job.
+
+        Raises:
+            ClientError: If an error occurs while trying to stop the batch transform job.
+        """
+        try:
+            LOGGER.info("Stopping transform job: %s", name)
+            self.sagemaker_client.stop_transform_job(TransformJobName=name)
+        except ClientError as e:
+            error_code = e.response["Error"]["Code"]
+            # allow to pass if the job already stopped
+            if error_code == "ValidationException":
+                LOGGER.info("Transform job: %s is already stopped or not running.", name)
+            else:
+                LOGGER.error("Error occurred while attempting to stop transform job: %s.", name)
+                raise
+
     def _check_job_status(self, job, desc, status_key_name):
         """Check to see if the job completed successfully and, if not, construct and
         raise a exceptions.UnexpectedStatusException.
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/transformer.py b/src/sagemaker/transformer.py
index d66b73b6a7..d5efe87cdf 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/transformer.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/transformer.py
@@ -229,6 +229,14 @@ def wait(self):
         self._ensure_last_transform_job()
         self.latest_transform_job.wait()
 
+    def stop_transform_job(self, wait=True):
+        """Stop latest running batch transform job.
+        """
+        self._ensure_last_transform_job()
+        self.latest_transform_job.stop()
+        if wait:
+            self.latest_transform_job.wait()
+
     def _ensure_last_transform_job(self):
         """Placeholder docstring"""
         if self.latest_transform_job is None:
@@ -346,6 +354,10 @@ def start_new(
     def wait(self):
         self.sagemaker_session.wait_for_transform_job(self.job_name)
 
+    def stop(self):
+        """Placeholder docstring"""
+        self.sagemaker_session.stop_transform_job(name=self.job_name)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _load_config(data, data_type, content_type, compression_type, split_type, transformer):
         """
diff --git a/tests/integ/test_transformer.py b/tests/integ/test_transformer.py
index a909fa2bfe..93a4dd2f34 100644
--- a/tests/integ/test_transformer.py
+++ b/tests/integ/test_transformer.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import os
 import pickle
 import sys
+import time
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -349,6 +350,54 @@ def test_single_transformer_multiple_jobs(sagemaker_session, mxnet_full_version,
         )
 
 
+def test_stop_transform_job(sagemaker_session, mxnet_full_version):
+    data_path = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "mxnet_mnist")
+    script_path = os.path.join(data_path, "mnist.py")
+    tags = [{"Key": "some-tag", "Value": "value-for-tag"}]
+
+    mx = MXNet(
+        entry_point=script_path,
+        role="SageMakerRole",
+        train_instance_count=1,
+        train_instance_type="ml.c4.xlarge",
+        sagemaker_session=sagemaker_session,
+        framework_version=mxnet_full_version,
+    )
+
+    train_input = mx.sagemaker_session.upload_data(
+        path=os.path.join(data_path, "train"), key_prefix="integ-test-data/mxnet_mnist/train"
+    )
+    test_input = mx.sagemaker_session.upload_data(
+        path=os.path.join(data_path, "test"), key_prefix="integ-test-data/mxnet_mnist/test"
+    )
+    job_name = unique_name_from_base("test-mxnet-transform")
+
+    with timeout(minutes=TRAINING_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MINUTES):
+        mx.fit({"train": train_input, "test": test_input}, job_name=job_name)
+
+    transform_input_path = os.path.join(data_path, "transform", "data.csv")
+    transform_input_key_prefix = "integ-test-data/mxnet_mnist/transform"
+    transform_input = mx.sagemaker_session.upload_data(
+        path=transform_input_path, key_prefix=transform_input_key_prefix
+    )
+
+    transformer = mx.transformer(1, "ml.m4.xlarge", tags=tags)
+    transformer.transform(transform_input, content_type="text/csv")
+
+    time.sleep(15)
+
+    latest_transform_job_name = transformer.latest_transform_job.name
+
+    print("Attempting to stop {}".format(latest_transform_job_name))
+
+    transformer.stop_transform_job()
+
+    desc = transformer.latest_transform_job.sagemaker_session.sagemaker_client.describe_transform_job(
+        TransformJobName=latest_transform_job_name
+    )
+    assert desc["TransformJobStatus"] == "Stopped"
+
+
 def _create_transformer_and_transform_job(
     estimator,
     transform_input,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_transformer.py b/tests/unit/test_transformer.py
index 325f6536f1..6104f91789 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_transformer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_transformer.py
@@ -449,3 +449,18 @@ def test_restart_output_path(start_new_job, transformer, sagemaker_session):
 
     transformer.transform(DATA, job_name="job-2")
     assert transformer.output_path == "s3://{}/{}".format(S3_BUCKET, "job-2")
+
+
+def test_stop_transform_job(sagemaker_session, transformer):
+    sagemaker_session.stop_transform_job = Mock(name="stop_transform_job")
+    transformer.latest_transform_job = _TransformJob(sagemaker_session, JOB_NAME)
+
+    transformer.stop_transform_job()
+
+    sagemaker_session.stop_transform_job.assert_called_once_with(name=JOB_NAME)
+
+
+def test_stop_transform_job_no_transform_job(transformer):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as e:
+        transformer.stop_transform_job()
+    assert "No transform job available" in str(e)