diff --git a/gallery_dl/util.py b/gallery_dl/util.py
index 19f13d63..8341e084 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/util.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/util.py
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ def advance(iterable, num):
     return iterator
 
 
+def raises(obj):
+    """Returns a function that raises 'obj' as exception"""
+    def wrap():
+        raise obj
+    return wrap
+
+
 def combine_dict(a, b):
     """Recursively combine the contents of b into a"""
     for key, value in b.items():
@@ -249,6 +256,7 @@ class FilterPredicate():
         "safe_int": safe_int,
         "urlsplit": urllib.parse.urlsplit,
         "datetime": datetime.datetime,
+        "abort": raises(exception.StopExtraction()),
         "re": re,
     }
 
@@ -258,6 +266,8 @@ class FilterPredicate():
     def __call__(self, url, kwds):
         try:
             return eval(self.codeobj, self.globalsdict, kwds)
+        except exception.GalleryDLException:
+            raise
         except Exception as exc:
             raise exception.FilterError(exc)
 
diff --git a/test/test_util.py b/test/test_util.py
index 219d30d0..7c684d89 100644
--- a/test/test_util.py
+++ b/test/test_util.py
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ class TestOther(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertCountEqual(
             util.advance(util.advance(items, 1), 2), range(3, 5))
 
+    def test_raises(self):
+        self.assertRaises(Exception, util.raises(Exception()))
+
+        func = util.raises(ValueError(1))
+        self.assertRaises(Exception, func)
+        self.assertRaises(Exception, func)
+        self.assertRaises(Exception, func)
+
     def test_combine_dict(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             util.combine_dict({}, {}),