diff --git a/src/DurableTask.ServiceBus/Common/Abstraction/ServiceBusAbstraction.cs b/src/DurableTask.ServiceBus/Common/Abstraction/ServiceBusAbstraction.cs
index 26cecadc..0a8f72e2 100644
--- a/src/DurableTask.ServiceBus/Common/Abstraction/ServiceBusAbstraction.cs
+++ b/src/DurableTask.ServiceBus/Common/Abstraction/ServiceBusAbstraction.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace DurableTask.ServiceBus.Common.Abstraction
     using System;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
     using System.Linq;
+    using System.Threading;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -497,19 +498,31 @@ public SessionClient(ServiceBusConnection serviceBusConnection, string entityPat
             this.serviceBusClient = serviceBusConnection.GetSendViaEntityScopedClient(entityPath);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Accepts the next available session, or returns null if none becomes available within <paramref name="operationTimeout"/>.
+        /// A non-positive timeout falls back to the client's retry policy timeout.
+        /// </summary>
         public async Task<IMessageSession> AcceptMessageSessionAsync(TimeSpan operationTimeout)
         {
-            try
+            var options = new Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus.ServiceBusSessionReceiverOptions
             {
-                var options = new Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus.ServiceBusSessionReceiverOptions
-                {
-                    ReceiveMode = receiveMode,
-                };
-                return new IMessageSession(await this.serviceBusClient.AcceptNextSessionAsync(entityPath, options));
-            }
-            catch (Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus.ServiceBusException e) when (e.Reason.Equals(Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus.ServiceBusFailureReason.ServiceTimeout))
+                ReceiveMode = receiveMode,
+            };
+
+            using (var timeoutCts = operationTimeout > TimeSpan.Zero ? new CancellationTokenSource(operationTimeout) : new CancellationTokenSource())
             {
-                return null;
+                try
+                {
+                    return new IMessageSession(await this.serviceBusClient.AcceptNextSessionAsync(entityPath, options, timeoutCts.Token));
+                }
+                catch (Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus.ServiceBusException e) when (e.Reason.Equals(Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus.ServiceBusFailureReason.ServiceTimeout))
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException) when (timeoutCts.IsCancellationRequested)
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/test/DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests/SessionClientTests.cs b/test/DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests/SessionClientTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e880f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests/SessionClientTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+//  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  Copyright Microsoft Corporation
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+//  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace DurableTask.ServiceBus.Tests
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Diagnostics;
+    using System.Reflection;
+    using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+    using System.Threading;
+    using System.Threading.Tasks;
+    using Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus;
+    using DurableTask.ServiceBus.Common.Abstraction;
+    using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+    [TestClass]
+    public class SessionClientTests
+    {
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task AcceptMessageSessionAsyncReturnsSessionWhenAccepted()
+        {
+            var client = new FakeServiceBusClient((ct) => Task.FromResult<ServiceBusSessionReceiver>(new FakeSessionReceiver("session-1")));
+
+            IMessageSession session = await CreateSessionClient(client).AcceptMessageSessionAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+
+            Assert.IsNotNull(session);
+            Assert.AreEqual("session-1", session.SessionId);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task AcceptMessageSessionAsyncReturnsNullWhenOperationTimeoutElapses()
+        {
+            var client = new FakeServiceBusClient(async (ct) =>
+            {
+                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10), ct);
+                return null;
+            });
+
+            Stopwatch timer = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            IMessageSession session = await CreateSessionClient(client).AcceptMessageSessionAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200));
+            timer.Stop();
+
+            Assert.IsNull(session);
+            Assert.IsTrue(client.LastToken.IsCancellationRequested, "The operation timeout should cancel the accept call.");
+            Assert.IsTrue(timer.Elapsed < TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), $"Accept should return shortly after the operation timeout, but took {timer.Elapsed}.");
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task AcceptMessageSessionAsyncReturnsNullOnServiceTimeout()
+        {
+            var client = new FakeServiceBusClient((ct) =>
+                throw new ServiceBusException("No session available.", ServiceBusFailureReason.ServiceTimeout));
+
+            IMessageSession session = await CreateSessionClient(client).AcceptMessageSessionAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+
+            Assert.IsNull(session);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task AcceptMessageSessionAsyncWithNonPositiveTimeoutDoesNotCancel()
+        {
+            var client = new FakeServiceBusClient(async (ct) =>
+            {
+                await Task.Delay(200);
+                Assert.IsFalse(ct.IsCancellationRequested, "A non-positive timeout should not cancel the accept call.");
+                throw new ServiceBusException("No session available.", ServiceBusFailureReason.ServiceTimeout);
+            });
+
+            IMessageSession session = await CreateSessionClient(client).AcceptMessageSessionAsync(TimeSpan.Zero);
+
+            Assert.IsNull(session);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task AcceptMessageSessionAsyncPropagatesCancellationNotCausedByTimeout()
+        {
+            var client = new FakeServiceBusClient((ct) => throw new OperationCanceledException());
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsExceptionAsync<OperationCanceledException>(
+                () => CreateSessionClient(client).AcceptMessageSessionAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)));
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task AcceptMessageSessionAsyncPropagatesOtherServiceBusErrors()
+        {
+            var client = new FakeServiceBusClient((ct) =>
+                throw new ServiceBusException("Entity not found.", ServiceBusFailureReason.MessagingEntityNotFound));
+
+            ServiceBusException exception = await Assert.ThrowsExceptionAsync<ServiceBusException>(
+                () => CreateSessionClient(client).AcceptMessageSessionAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)));
+            Assert.AreEqual(ServiceBusFailureReason.MessagingEntityNotFound, exception.Reason);
+        }
+
+        static SessionClient CreateSessionClient(ServiceBusClient serviceBusClient)
+        {
+#if NETFRAMEWORK
+            var sessionClient = (SessionClient)System.Runtime.Serialization.FormatterServices.GetUninitializedObject(typeof(SessionClient));
+#else
+            var sessionClient = (SessionClient)RuntimeHelpers.GetUninitializedObject(typeof(SessionClient));
+#endif
+            SetField(sessionClient, "serviceBusClient", serviceBusClient);
+            SetField(sessionClient, "entityPath", "test-entity");
+            SetField(sessionClient, "receiveMode", ServiceBusReceiveMode.PeekLock);
+            return sessionClient;
+        }
+
+        static void SetField(object target, string name, object value)
+        {
+            FieldInfo field = typeof(SessionClient).GetField(name, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
+            Assert.IsNotNull(field, $"Field '{name}' was not found on {nameof(SessionClient)}.");
+            field.SetValue(target, value);
+        }
+
+        sealed class FakeServiceBusClient : ServiceBusClient
+        {
+            readonly Func<CancellationToken, Task<ServiceBusSessionReceiver>> acceptNextSession;
+
+            public FakeServiceBusClient(Func<CancellationToken, Task<ServiceBusSessionReceiver>> acceptNextSession)
+            {
+                this.acceptNextSession = acceptNextSession;
+            }
+
+            public CancellationToken LastToken { get; private set; }
+
+            public override Task<ServiceBusSessionReceiver> AcceptNextSessionAsync(
+                string queueName,
+                ServiceBusSessionReceiverOptions options = default,
+                CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+            {
+                this.LastToken = cancellationToken;
+                return this.acceptNextSession(cancellationToken);
+            }
+        }
+
+        sealed class FakeSessionReceiver : ServiceBusSessionReceiver
+        {
+            readonly string sessionId;
+
+            public FakeSessionReceiver(string sessionId)
+            {
+                this.sessionId = sessionId;
+            }
+
+            public override string SessionId => this.sessionId;
+        }
+    }
+}