diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtsort.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtsort.c
index b55c0c9904..0825c0ef25 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtsort.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtsort.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtsort.c,v 1.99 2006/03/05 15:58:21 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtsort.c,v 1.100 2006/03/10 20:18:15 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -461,6 +461,12 @@ _bt_buildadd(BTWriteState *wstate, BTPageState *state, IndexTuple itup)
 	Size		pgspc;
 	Size		itupsz;
 
+	/*
+	 * This is a handy place to check for cancel interrupts during the
+	 * btree load phase of index creation.
+	 */
+	CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
+
 	npage = state->btps_page;
 	nblkno = state->btps_blkno;
 	last_off = state->btps_lastoff;