diff --git a/include/EventManager/Participant.hpp b/include/EventManager/Participant.hpp
index 1d7c5a7..bcd58bb 100644
--- a/include/EventManager/Participant.hpp
+++ b/include/EventManager/Participant.hpp
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@
       */
       void _enableScheduling();
 
+      /**
+       * @brief disable scheduling of this particpant through the EventManager::Manager
+       */
+      void _disableScheduling();
+
       /**
       * @brief check if the participant is scheduled by event manager
       */
diff --git a/src/EventManager/Participant.cpp b/src/EventManager/Participant.cpp
index 5d9f95f..8e2d906 100644
--- a/src/EventManager/Participant.cpp
+++ b/src/EventManager/Participant.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ void EventManager::Participant::_enableScheduling()
   isScheduledByManager_=true;
 }
 
+void EventManager::Participant::_disableScheduling() {
+  if (manager_ == nullptr) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("no event manager set yet");
+  }
+  manager_->unschedule(shared_from_this());
+  isScheduledByManager_ = false;
+}
+
 void EventManager::Participant::_subscribe(std::uint32_t type)
 {
   if (manager_ == nullptr)