diff --git a/include/osgViewer/View b/include/osgViewer/View
index d618127d7..8a0d1a152 100644
--- a/include/osgViewer/View
+++ b/include/osgViewer/View
@@ -113,10 +113,13 @@ class OSGVIEWER_EXPORT View : public osg::View, public osgGA::GUIActionAdapter
         
 
         typedef std::list< osg::ref_ptr<osgGA::GUIEventHandler> > EventHandlers;
-        
+     
         /** Add an EventHandler that adds handling of events to the View.*/
         void addEventHandler(osgGA::GUIEventHandler* eventHandler);
 
+        /** Remove an EventHandler from View.*/
+        void removeEventHandler(osgGA::GUIEventHandler* eventHandler);
+
         /** Get the View's list of EventHandlers.*/
         EventHandlers& getEventHandlers() { return _eventHandlers; }
 
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/View.cpp b/src/osgViewer/View.cpp
index 786cebbc4..382e12d71 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/View.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/View.cpp
@@ -357,7 +357,20 @@ void View::home()
 
 void View::addEventHandler(osgGA::GUIEventHandler* eventHandler)
 { 
-    _eventHandlers.push_back(eventHandler);
+    EventHandlers::iterator itr = std::find(_eventHandlers.begin(), _eventHandlers.end(), eventHandler);
+    if (itr == _eventHandlers.end())
+    {
+        _eventHandlers.push_back(eventHandler);
+    }
+}
+
+void View::removeEventHandler(osgGA::GUIEventHandler* eventHandler)
+{
+    EventHandlers::iterator itr = std::find(_eventHandlers.begin(), _eventHandlers.end(), eventHandler);
+    if (itr != _eventHandlers.end())
+    {
+        _eventHandlers.erase(itr);
+    }
 }
 
 void View::setCoordinateSystemNodePath(const osg::NodePath& nodePath)