diff --git a/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/Engine.java b/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/Engine.java
index 02191d91..a2e9ae75 100644
--- a/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/Engine.java
+++ b/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/Engine.java
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ public void addEntity(Entity entity){
 	 */
 	public void removeEntity(Entity entity){
 		if (updating || notifying) {
+			if(entity.scheduledForRemoval) {
+				return;
+			}
+			entity.scheduledForRemoval = true;
 			EntityOperation operation = entityOperationPool.obtain();
 			operation.entity = entity;
 			operation.type = EntityOperation.Type.Remove;
@@ -273,6 +277,7 @@ else if (belongsToFamily && !matches) {
 	}
 	
 	protected void removeEntityInternal(Entity entity) {
+		entity.scheduledForRemoval = false;
 		entities.removeValue(entity, true);
 		
 		if(!entity.getFamilyBits().isEmpty()){
diff --git a/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/Entity.java b/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/Entity.java
index 4b5a4133..f680a689 100644
--- a/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/Entity.java
+++ b/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/Entity.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class Entity {
 	private Bits componentBits;
 	/** A Bits describing all the systems this entity was matched with. */
 	private Bits familyBits;
+	boolean scheduledForRemoval;
 	
 	ComponentOperationHandler componentOperationHandler;
 	
@@ -239,4 +240,11 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 	static long obtainId() {
 		return nextId++;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return true if the entity is scheduled to be removed
+	 */
+	public boolean isScheduledForRemoval() {
+		return scheduledForRemoval;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/PooledEngine.java b/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/PooledEngine.java
index 7370b596..cdfed973 100644
--- a/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/PooledEngine.java
+++ b/ashley/src/com/badlogic/ashley/core/PooledEngine.java
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ public void reset() {
 			flags = 0;
 			componentAdded.removeAllListeners();
 			componentRemoved.removeAllListeners();
+			scheduledForRemoval = false;
 		}
 	}