diff --git a/Rx.NET/Source/System.Reactive.PlatformServices/Reactive/Concurrency/EventLoopScheduler.cs b/Rx.NET/Source/System.Reactive.PlatformServices/Reactive/Concurrency/EventLoopScheduler.cs
index 1e5b1e4b44..ff52ed17ce 100644
--- a/Rx.NET/Source/System.Reactive.PlatformServices/Reactive/Concurrency/EventLoopScheduler.cs
+++ b/Rx.NET/Source/System.Reactive.PlatformServices/Reactive/Concurrency/EventLoopScheduler.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ public sealed class EventLoopScheduler : LocalScheduler, ISchedulerPeriodic, IDi
         /// </summary>
         private bool _disposed;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Field to cache the unique instance id. Use <see cref="GetInstanceId"/> to obtain the instance id.
+        /// </summary>
+        private string _cachedInstanceId;
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Constructors
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@ public override IDisposable Schedule<TState>(TState state, TimeSpan dueTime, Fun
             lock (_gate)
             {
                 if (_disposed)
-                    throw new ObjectDisposedException("");
+                    throw new ObjectDisposedException(GetInstanceId());
 
                 if (dueTime <= TimeSpan.Zero)
                 {
@@ -346,8 +351,23 @@ private void Run()
                 {
                     foreach (var item in ready)
                     {
-                        if (!item.IsCanceled)
-                            item.Invoke();
+                        if (!item.IsCanceled) 
+                        {
+                            try 
+                            {
+                                item.Invoke();
+                            } 
+                            catch (ObjectDisposedException ex) 
+                            {
+                                /* Check if the scheduler has been disposed with 
+                                 * non-empty working queue.
+                                 */
+                                if (ex.ObjectName == GetInstanceId())
+                                    break;
+
+                                throw;
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -382,6 +402,18 @@ private void Tick(object state)
             }
         }
 
+        private string GetInstanceId() {
+            if (_cachedInstanceId != null)
+                return _cachedInstanceId;
+
+            var instance_id = GetType().Name 
+                + "/" 
+                + Guid.NewGuid();
+
+            Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _cachedInstanceId, instance_id, null);
+            return _cachedInstanceId;
+        }
+
         #endregion
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Rx.NET/Source/Tests.System.Reactive/Tests/Concurrency/EventLoopSchedulerTest.cs b/Rx.NET/Source/Tests.System.Reactive/Tests/Concurrency/EventLoopSchedulerTest.cs
index 803deb34f1..d5dd29b715 100644
--- a/Rx.NET/Source/Tests.System.Reactive/Tests/Concurrency/EventLoopSchedulerTest.cs
+++ b/Rx.NET/Source/Tests.System.Reactive/Tests/Concurrency/EventLoopSchedulerTest.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Reactive.Concurrency;
 using System.Reactive.Disposables;
+using System.Reactive.Linq;
+using System.Reactive.Subjects;
 using System.Threading;
 using Microsoft.Reactive.Testing;
 using Xunit;
@@ -135,6 +137,44 @@ public void EventLoop_SchedulerDisposed()
             Assert.Equal(2, d);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void EventLoop_SchedulerDisposedDuringLongRunningAction() {
+            
+            var handledEvents = new List<string>();
+            var longRunningActionStarted = new ManualResetEvent(false);
+            var schedulerHasBeenDisposed = new ManualResetEvent(false);
+            var eventStream = new Subject<string>();
+            var maxWaitTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+            
+            var subscription = Observable.Using(
+                resourceFactory: () => new EventLoopScheduler(),
+                observableFactory: scheduler => eventStream
+                    .ObserveOn(scheduler)
+                    .Do(@event => {
+                        handledEvents.Add(@event);
+                        longRunningActionStarted.Set();
+                        schedulerHasBeenDisposed.WaitOne(maxWaitTime);
+
+                }))
+                .Subscribe();
+            
+            eventStream.OnNext("#1 long running action");
+            eventStream.OnNext("#2 long running action");
+            longRunningActionStarted.WaitOne(maxWaitTime);
+
+            subscription.Dispose();
+            schedulerHasBeenDisposed.Set();
+
+            /* Wait for EventLoopScheduler's worker thread:
+             * without fix https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/Rx.NET/issues/286
+             * this will throw an unhandled exception => test runner dies.
+             */
+            longRunningActionStarted.WaitOne(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
+
+            Assert.Contains("#1 long running action", handledEvents);
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("#2 long running action", handledEvents);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void EventLoop_ScheduleTimeOrderedActions()
         {