diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script.rulesupport/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/rulesupport/internal/delegates/SimpleTriggerHandlerCallbackDelegate.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script.rulesupport/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/rulesupport/internal/delegates/SimpleTriggerHandlerCallbackDelegate.java
index b102e8844e8..097ce1e0f45 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script.rulesupport/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/rulesupport/internal/delegates/SimpleTriggerHandlerCallbackDelegate.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation.module.script.rulesupport/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/module/script/rulesupport/internal/delegates/SimpleTriggerHandlerCallbackDelegate.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 package org.openhab.core.automation.module.script.rulesupport.internal.delegates;
 
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 import org.openhab.core.automation.RuleStatus;
 import org.openhab.core.automation.RuleStatusInfo;
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ public void triggered(Map<String, ?> context) {
         callback.triggered(this.trigger, context);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public ScheduledExecutorService getScheduler() {
+        return callback.getScheduler();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Boolean isEnabled(String ruleUID) {
         return callback.isEnabled(ruleUID);
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/handler/TriggerHandlerCallback.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/handler/TriggerHandlerCallback.java
index cb27dfe456a..0c71651d5ca 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/handler/TriggerHandlerCallback.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/handler/TriggerHandlerCallback.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 package org.openhab.core.automation.handler;
 
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 import org.openhab.core.automation.ModuleHandlerCallback;
 import org.openhab.core.automation.Rule;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
  *
  * @author Yordan Mihaylov - Initial contribution
  * @author Kai Kreuzer - made it a sub-interface of ModuleHandlerCallback
+ * @author Fabian Wolter - Add method for retrieving the handler's scheduler
  */
 public interface TriggerHandlerCallback extends ModuleHandlerCallback {
 
@@ -45,4 +47,9 @@ public interface TriggerHandlerCallback extends ModuleHandlerCallback {
      *            </ul>
      */
     public void triggered(Trigger trigger, Map<String, ?> context);
+
+    /**
+     * @return the scheduler of this rule
+     */
+    public ScheduledExecutorService getScheduler();
 }
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/internal/TriggerHandlerCallbackImpl.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/internal/TriggerHandlerCallbackImpl.java
index b449eb2ea05..33f62c54315 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/internal/TriggerHandlerCallbackImpl.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/internal/TriggerHandlerCallbackImpl.java
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 import org.openhab.core.automation.RuleStatus;
 import org.openhab.core.automation.RuleStatusInfo;
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@
  *
  * @author Yordan Mihaylov - Initial contribution
  * @author Kai Kreuzer - improved stability
+ * @author Fabian Wolter - Change executor to ScheduledExecutorService and expose it
  */
 public class TriggerHandlerCallbackImpl implements TriggerHandlerCallback {
 
     private final String ruleUID;
 
-    private ExecutorService executor;
+    private ScheduledExecutorService executor;
 
     private Future<?> future;
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public class TriggerHandlerCallbackImpl implements TriggerHandlerCallback {
     protected TriggerHandlerCallbackImpl(RuleEngineImpl re, String ruleUID) {
         this.re = re;
         this.ruleUID = ruleUID;
-        executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(new NamedThreadFactory("rule-" + ruleUID));
+        executor = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(new NamedThreadFactory("rule-" + ruleUID));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -129,4 +130,9 @@ public void runNow(String uid) {
     public void runNow(String uid, boolean considerConditions, Map<String, Object> context) {
         re.runNow(uid, considerConditions, context);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public ScheduledExecutorService getScheduler() {
+        return executor;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/internal/composite/CompositeTriggerHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/internal/composite/CompositeTriggerHandler.java
index a54cdb7cf4b..6804f4c1613 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/internal/composite/CompositeTriggerHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.automation/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/automation/internal/composite/CompositeTriggerHandler.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.openhab.core.automation.ModuleHandlerCallback;
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ public void triggered(Trigger trigger, Map<String, ?> context) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public ScheduledExecutorService getScheduler() {
+        return callback.getScheduler();
+    }
+
     /**
      * The {@link CompositeTriggerHandler} sets itself as callback to the child triggers and store the callback to the
      * rule engine. In this way the trigger of composite type will be notified always when some of the child triggers