diff --git a/jvm/src/main/scala/async/VThreadSupport.scala b/jvm/src/main/scala/async/VThreadSupport.scala
index a547332e..83153146 100644
--- a/jvm/src/main/scala/async/VThreadSupport.scala
+++ b/jvm/src/main/scala/async/VThreadSupport.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package gears.async
 import scala.annotation.unchecked.uncheckedVariance
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
+import java.lang.invoke.{VarHandle, MethodHandles}
 
 object VThreadScheduler extends Scheduler:
   private val VTFactory = Thread
@@ -12,12 +13,27 @@ object VThreadScheduler extends Scheduler:
 
   override def execute(body: Runnable): Unit = VTFactory.newThread(body)
 
-  override def schedule(delay: FiniteDuration, body: Runnable): Cancellable =
+  override def schedule(delay: FiniteDuration, body: Runnable): Cancellable = ScheduledRunnable(delay, body)
+
+  private class ScheduledRunnable(val delay: FiniteDuration, val body: Runnable) extends Cancellable {
+    @volatile var interruptGuard = true // to avoid interrupting the body
+
     val th = VTFactory.newThread: () =>
-      Thread.sleep(delay.toMillis)
-      execute(body)
+      try Thread.sleep(delay.toMillis)
+      catch case e: InterruptedException => () /* we got cancelled, don't propagate */
+      if ScheduledRunnable.interruptGuardVar.getAndSet(this, false) then body.run()
     th.start()
-    () => th.interrupt()
+
+    final override def cancel(): Unit =
+      if ScheduledRunnable.interruptGuardVar.getAndSet(this, false) then th.interrupt()
+  }
+
+  private object ScheduledRunnable:
+    val interruptGuardVar =
+      MethodHandles
+        .lookup()
+        .in(classOf[ScheduledRunnable])
+        .findVarHandle(classOf[ScheduledRunnable], "interruptGuard", classOf[Boolean])
 
 object VThreadSupport extends AsyncSupport:
 
diff --git a/shared/src/test/scala/SchedulerBehavior.scala b/shared/src/test/scala/SchedulerBehavior.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f9a98b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/src/test/scala/SchedulerBehavior.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import gears.async.{Async, Future, Listener}
+import gears.async.AsyncOperations.*
+import gears.async.default.given
+import concurrent.duration.DurationInt
+import gears.async.Future.Promise
+import scala.util.Success
+
+class SchedulerBehavior extends munit.FunSuite {
+  test("schedule cancellation works") {
+    Async.blocking:
+      var bodyRan = false
+      val cancellable = Async.current.scheduler.schedule(1.seconds, () => bodyRan = true)
+
+      // cancel immediately
+      cancellable.cancel()
+
+      sleep(1000)
+      assert(!bodyRan)
+  }
+
+  test("schedule cancellation doesn't abort inner code") {
+    Async.blocking:
+      var bodyRan = false
+      val fut = Promise[Unit]()
+      val cancellable = Async.current.scheduler.schedule(
+        50.milliseconds,
+        () =>
+          fut.complete(Success(()))
+          Async.blocking:
+            sleep(500)
+            bodyRan = true
+      )
+
+      // cancel after body started running
+      fut.await
+      cancellable.cancel()
+
+      sleep(1000)
+
+      assert(bodyRan)
+  }
+}