diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6775454..eb87a13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -287,6 +287,19 @@ protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
 }
 ```
 
+### Disabling Oh Dear for individual tasks
+
+If you want to have a task monitored by the schedule monitor, but not by Oh Dear, you can tack on `doMonitorAtOhDear` to your scheduled tasks.
+
+```php
+// in app/Console/Kernel.php
+
+protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
+{
+   $schedule->command('your-command')->daily()->doNotMonitorAtOhDear();
+}
+```
+
 ## Unsupported methods
 
 Currently, this package does not work for tasks that use these methods:
diff --git a/src/Commands/SyncCommand.php b/src/Commands/SyncCommand.php
index 6511f4b..e5bb9f0 100644
--- a/src/Commands/SyncCommand.php
+++ b/src/Commands/SyncCommand.php
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ protected function storeScheduledTasksInDatabase(): self
             ->map(function (Task $task) {
                 return $this->getMonitoredScheduleTaskModel()->updateOrCreate(
                     ['name' => $task->name()],
-                    [
+                    array_merge([
                         'type' => $task->type(),
                         'cron_expression' => $task->cronExpression(),
                         'timezone' => $task->timezone(),
                         'grace_time_in_minutes' => $task->graceTimeInMinutes(),
-                    ]
+                    ], $task->shouldMonitorAtOhDear() ? [] : ['ping_url' => null])
                 );
             });
 
@@ -121,7 +121,14 @@ function (CronCheck $cronCheck) {
 
     protected function syncMonitoredScheduledTaskWithOhDear(int $siteId): array
     {
-        $monitoredScheduledTasks = $this->getMonitoredScheduleTaskModel()->get();
+        $monitoredScheduledTasks = $this->getMonitoredScheduleTaskModel()
+            ->whereIn(
+                'name',
+                ScheduledTasks::createForSchedule()
+                    ->monitoredAtOhDear()
+                    ->map->name()
+            )
+            ->get();
 
         $cronChecks = $monitoredScheduledTasks
             ->map(function (MonitoredScheduledTask $monitoredScheduledTask) {
@@ -145,6 +152,12 @@ protected function pushMonitoredScheduledTaskToOhDear(int $siteId): array
     {
         $tasksToRegister = $this->getMonitoredScheduleTaskModel()
             ->whereNull('registered_on_oh_dear_at')
+            ->whereIn(
+                'name',
+                ScheduledTasks::createForSchedule()
+                    ->monitoredAtOhDear()
+                    ->map->name()
+            )
             ->get();
 
         $cronChecks = [];
diff --git a/src/ScheduleMonitorServiceProvider.php b/src/ScheduleMonitorServiceProvider.php
index 4b3da61..8da0cd4 100644
--- a/src/ScheduleMonitorServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/ScheduleMonitorServiceProvider.php
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class ScheduleMonitorServiceProvider extends PackageServiceProvider
 
     private bool $doNotMonitor;
 
+    private bool $doNotMonitorAtOhDear;
+
     private bool $storeOutputInDb;
 
     public function configurePackage(Package $package): void
@@ -127,6 +129,12 @@ protected function registerSchedulerEventMacros(): self
             return $this;
         });
 
+        SchedulerEvent::macro('doNotMonitorAtOhDear', function (bool $bool = true) {
+            $this->doNotMonitorAtOhDear = $bool;
+
+            return $this;
+        });
+
         SchedulerEvent::macro('storeOutputInDb', function () {
             $this->storeOutputInDb = true;
             /** @psalm-suppress UndefinedMethod */
diff --git a/src/Support/ScheduledTasks/ScheduledTasks.php b/src/Support/ScheduledTasks/ScheduledTasks.php
index 24bd497..b696fa7 100644
--- a/src/Support/ScheduledTasks/ScheduledTasks.php
+++ b/src/Support/ScheduledTasks/ScheduledTasks.php
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ public function uniqueTasks(): Collection
             ->values();
     }
 
+    public function monitoredAtOhDear()
+    {
+        return $this->uniqueTasks()
+            ->filter(fn (Task $task) => $task->shouldMonitorAtOhDear());
+    }
+
     public function duplicateTasks(): Collection
     {
         $uniqueTasksIds = $this->uniqueTasks()
diff --git a/src/Support/ScheduledTasks/Tasks/Task.php b/src/Support/ScheduledTasks/Tasks/Task.php
index 7e7eecf..818c089 100644
--- a/src/Support/ScheduledTasks/Tasks/Task.php
+++ b/src/Support/ScheduledTasks/Tasks/Task.php
@@ -63,12 +63,25 @@ public function isBeingMonitored(): bool
         return ! is_null($this->monitoredScheduledTask);
     }
 
+    public function shouldMonitorAtOhDear(): bool
+    {
+        if (! isset($this->event->doNotMonitorAtOhDear)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return ! $this->event->doNotMonitorAtOhDear;
+    }
+
     public function isBeingMonitoredAtOhDear(): bool
     {
         if (! $this->isBeingMonitored()) {
             return false;
         }
 
+        if (! $this->shouldMonitorAtOhDear()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         return ! empty($this->monitoredScheduledTask->ping_url);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Commands/SyncCommandTest.php b/tests/Commands/SyncCommandTest.php
index 6af906f..faf7b6f 100644
--- a/tests/Commands/SyncCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/Commands/SyncCommandTest.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         $schedule->command('dummy-2')->hourly();
         $schedule->command('dummy-3')->daily();
     });
-   
+
     $this->artisan(SyncCommand::class, ['--keep-old' => true]);
 
     $monitoredScheduledTasks = MonitoredScheduledTask::get();
@@ -239,3 +239,44 @@
     expect(MonitoredScheduledTask::get())->toHaveCount(1);
     expect($this->ohDear->getSyncedCronCheckAttributes())->toEqual([]);
 });
+
+it('will not sync tasks with oh dear that should not be', function () {
+    TestKernel::registerScheduledTasks(function (Schedule $schedule) {
+        $schedule->command('dummy')->everyMinute()->doNotMonitorAtOhDear();
+    });
+
+    $this->artisan(SyncCommand::class);
+
+    expect(MonitoredScheduledTask::get())->toHaveCount(1);
+
+    expect($this->ohDear->getSyncedCronCheckAttributes())->toEqual([]);
+
+    expect(MonitoredScheduledTask::first()->ping_url)->toBeNull();
+});
+
+it('will not keep old ping_urls for tasks not being sent to oh dear', function () {
+    MonitoredScheduledTask::create([
+        'name' => 'dummy',
+        'type' => 'command',
+        'cron_expression' => '* * * * *',
+        'ping_url' => 'https://ping.ohdear.app/test-ping-url-dummy',
+        'registered_on_oh_dear_at' => now()->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
+        'grace_time_in_minutes' => 5,
+        'last_pinged_at' => null,
+        'last_started_at' => null,
+        'last_finished_at' => null,
+        'timezone' => 'UTC',
+    ]);
+
+    TestKernel::registerScheduledTasks(function (Schedule $schedule) {
+        $schedule->command('dummy')->everyMinute()->doNotMonitorAtOhDear();
+    });
+
+    $this->artisan(SyncCommand::class);
+
+    expect(MonitoredScheduledTask::get())->toHaveCount(1);
+
+    expect(MonitoredScheduledTask::first()->ping_url)->toBeNull();
+
+    expect($this->ohDear->getSyncedCronCheckAttributes())->toEqual([]);
+});