diff --git a/Control/AthToolSupport/AsgTools/AsgTools/AsgTool.h b/Control/AthToolSupport/AsgTools/AsgTools/AsgTool.h
index 28731384fb84bbabf0d2a500615b01acf9afcaf3..4aaa483e193d5204d7321d93199874ba75446986 100644
--- a/Control/AthToolSupport/AsgTools/AsgTools/AsgTool.h
+++ b/Control/AthToolSupport/AsgTools/AsgTools/AsgTool.h
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ namespace asg {
       /// Destructor
       ~AsgTool();
 
-
+      AsgTool (const AsgTool&) = delete;
+      AsgTool& operator= (const AsgTool&) = delete;
      
 
 #ifdef ASGTOOL_STANDALONE