diff --git a/lib/audited.rb b/lib/audited.rb
index 096959d7..b3196a91 100644
--- a/lib/audited.rb
+++ b/lib/audited.rb
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ class RequestStore < ActiveSupport::CurrentAttributes
 
   class << self
     attr_accessor \
-      :auditing_enabled,
       :current_user_method,
       :ignored_attributes,
       :ignored_default_callbacks,
       :max_audits,
       :store_synthesized_enums
-    attr_writer :audit_class
+    attr_writer :auditing_enabled, :audit_class
 
     def audit_class
       # The audit_class is set as String in the initializer. It can not be constantized during initialization and must
@@ -34,6 +33,36 @@ def store
       RequestStore.audited_store ||= {}
     end
 
+    def auditing_enabled
+      store.key?(:auditing_enabled) ? store[:auditing_enabled] : @auditing_enabled
+    end
+
+    def with_auditing
+      before_value_in_store = store.delete(:auditing_enabled)
+      store[:auditing_enabled] = true
+
+      begin
+        result = yield
+      ensure
+        store[:auditing_enabled] = before_value_in_store unless before_value_in_store.nil?
+      end
+
+      result
+    end
+
+    def without_auditing
+      before_value_in_store = store.delete(:auditing_enabled)
+      store[:auditing_enabled] = false
+
+      begin
+        result = yield
+      ensure
+        store[:auditing_enabled] = before_value_in_store unless before_value_in_store.nil?
+      end
+
+      result
+    end
+
     def config
       yield(self)
     end