diff --git a/capella/setup/disable_semantic_browser_auto_refresh.py b/capella/setup/disable_semantic_browser_auto_refresh.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99a4dd22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/capella/setup/disable_semantic_browser_auto_refresh.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright DB InfraGO AG and contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import fileinput
+import logging
+import os
+import pathlib
+import sys
+
+from lxml import etree
+
+NS_MAP = {
+    "xmi": "http://www.omg.org/XMI",
+    "xsi": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance",
+    "basic": "http://www.eclipse.org/ui/2010/UIModel/application/ui/basic",
+    "advanced": (
+        "http://www.eclipse.org/ui/2010/UIModel/application/ui/advanced"
+    ),
+    "application": "http://www.eclipse.org/ui/2010/UIModel/application",
+    "menu": "http://www.eclipse.org/ui/2010/UIModel/application/ui/menu",
+}
+XPATH_EXPR = (
+    "//persistedState[@key='memento' and"
+    " contains(@value, 'listeningToWorkbenchPageSelectionEvents')]"
+)
+WS = "/home/techuser/workspace"
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=os.getenv("LOG_LEVEL", "INFO"))
+logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
+
+# we do something if it is configured like that to keep with defaults
+# and act only, if deviating from defaults has been configured
+if os.getenv("CAPELLA_DISABLE_SEMANTIC_BROWSER_AUTO_REFRESH", "0") != "1":
+    sys.exit(0)
+logger.debug(
+    "Identified that the environment variable"
+    " `CAPELLA_DISABLE_SEMANTIC_BROWSER_AUTO_REFRESH` is set to `1`."
+    " We will disable the auto-refresh of the semantic browser."
+)
+logger.debug("Expecting the workspace to be at: `%s`", WS)
+FILE_PATH = pathlib.Path(
+    f"{WS}/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.e4.workbench/workbench.xmi"
+)
+if not FILE_PATH.is_file():
+    logger.debug(
+        "File not found: `%s`."
+        " Cannot disable auto-refresh of semantic browser.",
+        FILE_PATH,
+    )
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    tree = etree.parse(FILE_PATH)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+    logger.debug(
+        "Searching for XPath expression: `%s` in the file `%s`",
+        XPATH_EXPR,
+        FILE_PATH,
+    )
+    hit_elements = root.xpath(XPATH_EXPR, namespaces=NS_MAP)
+    if not hit_elements:
+        logger.debug("No elements found. Exiting.")
+        sys.exit(0)
+    # runtime lands here, when we found a setting that controls if the semantic
+    # browser should auto-refresh or not
+    persisted_state = hit_elements[0]
+    parent_element = persisted_state.getparent()
+    if parent_element is None:
+        sys.exit(0)
+    if "elementId" not in parent_element.attrib:
+        sys.exit(0)
+    if "semanticbrowser" not in parent_element.attrib["elementId"].lower():
+        sys.exit(0)
+    # get line number of the element we want to modify
+    browser_autorefresh_line_no = persisted_state.sourceline
+    logger.debug(
+        "Found element at line number: `%d`", browser_autorefresh_line_no
+    )
+    line_no = 0
+    old = new = None
+    for line in fileinput.input(FILE_PATH, inplace=True):
+        line_no += 1
+        if line_no == browser_autorefresh_line_no:
+            old = "listeningToWorkbenchPageSelectionEvents="1""
+            new = "listeningToWorkbenchPageSelectionEvents="0""
+            if old in line:
+                line = line.replace(old, new)
+            else:
+                old = new = None
+        sys.stdout.write(line)
+    fileinput.close()
+    if old is not None:
+        logger.debug(
+            "Replaced `%s` with `%s` in file `%s` at line number %d.",
+            old,
+            new,
+            FILE_PATH,
+            browser_autorefresh_line_no,
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()