diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a737698f..1689fb04 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+[1.1.0](../../releases/tag/v1.1.0) - Unreleased
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+### Added
+
+- option to add event handlers which accept no arguments
+
 [1.0.0](../../releases/tag/v1.0.0) - 2022-03-13
 -----------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/apify/_version.py b/src/apify/_version.py
index 1f356cc5..1a72d32e 100644
--- a/src/apify/_version.py
+++ b/src/apify/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.0.0'
+__version__ = '1.1.0'
diff --git a/src/apify/event_manager.py b/src/apify/event_manager.py
index 3dc0bf18..4241c071 100644
--- a/src/apify/event_manager.py
+++ b/src/apify/event_manager.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import inspect
 import json
 from collections import defaultdict
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Set
+from typing import Any, Callable, Coroutine, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Union
 
 import websockets.client
 from pyee.asyncio import AsyncIOEventEmitter
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 from .consts import ActorEventTypes
 from .log import logger
 
+ListenerType = Union[Callable[[], None], Callable[[Any], None], Callable[[], Coroutine[Any, Any, None]], Callable[[Any], Coroutine[Any, Any, None]]]
+
 
 @ignore_docs
 class EventManager:
@@ -87,26 +89,37 @@ async def close(self, event_listeners_timeout_secs: Optional[float] = None) -> N
 
         self._initialized = False
 
-    def on(self, event_name: ActorEventTypes, listener: Callable) -> Callable:
+    def on(self, event_name: ActorEventTypes, listener: ListenerType) -> Callable:
         """Add an event listener to the event manager.
 
         Args:
             event_name (ActorEventTypes): The actor event for which to listen to.
             listener (Callable): The function which is to be called when the event is emitted (can be async).
+                Must accept either zero or one arguments (the first argument will be the event data).
         """
         if not self._initialized:
             raise RuntimeError('EventManager was not initialized!')
 
+        listener_argument_count = len(inspect.signature(listener).parameters)
+        if listener_argument_count > 1:
+            raise ValueError('The "listener" argument must be a callable which accepts 0 or 1 arguments!')
+
         event_name = _maybe_extract_enum_member_value(event_name)
 
-        async def inner_wrapper(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        async def inner_wrapper(event_data: Any) -> None:
             if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(listener):
-                await listener(*args, **kwargs)
+                if listener_argument_count == 0:
+                    await listener()
+                else:
+                    await listener(event_data)
             else:
-                listener(*args, **kwargs)
+                if listener_argument_count == 0:
+                    listener()  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+                else:
+                    listener(event_data)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
 
-        async def outer_wrapper(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
-            listener_task = asyncio.create_task(inner_wrapper(*args, **kwargs))
+        async def outer_wrapper(event_data: Any) -> None:
+            listener_task = asyncio.create_task(inner_wrapper(event_data))
             self._listener_tasks.add(listener_task)
             try:
                 await listener_task
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_event_manager.py b/tests/unit/test_event_manager.py
index 632552a0..11dcd3c1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_event_manager.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_event_manager.py
@@ -105,6 +105,55 @@ def event_handler(data: Any) -> None:
 
         await event_manager.close()
 
+    async def test_event_handler_argument_counts_local(self) -> None:
+        config = Configuration()
+        event_manager = EventManager(config)
+
+        await event_manager.init()
+
+        event_calls = []
+
+        def sync_no_arguments() -> None:
+            nonlocal event_calls
+            event_calls.append(('sync_no_arguments', None))
+
+        async def async_no_arguments() -> None:
+            nonlocal event_calls
+            event_calls.append(('async_no_arguments', None))
+
+        def sync_one_argument(event_data: Any) -> None:
+            nonlocal event_calls
+            event_calls.append(('sync_one_argument', event_data))
+
+        async def async_one_argument(event_data: Any) -> None:
+            nonlocal event_calls
+            event_calls.append(('async_one_argument', event_data))
+
+        def sync_two_arguments(_arg1: Any, _arg2: Any) -> None:
+            pass
+
+        async def async_two_arguments(_arg1: Any, _arg2: Any) -> None:
+            pass
+
+        event_manager.on(ActorEventTypes.SYSTEM_INFO, sync_no_arguments)
+        event_manager.on(ActorEventTypes.SYSTEM_INFO, async_no_arguments)
+        event_manager.on(ActorEventTypes.SYSTEM_INFO, sync_one_argument)
+        event_manager.on(ActorEventTypes.SYSTEM_INFO, async_one_argument)
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match='The "listener" argument must be a callable which accepts 0 or 1 arguments!'):
+            event_manager.on(ActorEventTypes.SYSTEM_INFO, sync_two_arguments)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match='The "listener" argument must be a callable which accepts 0 or 1 arguments!'):
+            event_manager.on(ActorEventTypes.SYSTEM_INFO, async_two_arguments)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+
+        event_manager.emit(ActorEventTypes.SYSTEM_INFO, 'DUMMY_SYSTEM_INFO')
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+
+        assert len(event_calls) == 4
+        assert ('sync_no_arguments', None) in event_calls
+        assert ('async_no_arguments', None) in event_calls
+        assert ('sync_one_argument', 'DUMMY_SYSTEM_INFO') in event_calls
+        assert ('async_one_argument', 'DUMMY_SYSTEM_INFO') in event_calls
+
     async def test_event_async_handling_local(self) -> None:
         config = Configuration()
         event_manager = EventManager(config)