diff --git a/lib/app/Sails.js b/lib/app/Sails.js
index 54a1e9031..d44881e31 100644
--- a/lib/app/Sails.js
+++ b/lib/app/Sails.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ function Sails() {
   this.post = _.bind(this.post, this);
   this.put = _.bind(this.put, this);
   this['delete'] = _.bind(this['delete'], this);
+  this.getActions = _.bind(this.getActions, this);
   this.controller = this.initializeController(this);
 }
 
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ Sails.prototype.getBaseUrl = Sails.prototype.getBaseurl;
 Sails.prototype.getRouteFor = require('./get-route-for');
 Sails.prototype.getUrlFor = require('./get-url-for');
 
+Sails.prototype.getActions = require('./get-actions');
 
 
 // Experimental methods
diff --git a/lib/app/get-actions.js b/lib/app/get-actions.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..635021dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/app/get-actions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * Module dependencies.
+ */
+var _ = require('lodash');
+
+/**
+ * Sails.prototype.getActions()
+ *
+ * Return a shallow clone of the loaded actions dictionary.
+ *
+ * @returns {dictionary} A shallow clone of sails._actions
+ *
+ * @api public
+ */
+module.exports = function getActions() {
+
+  return _.clone(this._actions);
+
+};
diff --git a/test/integration/controllers.test.js b/test/integration/controllers.test.js
index f875df56f..1400c86ea 100644
--- a/test/integration/controllers.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/controllers.test.js
@@ -243,6 +243,27 @@ describe('controllers :: ', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should return a shallow clone of the actions dictionary when `sails.getActions` is called', function() {
+      var actions = sailsApp.getActions();
+      assert(actions !== sailsApp._actions, 'sails.getActions is supposed to return a shallow clone, but got an exact reference!');
+      var expectedActions = [
+        'toplevellegacy.fnaction',
+        'toplevellegacy.machineaction',
+        'top-level-standalone-fn',
+        'top-level-standalone-machine',
+        'somefolder.someotherfolder.nestedlegacy.fnaction',
+        'somefolder.someotherfolder.nestedlegacy.machineaction',
+        'somefolder.someotherfolder.nested-standalone-machine'
+      ];
+      var unexpectedActions = _.difference(_.keys(actions), expectedActions);
+      assert(!unexpectedActions.length, 'Loaded unexpected actions:\n' + util.inspect(unexpectedActions));
+      _.each(expectedActions, function(expectedAction) {
+        assert(actions[expectedAction], 'Did not load expected action `' + expectedAction + '`');
+        assert(_.isFunction(actions[expectedAction]), 'Expected action `' + expectedAction + '` loaded, but instead of a function it\'s a ' + typeof(actions[expectedAction]));
+      });
+
+    });
+
   });
 
 });