diff --git a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/component.js b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/component.js
index af5d3da59fe..4bb0de2f383 100644
--- a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/component.js
+++ b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/component.js
@@ -265,22 +265,26 @@ var Component = View.extend(TargetActionSupport, ComponentTemplateDeprecation, {
       actionName = get(this, 'action');
       Ember.assert("The default action was triggered on the component " + this.toString() +
                    ", but the action name (" + actionName + ") was not a string.",
-                   isNone(actionName) || typeof actionName === 'string');
+                   isNone(actionName) || typeof actionName === 'string' || typeof actionName === 'function');
     } else {
       actionName = get(this, 'attrs.' + action) || get(this, action);
       Ember.assert("The " + action + " action was triggered on the component " +
                    this.toString() + ", but the action name (" + actionName +
                    ") was not a string.",
-                   isNone(actionName) || typeof actionName === 'string');
+                   isNone(actionName) || typeof actionName === 'string' || typeof actionName === 'function');
     }
 
     // If no action name for that action could be found, just abort.
     if (actionName === undefined) { return; }
 
-    this.triggerAction({
-      action: actionName,
-      actionContext: contexts
-    });
+    if (typeof actionName === 'function') {
+      actionName.apply(null, contexts);
+    } else {
+      this.triggerAction({
+        action: actionName,
+        actionContext: contexts
+      });
+    }
   },
 
   send(actionName, ...args) {
diff --git a/packages/ember-views/tests/views/component_test.js b/packages/ember-views/tests/views/component_test.js
index 93d15890890..29afb152f9d 100644
--- a/packages/ember-views/tests/views/component_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-views/tests/views/component_test.js
@@ -136,6 +136,25 @@ QUnit.test("Calling sendAction on a component with an action defined calls send
   equal(actionCounts['addItem'], 1, "addItem event was sent once");
 });
 
+QUnit.test("Calling sendAction on a component with a function calls the function", function() {
+  expect(1);
+  set(component, 'action', function() {
+    ok(true, 'function is called');
+  });
+
+  component.sendAction();
+});
+
+QUnit.test("Calling sendAction on a component with a function calls the function with arguments", function() {
+  expect(1);
+  var argument = {};
+  set(component, 'action', function(actualArgument) {
+    equal(actualArgument, argument, 'argument is passed');
+  });
+
+  component.sendAction('action', argument);
+});
+
 QUnit.test("Calling sendAction with a named action uses the component's property as the action name", function() {
   set(component, 'playing', "didStartPlaying");
   set(component, 'action', "didDoSomeBusiness");