diff --git a/mistral/engine/action_handler.py b/mistral/engine/action_handler.py
index fcb1c388..4eb4fb1d 100644
--- a/mistral/engine/action_handler.py
+++ b/mistral/engine/action_handler.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def _get_adhoc_action_input(action_def, input_dict,
 
 def run_action(action_def, action_input,
                action_ex_id=None, target=None, async=True):
-    return rpc.get_executor_client().run_action(
+    action_result = rpc.get_executor_client().run_action(
         action_ex_id,
         action_def.action_class,
         action_def.attributes or {},
@@ -150,16 +150,28 @@ def run_action(action_def, action_input,
         async
     )
 
+    if action_result:
+        return _get_action_output(action_result)
+
+
+def _get_action_output(result):
+    """Returns action output.
+
+    :param result: ActionResult instance or ActionResult dict
+    :return: dict containing result.
+    """
+    if isinstance(result, dict):
+        result = wf_utils.Result(result.get('data'), result.get('error'))
+
+    return ({'result': result.data}
+            if result.is_success() else {'result': result.error})
+
 
 def store_action_result(action_ex, result):
     prev_state = action_ex.state
 
-    if result.is_success():
-        action_ex.state = states.SUCCESS
-        action_ex.output = {'result': result.data}
-    else:
-        action_ex.state = states.ERROR
-        action_ex.output = {'result': result.error}
+    action_ex.state = states.SUCCESS if result.is_success() else states.ERROR
+    action_ex.output = _get_action_output(result)
 
     action_ex.accepted = True
 
diff --git a/mistral/engine/default_engine.py b/mistral/engine/default_engine.py
index c4949f23..3a9d6ba3 100644
--- a/mistral/engine/default_engine.py
+++ b/mistral/engine/default_engine.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class DefaultEngine(base.Engine):
 
                 return action_ex.get_clone()
             else:
-                result = action_handler.run_action(
+                output = action_handler.run_action(
                     action_def,
                     resolved_action_input,
                     target=params.get('target'),
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class DefaultEngine(base.Engine):
                     name=action_name,
                     description=description,
                     input=action_input,
-                    output={'result': result}
+                    output=output
                 )
 
     def on_task_state_change(self, task_ex_id, state):
diff --git a/mistral/engine/default_executor.py b/mistral/engine/default_executor.py
index b3623d9b..7f080c61 100644
--- a/mistral/engine/default_executor.py
+++ b/mistral/engine/default_executor.py
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ class DefaultExecutor(base.Executor):
 
             result = action.run()
 
-            if action.is_sync() and action_ex_id:
-                # Note: it's made for backwards compatibility with already
-                # existing Mistral actions which don't return result as
-                # instance of workflow.utils.Result.
-                if not isinstance(result, wf_utils.Result):
-                    result = wf_utils.Result(data=result)
+            # Note: it's made for backwards compatibility with already
+            # existing Mistral actions which don't return result as
+            # instance of workflow.utils.Result.
+            if not isinstance(result, wf_utils.Result):
+                result = wf_utils.Result(data=result)
 
+            if action.is_sync() and action_ex_id:
                 self._engine_client.on_action_complete(action_ex_id, result)
 
             return result
diff --git a/mistral/tests/functional/api/v2/test_mistral_basic_v2.py b/mistral/tests/functional/api/v2/test_mistral_basic_v2.py
index 22b76ce5..ad84292f 100644
--- a/mistral/tests/functional/api/v2/test_mistral_basic_v2.py
+++ b/mistral/tests/functional/api/v2/test_mistral_basic_v2.py
@@ -767,7 +767,22 @@ class ActionExecutionTestsV2(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(201, resp.status)
         body = json.loads(body)
         output = json.loads(body['output'])
-        self.assertIsInstance(output['result'], dict)
+        self.assertTrue(output['result']['status'] in range(200, 307))
+
+    @test.attr(type='sanity')
+    def test_run_action_std_http_error(self):
+        resp, body = self.client.post_json(
+            'action_executions',
+            {
+                'name': 'std.http',
+                'input': '{"url": "http://www.google.ru/not-found-test"}'
+            }
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(201, resp.status)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        output = json.loads(body['output'])
+        self.assertEqual(404, output['result']['status'])
 
     @test.attr(type='sanity')
     def test_create_action_execution(self):
diff --git a/mistral/tests/unit/engine/test_run_action.py b/mistral/tests/unit/engine/test_run_action.py
index b40f1190..89c4637e 100644
--- a/mistral/tests/unit/engine/test_run_action.py
+++ b/mistral/tests/unit/engine/test_run_action.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class RunActionEngineTest(base.EngineTestCase):
             'scope': 'public'
         })
         def_mock.return_value = action_def
+        run_mock.return_value = {'result': 'Hello'}
 
         class_ret = mock.MagicMock()
         class_mock.return_value = class_ret