diff --git a/mistral/engine/actions/action_factory.py b/mistral/engine/actions/action_factory.py
index 635fc27dd..d9041bbdd 100644
--- a/mistral/engine/actions/action_factory.py
+++ b/mistral/engine/actions/action_factory.py
@@ -22,32 +22,45 @@ import mistral.exceptions as exc
 def create_action(task):
     action_type = task['service_dsl']['type']
 
-    if action_type == action_types.REST_API:
-        return get_rest_action(task)
-    elif action_type == action_types.OSLO_RPC:
-        return get_amqp_action(task)
-    else:
+    if not action_types.is_valid(action_type):
         raise exc.InvalidActionException("Action type is not supported: %s" %
                                          action_type)
+    return _get_mapping()[action_type](task)
+
+
+def _get_mapping():
+    return {
+        action_types.REST_API: get_rest_action,
+        action_types.MISTRAL_REST_API: get_mistral_rest_action,
+        action_types.OSLO_RPC: get_amqp_action
+    }
 
 
 def get_rest_action(task):
     action_name = task['task_dsl']['action'].split(':')[1]
-    action_params = task['service_dsl']['actions'][action_name]['parameters']
+    action_dsl = task['service_dsl']['actions'][action_name]
     task_params = task['task_dsl'].get('parameters', None)
     url = task['service_dsl']['parameters']['baseUrl'] +\
-        action_params['url']
+        action_dsl['parameters']['url']
 
-    headers = {
+    headers = {}
+    headers.update(task['task_dsl'].get('headers', {}))
+    headers.update(action_dsl.get('headers', {}))
+
+    method = action_dsl['parameters'].get('method', "GET")
+    return actions.RestAction(url, params=task_params,
+                              method=method, headers=headers)
+
+
+def get_mistral_rest_action(task):
+    mistral_headers = {
         'Mistral-Workbook-Name': task['workbook_name'],
         'Mistral-Execution-Id': task['execution_id'],
         'Mistral-Task-Id': task['id'],
     }
-
-    return actions.RestAction(url=url,
-                              params=task_params,
-                              method=action_params['method'],
-                              headers=headers)
+    action = get_rest_action(task)
+    action.headers.update(mistral_headers)
+    return action
 
 
 def get_amqp_action(task):
diff --git a/mistral/engine/actions/action_types.py b/mistral/engine/actions/action_types.py
index 002be5683..8e0aac181 100644
--- a/mistral/engine/actions/action_types.py
+++ b/mistral/engine/actions/action_types.py
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 
 REST_API = 'REST_API'
 OSLO_RPC = 'OSLO_RPC'
+MISTRAL_REST_API = 'MISTRAL_REST_API'
 
-_ALL = [REST_API, OSLO_RPC]
+_ALL = [REST_API, OSLO_RPC, MISTRAL_REST_API]
 
 
 def is_valid(action_type):
diff --git a/mistral/engine/actions/actions.py b/mistral/engine/actions/actions.py
index b6a829762..b4cdf1c2e 100644
--- a/mistral/engine/actions/actions.py
+++ b/mistral/engine/actions/actions.py
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class BaseAction(object):
-    def do_action(self):
+    def run(self):
         pass
 
 
 class RestAction(BaseAction):
-    def __init__(self, url, params={}, method="GET", headers=None):
+    def __init__(self, url, params={}, method="GET", headers={}):
         self.url = url
         self.params = params
         self.method = method
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ class RestAction(BaseAction):
                                 headers=self.headers)
         LOG.info("Received HTTP response:\n%s\n%s" %
                  (resp.status_code, resp.content))
+        # Return rather json than text, but response can contain text also.
+        try:
+            return resp.json()
+        except:
+            LOG.debug("HTTP response content is not json")
+            return resp.content
 
 
 class OsloRPCAction(BaseAction):
diff --git a/mistral/tests/unit/engine/actions/__init__.py b/mistral/tests/unit/engine/actions/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/mistral/tests/unit/engine/actions/test_action_factory.py b/mistral/tests/unit/engine/actions/test_action_factory.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7476ad6bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mistral/tests/unit/engine/actions/test_action_factory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright 2013 - Mirantis, Inc.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+
+import unittest2
+
+from mistral.engine.actions import action_factory
+from mistral.engine.actions import action_types
+
+
+SAMPLE_TASK = {
+    'task_dsl': {
+        'action': 'MyRest:create-vm',
+        'parameters': {
+            'a': 'b'
+        },
+        'headers': {
+            'Cookie': 'abc'
+        }
+    },
+    'service_dsl': {
+        'parameters': {
+            'baseUrl': 'http://some_host'
+        },
+        'actions': {
+            'create-vm': {
+                'parameters': {
+                    'url': '/task1'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    'workbook_name': 'wb',
+    'execution_id': '1234',
+    'id': '123'
+}
+
+
+class ActionFactoryTest(unittest2.TestCase):
+    def test_get_mistral_rest(self):
+        task = dict(SAMPLE_TASK)
+        task['service_dsl'].update({'type': action_types.MISTRAL_REST_API})
+        action = action_factory.create_action(task)
+
+        self.assertIn("Mistral-Workbook-Name", action.headers)
+        self.assertEqual(action.method, "GET")
+
+    def test_get_rest(self):
+        task = dict(SAMPLE_TASK)
+        task['service_dsl'].update({'type': action_types.REST_API})
+        action = action_factory.create_action(task)
+
+        self.assertNotIn("Mistral-Workbook-Name", action.headers)
+        self.assertEqual(action.method, "GET")