diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests-common.ts b/apps/tests/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests-common.ts
index 3bf251183..1b7e44066 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests-common.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/action-bar/action-bar-tests-common.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,17 @@ export function test_actionItem_inherit_bindingContext_inXML() {
     TKUnit.assertEqual(actionItem.text, "success", "actionItem.text");
 };
 
+export function test_actionItem_page_property_inXML() {
+    var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
+        "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar> <ActionBar.actionItems>" +
+        "<ActionItem text=\"test\" />" +
+        "</ActionBar.actionItems> </ActionBar> </Page.actionBar> </Page>");
+
+    var actionItem = p.actionBar.actionItems.getItemAt(0);
+
+    TKUnit.assertEqual(actionItem.page, p, "actionItem.page");
+};
+
 export function test_navigationButton_inherit_bindingContext_inXML() {
     var p = <PageModule.Page>builder.parse(
         "<Page> <Page.actionBar> <ActionBar>" +
diff --git a/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts b/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts
index 3c1c7cfa8..e6994de25 100644
--- a/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts
+++ b/ui/action-bar/action-bar-common.ts
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ export class ActionItem extends bindable.Bindable implements dts.ActionItem {
         }
     }
 
+    get page(): pages.Page {
+        return this.actionBar ? this.actionBar.page : undefined;
+    }
+
     public _raiseTap() {
         this._emit(ActionItem.tapEvent);
     }
diff --git a/ui/action-bar/action-bar.d.ts b/ui/action-bar/action-bar.d.ts
index 88cc7ab2b..208267b61 100644
--- a/ui/action-bar/action-bar.d.ts
+++ b/ui/action-bar/action-bar.d.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ declare module "ui/action-bar" {
          */
         actionBar: ActionBar;
 
+        /**
+         * Gets the page that contains the action item.
+         */
+        page: pages.Page;
+
         /**
          * A basic method signature to hook an event listener (shortcut alias to the addEventListener method).
          * @param eventNames - String corresponding to events (e.g. "propertyChange"). Optionally could be used more events separated by `,` (e.g. "propertyChange", "change").