diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d4939c277..c86d22f143 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh: yii\codeception\TestCase now supports loading and using fixtures via Yii fixture framework (qiangxue)
 - Enh: Added support to parse json request data to Request::getRestParams() (cebe)
 - Enh: Added ability to get incoming headers (dizews)
+- Enh: Added `beforeRun()` and `afterRun()` to `yii\base\Action` (qiangxue)
 - Chg #1519: `yii\web\User::loginRequired()` now returns the `Response` object instead of exiting the application (qiangxue)
 - Chg #1586: `QueryBuilder::buildLikeCondition()` will now escape special characters and use percentage characters by default (qiangxue)
 - Chg #1610: `Html::activeCheckboxList()` and `Html::activeRadioList()` will submit an empty string if no checkbox/radio is selected (qiangxue)
diff --git a/framework/base/Action.php b/framework/base/Action.php
index 56b1c45058..ab8083243e 100644
--- a/framework/base/Action.php
+++ b/framework/base/Action.php
@@ -86,4 +86,23 @@ class Action extends Component
 		}
 		return call_user_func_array([$this, 'run'], $args);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * This method is called right before `run()` is executed.
+	 * You may override this method to do preparation work for the action run.
+	 * If the method returns false, it will cancel the action.
+	 * @return boolean whether to run the action.
+	 */
+	protected function beforeRun()
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * This method is called right after `run()` is executed.
+	 * You may override this method to do post-processing work for the action run.
+	 */
+	protected function afterRun()
+	{
+	}
 }