diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/el/ActionExecutingELResolver.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/el/ActionExecutingELResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9eeeaba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/el/ActionExecutingELResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package org.springframework.webflow.core.expression.el;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import javax.el.ELContext;
+import javax.el.ELResolver;
+import javax.el.PropertyNotWritableException;
+
+import org.springframework.webflow.engine.ActionExecutor;
+import org.springframework.webflow.engine.AnnotatedAction;
+import org.springframework.webflow.execution.Action;
+import org.springframework.webflow.execution.RequestContextHolder;
+
+public class ActionExecutingELResolver extends ELResolver {
+
+	public Class getCommonPropertyType(ELContext elContext, Object base) {
+		return Action.class;
+	}
+
+	public Iterator getFeatureDescriptors(ELContext elContext, Object base) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public Class getType(ELContext elContext, Object base, Object property) {
+		if (base instanceof Action) {
+			elContext.setPropertyResolved(true);
+			return Action.class;
+		} else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public Object getValue(ELContext elContext, Object base, Object property) {
+		if (base instanceof Action) {
+			Action action = (Action) base;
+			elContext.setPropertyResolved(true);
+			if (property == null) {
+				return ActionExecutor.execute(action, RequestContextHolder.getRequestContext());
+			} else {
+				AnnotatedAction decorator = new AnnotatedAction(action);
+				decorator.setMethod((String) property);
+				return ActionExecutor.execute(decorator, RequestContextHolder.getRequestContext());
+			}
+		} else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public boolean isReadOnly(ELContext elContext, Object base, Object property) {
+		if (base instanceof Action) {
+			elContext.setPropertyResolved(true);
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void setValue(ELContext elContext, Object base, Object property, Object value) {
+		if (base instanceof Action) {
+			elContext.setPropertyResolved(true);
+			throw new PropertyNotWritableException("The Action cannot be set with an expression.");
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/el/WebFlowELExpressionParser.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/el/WebFlowELExpressionParser.java
index f06d73aa..76e1c188 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/el/WebFlowELExpressionParser.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/core/expression/el/WebFlowELExpressionParser.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class WebFlowELExpressionParser extends ELExpressionParser {
 			List customResolvers = new ArrayList();
 			customResolvers.add(new RequestContextELResolver());
 			customResolvers.add(new SpringBeanWebFlowELResolver());
+			customResolvers.add(new ActionExecutingELResolver());
 			customResolvers.add(new ScopeSearchingELResolver());
 			ELResolver resolver = new DefaultELResolver(target, customResolvers);
 			return new WebFlowELContext(resolver);
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/SearchFlowExecutionTests.java b/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/SearchFlowExecutionTests.java
index 7abd2f07..0226c3e5 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/SearchFlowExecutionTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/SearchFlowExecutionTests.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.webflow.config.FlowDefinitionResource;
 import org.springframework.webflow.config.FlowDefinitionResourceFactory;
 import org.springframework.webflow.context.ExternalContext;
 import org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.AttributeMap;
+import org.springframework.webflow.core.expression.el.WebFlowELExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.webflow.engine.EndState;
 import org.springframework.webflow.engine.Flow;
 import org.springframework.webflow.test.execution.AbstractXmlFlowExecutionTests;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ public class SearchFlowExecutionTests extends AbstractXmlFlowExecutionTests {
 	}
 
 	protected void configure(MockFlowBuilderContext builderContext) {
+		builderContext.getFlowBuilderServices().setExpressionParser(new WebFlowELExpressionParser());
 		Flow mockDetailFlow = new Flow("detail-flow");
 		mockDetailFlow.setInputMapper(new AttributeMapper() {
 			public void map(Object source, Object target, MappingContext context) {
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/search-flow.xml b/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/search-flow.xml
index edbedf2f..fbb2ff2e 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/search-flow.xml
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/test/java/org/springframework/webflow/test/search-flow.xml
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
 
 	<view-state id="enterCriteria" view="searchCriteria">
 		<render-actions>
-			<evaluate expression="formAction.setupForm" />
+			<evaluate expression="#{formAction.setupForm}" />
 		</render-actions>
 		<transition on="search" to="displayResults">
-			<evaluate expression="formAction.bindAndValidate" />
+			<evaluate expression="#{formAction.bindAndValidate}" />
 		</transition>
 	</view-state>
 
 	<view-state id="displayResults" view="searchResults">
 		<render-actions>
-			<evaluate expression="phonebook.search(searchCriteria)" result="results" />
+			<evaluate expression="#{phonebook.search(searchCriteria)}" result="#{flowScope.results}" />
 		</render-actions>
 		<transition on="newSearch" to="enterCriteria"/>
 		<transition on="select" to="browseDetails"/>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 	<subflow-state id="browseDetails" subflow="detail-flow">
 		<input-mapper>
-			<mapping source="${requestParameters.id}" target="${id}" from="string" to="long"/>
+			<mapping source="#{requestParameters.id}" target="#{id}" from="string" to="long"/>
 		</input-mapper>
 		<transition on="finish" to="displayResults"/>
 	</subflow-state>