diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/Actions.hpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/Actions.hpp
index 6492560c7..5775c982a 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/Actions.hpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/Actions.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public:
     const ActionX& get(const std::string& name) const;
     const ActionX& get(std::size_t index) const;
     std::vector<const ActionX *> pending(std::time_t sim_time) const;
+    std::vector<const PyAction *> pending_python() const;
 
     std::vector<ActionX>::const_iterator begin() const;
     std::vector<ActionX>::const_iterator end() const;
diff --git a/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/Actions.cpp b/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/Actions.cpp
index f1951e645..cea3384d4 100644
--- a/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/Actions.cpp
+++ b/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/Actions.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ bool Actions::ready(std::time_t sim_time) const {
     return false;
 }
 
+std::vector<const PyAction *> Actions::pending_python() const {
+    std::vector<const PyAction *> pyaction_vector;
+    for (const auto& pyaction : this->pyactions) {
+        if (pyaction.active())
+            pyaction_vector.push_back( &pyaction );
+    }
+    return pyaction_vector;
+
+}
+
 
 std::vector<const ActionX *> Actions::pending(std::time_t sim_time) const {
     std::vector<const ActionX *> action_vector;
diff --git a/tests/parser/ACTIONX.cpp b/tests/parser/ACTIONX.cpp
index 559350b78..5cd4f4faf 100644
--- a/tests/parser/ACTIONX.cpp
+++ b/tests/parser/ACTIONX.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TestActions) {
 
         Opm::Action::ActionX action3("NAME3", 1000000, 0, asTimeT(TimeStampUTC(TimeStampUTC::YMD{ 2000, 7, 1 })) );
         config.add(action3);
+
+        Opm::Action::PyAction py_action1("PYTHON1", Opm::Action::PyAction::RunCount::single, "import sys");
+        config.add(py_action1);
+
+        Opm::Action::PyAction py_action2("PYTHON2", Opm::Action::PyAction::RunCount::single, "import sys");
+        config.add(py_action2);
     }
     const Opm::Action::ActionX& action2 = config.get("NAME");
     // The action2 instance has an empty condition, so it will never evaluate to true.
@@ -182,6 +188,10 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TestActions) {
         BOOST_CHECK( !ptr->eval(asTimeT(TimeStampUTC(TimeStampUTC::YMD{ 2000, 8, 7 })), context));
     }
     BOOST_CHECK(!action2.eval(asTimeT(TimeStampUTC(TimeStampUTC::YMD{ 2000, 8, 7 })), context));
+
+
+    const auto& python_actions = config.pending_python();
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(python_actions.size(), 2);
 }