diff --git a/ebos/eclbasevanguard.hh b/ebos/eclbasevanguard.hh
index 7663c5d7a..ff14a72b5 100644
--- a/ebos/eclbasevanguard.hh
+++ b/ebos/eclbasevanguard.hh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Schedule.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/SummaryConfig/SummaryConfig.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/SummaryState.hpp>
+#include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/State.hpp>
 
 
 #if HAVE_MPI
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ public:
         else
             eclSchedule_ = externalEclSchedule_;
         this->summaryState_.reset( new Opm::SummaryState( std::chrono::system_clock::from_time_t(this->eclSchedule_->getStartTime() )));
+        this->actionState_.reset( new Opm::Action::State() );
 
         if (!externalEclSummaryConfig_) {
             // create the schedule object. Note that if eclState is supposed to represent
@@ -447,6 +449,18 @@ public:
     const Opm::SummaryState& summaryState() const
     { return *summaryState_; }
 
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief Returns the action state
+     *
+     * The ActionState keeps track of how many times the various actions have run.
+     */
+    Opm::Action::State& actionState()
+    { return *actionState_; }
+
+    const Opm::Action::State& actionState() const
+    { return *actionState_; }
+
     /*!
      * \brief Parameter deciding the edge-weight strategy of the load balancer.
      */
@@ -617,6 +631,7 @@ private:
     std::unique_ptr<Opm::Schedule> internalEclSchedule_;
     std::unique_ptr<Opm::SummaryConfig> internalEclSummaryConfig_;
     std::unique_ptr<Opm::SummaryState> summaryState_;
+    std::unique_ptr<Opm::Action::State> actionState_;
 
     // these attributes point  either to the internal  or to the external version of the
     // parser objects.
diff --git a/ebos/eclproblem.hh b/ebos/eclproblem.hh
index c08f2ea14..66adc0b93 100644
--- a/ebos/eclproblem.hh
+++ b/ebos/eclproblem.hh
@@ -997,6 +997,7 @@ public:
                            simulator.time() + simulator.timeStepSize(),
                            ecl_state,
                            schedule,
+                           simulator.vanguard().actionState(),
                            simulator.vanguard().summaryState());
     }
 
@@ -1062,6 +1063,7 @@ public:
                       double sim_time,
                       Opm::EclipseState& ecl_state,
                       Opm::Schedule& schedule,
+                      Opm::Action::State& actionState,
                       Opm::SummaryState& summaryState) {
         const auto& actions = schedule.actions(reportStep);
         if (actions.empty())
@@ -1084,8 +1086,8 @@ public:
         }
 
         auto simTime = schedule.simTime(reportStep);
-        for (const auto& action : actions.pending(simTime)) {
-            auto actionResult = action->eval(simTime, context);
+        for (const auto& action : actions.pending(actionState, simTime)) {
+            auto actionResult = action->eval(context);
             if (actionResult) {
                 std::string wells_string;
                 const auto& matching_wells = actionResult.wells();
@@ -1097,6 +1099,7 @@ public:
                 std::string msg = "The action: " + action->name() + " evaluated to true at " + ts + " wells: " + wells_string;
                 Opm::OpmLog::info(msg);
                 schedule.applyAction(reportStep, *action, actionResult);
+                actionState.add_run(*action, simTime);
             } else {
                 std::string msg = "The action: " + action->name() + " evaluated to false at " + ts;
                 Opm::OpmLog::info(msg);
diff --git a/ebos/eclwriter.hh b/ebos/eclwriter.hh
index b454ace25..710b76896 100644
--- a/ebos/eclwriter.hh
+++ b/ebos/eclwriter.hh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <opm/output/eclipse/RestartValue.hpp>
 #include <opm/output/eclipse/Summary.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/Units/UnitSystem.hpp>
+#include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/State.hpp>
 
 #include <opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp>
 #include <opm/grid/GridHelpers.hpp>
@@ -395,7 +396,8 @@ public:
                 restartValue.addExtra("OPMEXTRA", std::vector<double>(1, nextStepSize));
 
             // first, create a tasklet to write the data for the current time step to disk
-            auto eclWriteTasklet = std::make_shared<EclWriteTasklet>(summaryState(),
+            auto eclWriteTasklet = std::make_shared<EclWriteTasklet>(actionState(),
+                                                                     summaryState(),
                                                                      *eclIO_,
                                                                      reportStepNum,
                                                                      isSubStep,
@@ -449,7 +451,8 @@ public:
 
         {
             Opm::SummaryState& summaryState = simulator_.vanguard().summaryState();
-            auto restartValues = loadParallelRestart(eclIO_.get(), summaryState, solutionKeys, extraKeys,
+            Opm::Action::State& actionState = simulator_.vanguard().actionState();
+            auto restartValues = loadParallelRestart(eclIO_.get(), actionState, summaryState, solutionKeys, extraKeys,
                                                      gridView.grid().comm());
 
             for (unsigned elemIdx = 0; elemIdx < numElements; ++elemIdx) {
@@ -688,6 +691,7 @@ private:
     struct EclWriteTasklet
         : public TaskletInterface
     {
+        Opm::Action::State actionState_;
         Opm::SummaryState summaryState_;
         Opm::EclipseIO& eclIO_;
         int reportStepNum_;
@@ -696,14 +700,16 @@ private:
         Opm::RestartValue restartValue_;
         bool writeDoublePrecision_;
 
-        explicit EclWriteTasklet(const Opm::SummaryState& summaryState,
+        explicit EclWriteTasklet(const Opm::Action::State& actionState,
+                                 const Opm::SummaryState& summaryState,
                                  Opm::EclipseIO& eclIO,
                                  int reportStepNum,
                                  bool isSubStep,
                                  double secondsElapsed,
                                  Opm::RestartValue restartValue,
                                  bool writeDoublePrecision)
-            : summaryState_(summaryState)
+            : actionState_(actionState)
+            , summaryState_(summaryState)
             , eclIO_(eclIO)
             , reportStepNum_(reportStepNum)
             , isSubStep_(isSubStep)
@@ -715,7 +721,8 @@ private:
         // callback to eclIO serial writeTimeStep method
         void run()
         {
-            eclIO_.writeTimeStep(summaryState_,
+            eclIO_.writeTimeStep(actionState_,
+                                 summaryState_,
                                  reportStepNum_,
                                  isSubStep_,
                                  secondsElapsed_,
@@ -730,6 +737,9 @@ private:
     Opm::SummaryState& summaryState()
     { return simulator_.vanguard().summaryState(); }
 
+    Opm::Action::State& actionState()
+    { return simulator_.vanguard().actionState(); }
+
     const Opm::Schedule& schedule() const
     { return simulator_.vanguard().schedule(); }
 
diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
index 225fbb6a5..8ac89e8da 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_PACK(std::set<std::string>)
 
 } // end namespace Mpi
 
-RestartValue loadParallelRestart(const EclipseIO* eclIO, SummaryState& summaryState,
+RestartValue loadParallelRestart(const EclipseIO* eclIO, Action::State& actionState, SummaryState& summaryState,
                                  const std::vector<Opm::RestartKey>& solutionKeys,
                                  const std::vector<Opm::RestartKey>& extraKeys,
                                  Dune::CollectiveCommunication<Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator> comm)
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ RestartValue loadParallelRestart(const EclipseIO* eclIO, SummaryState& summarySt
     if (eclIO)
     {
         assert(comm.rank() == 0);
-        restartValues = eclIO->loadRestart(summaryState, solutionKeys, extraKeys);
+        restartValues = eclIO->loadRestart(actionState, summaryState, solutionKeys, extraKeys);
         int packedSize = Mpi::packSize(restartValues, comm);
         std::vector<char> buffer(packedSize);
         int position=0;
diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
index 7d9746fed..a22bec96f 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <opm/output/eclipse/RestartValue.hpp>
 #include <opm/output/eclipse/EclipseIO.hpp>
 #include <opm/output/eclipse/Summary.hpp>
+#include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/State.hpp>
 
 #include <dune/common/parallel/mpihelper.hh>
 
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(std::string)
 
 } // end namespace Mpi
 
-RestartValue loadParallelRestart(const EclipseIO* eclIO, SummaryState& summaryState,
+RestartValue loadParallelRestart(const EclipseIO* eclIO, Action::State& actionState, SummaryState& summaryState,
                                  const std::vector<Opm::RestartKey>& solutionKeys,
                                  const std::vector<Opm::RestartKey>& extraKeys,
                                  Dune::CollectiveCommunication<Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator> comm);
diff --git a/tests/test_ecl_output.cc b/tests/test_ecl_output.cc
index 7b0600599..5273d58db 100644
--- a/tests/test_ecl_output.cc
+++ b/tests/test_ecl_output.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <ebos/collecttoiorank.hh>
 #include <ebos/ecloutputblackoilmodule.hh>
 #include <ebos/eclwriter.hh>
+#include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/State.hpp>
 
 #if HAVE_DUNE_FEM
 #include <dune/fem/misc/mpimanager.hh>