diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/README.md
index 4b79deb7b9343..415024f7e7bc6 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/README.md
@@ -174,7 +174,13 @@ const pipeline = new codepipeline.Pipeline(this, 'MyPipeline', {
 const deployStage = pipeline.addStage('Deploy');
 new codedeploy.PipelineDeployAction(this, 'CodeDeploy', {
     stage: deployStage,
-    applicationName: 'YourCodeDeployApplicationName',
-    deploymentGroupName: 'YourCodeDeployDeploymentGroupName',
+    deploymentGroup,
 });
 ```
+
+You can also add the Deployment Group to the Pipeline directly:
+
+```ts
+// equivalent to the code above:
+deploymentGroup.addToPipeline(deployStage, 'CodeDeploy');
+```
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/lib/deployment-group.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/lib/deployment-group.ts
index 5857d64be0a86..88b6e6a1be962 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/lib/deployment-group.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/lib/deployment-group.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import autoscaling = require("@aws-cdk/aws-autoscaling");
 import cloudwatch = require("@aws-cdk/aws-cloudwatch");
 import codedeploylb = require("@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy-api");
+import codepipeline = require("@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-api");
 import ec2 = require("@aws-cdk/aws-ec2");
 import iam = require('@aws-cdk/aws-iam');
 import s3 = require("@aws-cdk/aws-s3");
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import cdk = require("@aws-cdk/cdk");
 import { ServerApplication, ServerApplicationRef } from "./application";
 import { cloudformation } from './codedeploy.generated';
 import { IServerDeploymentConfig, ServerDeploymentConfig } from "./deployment-config";
+import { CommonPipelineDeployActionProps, PipelineDeployAction } from "./pipeline-action";
 
 /**
  * Properties of a reference to a CodeDeploy EC2/on-premise Deployment Group.
@@ -81,6 +83,24 @@ export abstract class ServerDeploymentGroupRef extends cdk.Construct {
       deploymentConfig: this.deploymentConfig,
     };
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Convenience method for creating a new {@link PipelineDeployAction}
+   * and adding it to the given Stage.
+   *
+   * @param stage the Pipeline Stage to add the new Action to
+   * @param name the name of the newly created Action
+   * @param props the properties of the new Action
+   * @returns the newly created {@link PipelineDeployAction} deploy Action
+   */
+  public addToPipeline(stage: codepipeline.IStage, name: string, props: CommonPipelineDeployActionProps = {}):
+      PipelineDeployAction {
+    return new PipelineDeployAction(this, name, {
+      deploymentGroup: this,
+      stage,
+      ...props,
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 class ImportedServerDeploymentGroupRef extends ServerDeploymentGroupRef {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/lib/pipeline-action.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/lib/pipeline-action.ts
index 0d1a9635f80ba..58985c522273d 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/lib/pipeline-action.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/lib/pipeline-action.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,11 @@ import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
 import { ServerDeploymentGroupRef } from './deployment-group';
 
 /**
- * Construction properties of the {@link PipelineDeployAction CodeDeploy deploy CodePipeline Action}.
+ * Common properties for creating a {@link PipelineDeployAction},
+ * either directly, through its constructor,
+ * or through {@link ServerDeploymentGroupRef#addToPipeline}.
  */
-export interface PipelineDeployActionProps extends codepipeline.CommonActionProps,
-    codepipeline.CommonActionConstructProps {
-  /**
-   * The CodeDeploy Deployment Group to deploy to.
-   */
-  deploymentGroup: ServerDeploymentGroupRef;
-
+export interface CommonPipelineDeployActionProps extends codepipeline.CommonActionProps {
   /**
    * The source to use as input for deployment.
    *
@@ -21,6 +17,17 @@ export interface PipelineDeployActionProps extends codepipeline.CommonActionProp
   inputArtifact?: codepipeline.Artifact;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Construction properties of the {@link PipelineDeployAction CodeDeploy deploy CodePipeline Action}.
+ */
+export interface PipelineDeployActionProps extends CommonPipelineDeployActionProps,
+    codepipeline.CommonActionConstructProps {
+  /**
+   * The CodeDeploy Deployment Group to deploy to.
+   */
+  deploymentGroup: ServerDeploymentGroupRef;
+}
+
 export class PipelineDeployAction extends codepipeline.DeployAction {
   constructor(parent: cdk.Construct, id: string, props: PipelineDeployActionProps) {
     super(parent, id, {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-api/lib/action.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-api/lib/action.ts
index 67df1ecfdcbce..b44485f8843c1 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-api/lib/action.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-api/lib/action.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ export interface IPipeline extends events.IEventRuleTarget {
    */
   readonly role: iam.Role;
 
-  /* Grants read permissions to the Pipeline's S3 Bucket to the given Identity.
+  /**
+   * Grants read permissions to the Pipeline's S3 Bucket to the given Identity.
    *
    * @param identity the IAM Identity to grant the permissions to
    */
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/test/integ.pipeline-code-deploy.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/test/integ.pipeline-code-deploy.ts
index b6f71cf5e3679..f52c9dc36b61b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/test/integ.pipeline-code-deploy.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/test/integ.pipeline-code-deploy.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ bucket.addToPipeline(sourceStage, 'S3Source', {
 });
 
 const deployStage = new codepipeline.Stage(stack, 'Deploy', { pipeline });
-new codedeploy.PipelineDeployAction(stack, 'CodeDeploy', {
-  stage: deployStage,
-  deploymentGroup,
-});
+deploymentGroup.addToPipeline(deployStage, 'CodeDeploy');
 
 app.run();