diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php
index ddffdf7f9c50..ea20226557e1 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ function app_path()
 	return app('path');
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the current controller and method.
+ *
+ * @return  mixed
+ */
+function current_action()
+{
+	$currentRoute = app('router')->getCurrentRoute();
+
+	return ($currentRoute === null) ? null : $currentRoute->getOption('_uses');
+}
+
 /**
  * Divide an array into two arrays. One with keys and the other with values.
  *
diff --git a/tests/Support/HelpersTest.php b/tests/Support/HelpersTest.php
index 5b570f1619d6..53ba46f6e8cc 100644
--- a/tests/Support/HelpersTest.php
+++ b/tests/Support/HelpersTest.php
@@ -1,7 +1,65 @@
 <?php
 
+use Mockery as m;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
 class HelpersTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
+	public function testCurrentActionOnClosure()
+	{
+		$router = new Illuminate\Routing\Router;
+		$router->get('/', function() {});
+
+		$request = Request::create('/', 'GET');
+
+		$router->dispatch($request);
+
+		$app = m::mock('Illuminate\Foundation\Application');
+		$app->shouldReceive('make')->once()->with('router')->andReturn($router);
+
+		Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade::setFacadeApplication($app);
+
+		$this->assertNull(current_action());
+	}
+
+	public function testCurrentActionOnController()
+	{
+		$router = new Illuminate\Routing\Router;
+
+		$container = m::mock('Illuminate\Container\Container');		
+
+		$controller = m::mock('stdClass');
+		$controller->shouldReceive('callAction')->once()->with($container, $router, 'getIndex', array());
+
+		$container->shouldReceive('make')->once()->with('Controllers\Home')->andReturn($controller);
+
+		$router->setContainer($container);
+		$router->get('/', 'Controllers\Home@getIndex');
+
+		$request = Request::create('/', 'GET');		
+
+		$router->dispatch($request);
+
+		$app = m::mock('Illuminate\Foundation\Application');
+		$app->shouldReceive('make')->once()->with('router')->andReturn($router);
+
+		Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade::setFacadeApplication($app);
+
+		$this->assertEquals('Controllers\Home@getIndex', current_action());
+	}
+
+	public function testCurrentActionOnNoCurrentRoute()
+	{
+		$router = new Illuminate\Routing\Router;
+
+		$app = m::mock('Illuminate\Foundation\Application');
+		$app->shouldReceive('make')->once()->with('router')->andReturn($router);
+
+		Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade::setFacadeApplication($app);
+
+		$this->assertNull(current_action());
+	}
+
 	public function testArrayDot()
 	{
 		$array = array_dot(array('name' => 'taylor', 'languages' => array('php' => true)));