diff --git a/rest_framework/viewsets.py b/rest_framework/viewsets.py
index 4ee7cdaf8..164347f93 100644
--- a/rest_framework/viewsets.py
+++ b/rest_framework/viewsets.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ automatically.
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from functools import update_wrapper
+from inspect import getmembers
 
 from django.utils.decorators import classonlymethod
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ from rest_framework import generics, mixins, views
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
 
+def _is_extra_action(attr):
+    return hasattr(attr, 'bind_to_methods')
+
+
 class ViewSetMixin(object):
     """
     This is the magic.
@@ -112,8 +117,7 @@ class ViewSetMixin(object):
 
     def initialize_request(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         """
-        Set the `.action` attribute on the view,
-        depending on the request method.
+        Set the `.action` attribute on the view, depending on the request method.
         """
         request = super(ViewSetMixin, self).initialize_request(request, *args, **kwargs)
         method = request.method.lower()
@@ -135,6 +139,13 @@ class ViewSetMixin(object):
 
         return reverse(url_name, *args, **kwargs)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_extra_actions(cls):
+        """
+        Get the methods that are marked as an extra ViewSet `@action`.
+        """
+        return [method for _, method in getmembers(cls, _is_extra_action)]
+
 
 class ViewSet(ViewSetMixin, views.APIView):
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_viewsets.py b/tests/test_viewsets.py
index beff42cb8..bebe6ac9c 100644
--- a/tests/test_viewsets.py
+++ b/tests/test_viewsets.py
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ class InitializeViewSetsTestCase(TestCase):
             self.assertIn(attribute, dir(view))
 
 
+class GetExtraActionTests(TestCase):
+
+    def test_extra_actions(self):
+        view = ActionViewSet()
+        actual = [action.__name__ for action in view.get_extra_actions()]
+        expected = ['custom_detail_action', 'custom_list_action', 'detail_action', 'list_action']
+
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+
 @override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='tests.test_viewsets')
 class ReverseActionTests(TestCase):
     def test_default_basename(self):