diff --git a/build-system/tasks/presubmit-checks.js b/build-system/tasks/presubmit-checks.js
index 511728e05c64..dc1313cbf607 100644
--- a/build-system/tasks/presubmit-checks.js
+++ b/build-system/tasks/presubmit-checks.js
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ var forbiddenTerms = {
     ]
   },
   // Service factories that should only be installed once.
+  'installActionService': {
+    message: privateServiceFactory,
+    whitelist: [
+      'src/service/action-impl.js',
+      'src/amp-core-service.js',
+    ],
+  },
+  'installActionHandler': {
+    message: privateServiceFactory,
+    whitelist: [
+      'src/service/action-impl.js',
+      'extensions/amp-access/0.1/amp-access.js',
+    ],
+  },
   'installCidService': {
     message: privateServiceFactory,
     whitelist: [
diff --git a/examples/article-access.amp.html b/examples/article-access.amp.html
index 71bebfaf27ab..1cf057018962 100644
--- a/examples/article-access.amp.html
+++ b/examples/article-access.amp.html
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@
     amp-img {
       background-color: #f4f4f4;
     }
+
+    .login-section {
+      margin: 16px;
+      margin-top: 24px;
+      padding: 16px;
+      background: #ffc;
+    }
+
   </style>
   <script async custom-element="amp-access" src="https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-access-0.1.js"></script>
   <style>body {opacity: 0}</style><noscript><style>body {opacity: 1}</style></noscript>
@@ -170,6 +178,11 @@ <h1 itemprop="headline">Lorem Ipsum</h1>
             <p class="brand">PublisherName News Reporter<p>
           </div>
         </div>
+
+        <section class="login-section">
+          <a on="tap:amp-access.login">Login to read more!</a>
+        </section>
+
         <div class="article-body" itemprop="articleBody">
           <p>
             Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
diff --git a/extensions/amp-access/0.1/amp-access.js b/extensions/amp-access/0.1/amp-access.js
index a9be4e7d1762..14124fd9db1f 100644
--- a/extensions/amp-access/0.1/amp-access.js
+++ b/extensions/amp-access/0.1/amp-access.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import {actionServiceFor} from '../../../src/action';
 import {assertHttpsUrl} from '../../../src/url';
 import {getService} from '../../../src/service';
 import {installStyles} from '../../../src/styles';
@@ -122,6 +123,16 @@ export class AccessService {
 
   /** @private */
   startInternal_() {
+    actionServiceFor(this.win).installActionHandler(
+        this.accessElement_, this.handleAction_.bind(this));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {!ActionInvocation} invocation
+   * @private
+   */
+  handleAction_(invocation) {
+    log.fine(TAG, 'Invocation: ', invocation);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/custom-element.js b/src/custom-element.js
index 83682f292be7..66f3d76e8ca9 100644
--- a/src/custom-element.js
+++ b/src/custom-element.js
@@ -789,6 +789,7 @@ export function createAmpElementProto(win, name, implementationClass) {
     const actionQueue = assert(this.actionQueue_);
     this.actionQueue_ = null;
 
+    // TODO(dvoytenko, #1260): dedupe actions.
     actionQueue.forEach(invocation => {
       this.executionAction_(invocation, true);
     });
diff --git a/src/service/action-impl.js b/src/service/action-impl.js
index f05cd1ca8c08..15ef09d5b31a 100644
--- a/src/service/action-impl.js
+++ b/src/service/action-impl.js
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import {assert} from '../asserts';
 import {getService} from '../service';
 import {log} from '../log';
+import {timer} from '../timer';
 
 /** @const {string} */
 const TAG_ = 'Action';
@@ -23,6 +25,9 @@ const TAG_ = 'Action';
 /** @const {string} */
 const ACTION_MAP_ = '__AMP_ACTION_MAP__' + Math.random();
 
+/** @const {string} */
+const ACTION_QUEUE_ = '__AMP_ACTION_QUEUE__';
+
 /** @const {string} */
 const DEFAULT_METHOD_ = 'activate';
 
@@ -120,6 +125,40 @@ export class ActionService {
     this.invoke_(target, method, source, event, null);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Installs action handler for the specified element.
+   * @param {!Element} target
+   * @param {function(!ActionInvocation)} handler
+   */
+  installActionHandler(target, handler) {
+    const debugid = target.tagName + '#' + target.id;
+    assert(target.id && target.id.substring(0, 4) == 'amp-',
+        'AMP element is expected: %s', debugid);
+
+    const currentQueue = target[ACTION_QUEUE_];
+    if (currentQueue) {
+      assert(Object.prototype.toString.call(currentQueue) == '[object Array]',
+          'Expected queue to be an array: %s', debugid);
+    }
+
+    // Override queue with the handler.
+    target[ACTION_QUEUE_] = {'push': handler};
+
+    // Dequeue the current queue.
+    if (currentQueue) {
+      timer.delay(() => {
+        // TODO(dvoytenko, #1260): dedupe actions.
+        currentQueue.forEach(invocation => {
+          try {
+            handler(invocation);
+          } catch (e) {
+            log.error(TAG_, 'Action execution failed:', invocation, e);
+          }
+        });
+      }, 1);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param {!Element} source
    * @param {string} actionEventType
@@ -169,22 +208,32 @@ export class ActionService {
 
     // TODO(dvoytenko): implement common method handlers, e.g. "toggleClass"
 
-    // Only amp elements are allowed to proceed further.
-    if (target.tagName.toLowerCase().substring(0, 4) != 'amp-') {
-      this.actionInfoError_('Target must be an AMP element', actionInfo,
-          target);
+    // AMP elements.
+    if (target.tagName.toLowerCase().substring(0, 4) == 'amp-') {
+      if (target.enqueAction) {
+        target.enqueAction(invocation);
+      } else {
+        this.actionInfoError_('Unrecognized AMP element "' +
+            target.tagName.toLowerCase() + '". ' +
+            'Did you forget to include it via <script custom-element>?',
+            actionInfo, target);
+      }
       return;
     }
 
-    if (!target.enqueAction) {
-      this.actionInfoError_('Unrecognized AMP element "' +
-          target.tagName.toLowerCase() + '". ' +
-          'Did you forget to include it via <script custom-element>?',
-          actionInfo, target);
+    // Special elements with AMP ID.
+    if (target.id && target.id.substring(0, 4) == 'amp-') {
+      if (!target[ACTION_QUEUE_]) {
+        target[ACTION_QUEUE_] = [];
+      }
+      target[ACTION_QUEUE_].push(invocation);
       return;
     }
 
-    target.enqueAction(invocation);
+    // Unsupported target.
+    this.actionInfoError_(
+        'Target must be an AMP element or have an AMP ID',
+        actionInfo, target);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/functional/test-action.js b/test/functional/test-action.js
index 4aaf535acd39..b55815feb842 100644
--- a/test/functional/test-action.js
+++ b/test/functional/test-action.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import {ActionService} from '../../src/service/action-impl';
+import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 
 
 describe('ActionService parseAction', () => {
@@ -259,3 +260,95 @@ describe('Action method', () => {
     expect(inv.source).to.equal(child);
   });
 });
+
+
+describe('Action interceptor', () => {
+
+  let sandbox;
+  let clock;
+  let action;
+  let target;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    sandbox = sinon.sandbox.create();
+    clock = sandbox.useFakeTimers();
+    action = new ActionService(window);
+    target = document.createElement('target');
+    target.setAttribute('id', 'amp-test-1');
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    action = null;
+    clock.restore();
+    clock = null;
+    sandbox.restore();
+    sandbox = null;
+  });
+
+  function getQueue() {
+    return target['__AMP_ACTION_QUEUE__'];
+  }
+
+
+  it('should not initialize until called', () => {
+    expect(getQueue()).to.be.undefined;
+  });
+
+  it('should queue actions', () => {
+    action.invoke_(target, 'method1', 'source1', 'event1');
+    action.invoke_(target, 'method2', 'source2', 'event2');
+
+    const queue = getQueue();
+    expect(Array.isArray(queue)).to.be.true;
+    expect(queue).to.have.length(2);
+
+    const inv0 = queue[0];
+    expect(inv0.target).to.equal(target);
+    expect(inv0.method).to.equal('method1');
+    expect(inv0.source).to.equal('source1');
+    expect(inv0.event).to.equal('event1');
+
+    const inv1 = queue[1];
+    expect(inv1.target).to.equal(target);
+    expect(inv1.method).to.equal('method2');
+    expect(inv1.source).to.equal('source2');
+    expect(inv1.event).to.equal('event2');
+  });
+
+  it('should dequeue actions after handler set', () => {
+    action.invoke_(target, 'method1', 'source1', 'event1');
+    action.invoke_(target, 'method2', 'source2', 'event2');
+
+    expect(Array.isArray(getQueue())).to.be.true;
+    expect(getQueue()).to.have.length(2);
+
+    const handler = sinon.spy();
+    action.installActionHandler(target, handler);
+    expect(Array.isArray(getQueue())).to.be.false;
+    expect(handler.callCount).to.equal(0);
+
+    clock.tick(10);
+    expect(handler.callCount).to.equal(2);
+
+    const inv0 = handler.getCall(0).args[0];
+    expect(inv0.target).to.equal(target);
+    expect(inv0.method).to.equal('method1');
+    expect(inv0.source).to.equal('source1');
+    expect(inv0.event).to.equal('event1');
+
+    const inv1 = handler.getCall(1).args[0];
+    expect(inv1.target).to.equal(target);
+    expect(inv1.method).to.equal('method2');
+    expect(inv1.source).to.equal('source2');
+    expect(inv1.event).to.equal('event2');
+
+    action.invoke_(target, 'method3', 'source3', 'event3');
+    expect(Array.isArray(getQueue())).to.be.false;
+    expect(handler.callCount).to.equal(3);
+    const inv2 = handler.getCall(2).args[0];
+    expect(inv2.target).to.equal(target);
+    expect(inv2.method).to.equal('method3');
+    expect(inv2.source).to.equal('source3');
+    expect(inv2.event).to.equal('event3');
+  });
+});