diff --git a/src/push.rs b/src/push.rs
index 94877976..f98642c2 100644
--- a/src/push.rs
+++ b/src/push.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,34 @@
 //!
 //! [push]: https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.0#id89
 
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fmt::{self, Formatter};
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 use serde_json::value::RawValue as RawJsonValue;
 
 mod tweak_serde;
 
+/// This represents the different actions that should be taken when a rule is matched, and
+/// controls how notifications are delivered to the client.
+///
+/// See https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.0#actions for details.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum Action {
+    /// Causes matching events to generate a notification.
+    Notify,
+
+    /// Prevents matching events from generating a notification.
+    DontNotify,
+
+    /// Behaves like notify but homeservers may choose to coalesce multiple events
+    /// into a single notification.
+    Coalesce,
+
+    /// Sets an entry in the 'tweaks' dictionary sent to the push gateway.
+    SetTweak(Tweak),
+}
+
 /// The `set_tweak` action.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 #[serde(from = "tweak_serde::Tweak", into = "tweak_serde::Tweak")]
@@ -35,3 +58,62 @@ pub enum Tweak {
         value: Box<RawJsonValue>,
     },
 }
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Action {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        use serde::de::{MapAccess, Visitor};
+
+        struct ActionVisitor;
+        impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for ActionVisitor {
+            type Value = Action;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+                write!(formatter, "a valid action object")
+            }
+
+            /// Match a simple action type
+            fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+            where
+                E: serde::de::Error,
+            {
+                match v {
+                    "notify" => Ok(Action::Notify),
+                    "dont_notify" => Ok(Action::DontNotify),
+                    "coalesce" => Ok(Action::Coalesce),
+                    s => Err(E::unknown_variant(
+                        &s,
+                        &["notify", "dont_notify", "coalesce"],
+                    )),
+                }
+            }
+
+            /// Match the more complex set_tweaks action object as a key-value map
+            fn visit_map<A>(self, map: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
+            where
+                A: MapAccess<'de>,
+            {
+                Tweak::deserialize(serde::de::value::MapAccessDeserializer::new(map))
+                    .map(Action::SetTweak)
+            }
+        }
+
+        deserializer.deserialize_any(ActionVisitor)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for Action {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        match self {
+            Action::Notify => serializer.serialize_unit_variant("Action", 0, "notify"),
+            Action::DontNotify => serializer.serialize_unit_variant("Action", 1, "dont_notify"),
+            Action::Coalesce => serializer.serialize_unit_variant("Action", 2, "coalesce"),
+            Action::SetTweak(kind) => kind.serialize(serializer),
+        }
+    }
+}