diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertActionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertActionManager.java
index c29035125a8..b523efdf5d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertActionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertActionManager.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public class AlertActionManager extends AbstractComponent {
         this.alertManager = alertManager;
         this.actionImplemented = new HashMap<>();
         registerAction("email", new EmailAlertActionFactory());
+        registerAction("index", new IndexAlertActionFactory());
     }
 
     public void registerAction(String name, AlertActionFactory actionFactory){
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertResult.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertResult.java
index 6ce2fa2e8eb..d25b4216438 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertResult.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertResult.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.alerting;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -14,14 +15,16 @@ public class AlertResult {
     public SearchResponse searchResponse;
     public AlertTrigger trigger;
     public String alertName;
+    public DateTime fireTime;
 
-    public AlertResult(String alertName, SearchResponse searchResponse, AlertTrigger trigger, boolean isTriggered, XContentBuilder query, String[] indices) {
+    public AlertResult(String alertName, SearchResponse searchResponse, AlertTrigger trigger, boolean isTriggered, XContentBuilder query, String[] indices, DateTime fireTime) {
         this.searchResponse = searchResponse;
         this.trigger = trigger;
         this.isTriggered = isTriggered;
         this.query = query;
         this.indices = indices;
         this.alertName = alertName;
+        this.fireTime = fireTime;
     }
 
     public boolean isTriggered;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertScheduler.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertScheduler.java
index 11bb5730d60..dd1b6340f42 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertScheduler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/AlertScheduler.java
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ public class AlertScheduler extends AbstractLifecycleComponent {
             }
             SearchResponse sr = srb.execute().get();
             logger.warn("Got search response hits : [{}]", sr.getHits().getTotalHits() );
-            AlertResult result = new AlertResult(alertName, sr, alert.trigger(), triggerManager.isTriggered(alertName,sr), builder, indices);
+            AlertResult result = new AlertResult(alertName, sr, alert.trigger(),
+                    triggerManager.isTriggered(alertName,sr), builder, indices,
+                    new DateTime(jobExecutionContext.getScheduledFireTime()));
 
             if (result.isTriggered) {
                 logger.warn("We have triggered");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/IndexAlertAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/IndexAlertAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c021a907bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/IndexAlertAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.alerting;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class IndexAlertAction implements AlertAction {
+    private final String index;
+    private final String type;
+    private Client client = null;
+
+    public IndexAlertAction(String index, String type){
+        this.index = index;
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    @Inject
+    public void setClient(Client client){
+        this.client = client;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getActionName() {
+        return "index";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        builder.field("index", index);
+        builder.field("type", type);
+        builder.endObject();
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean doAction(String alertName, AlertResult alertResult) {
+        IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest();
+        indexRequest.index(index);
+        indexRequest.type(type);
+        try {
+            XContentBuilder resultBuilder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder();
+            alertResult.searchResponse.toXContent(resultBuilder,null);
+            resultBuilder.field("timestamp", alertResult.fireTime);
+            indexRequest.source(resultBuilder);
+        } catch (IOException ie) {
+            throw new ElasticsearchException("Unable to create XContentBuilder",ie);
+        }
+        return client.index(indexRequest).actionGet().isCreated();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/IndexAlertActionFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/IndexAlertActionFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a4613d625bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerting/IndexAlertActionFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.alerting;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Created by brian on 8/17/14.
+ */
+public class IndexAlertActionFactory implements AlertActionFactory {
+
+
+
+    @Override
+    public AlertAction createAction(Object parameters) {
+        try {
+            if (parameters instanceof Map) {
+                Map<String, Object> paramMap = (Map<String, Object>) parameters;
+                String index = paramMap.get("index").toString();
+                String type = paramMap.get("type").toString();
+                return new IndexAlertAction(index, type);
+            } else {
+                throw new ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException("Unable to parse [" + parameters + "] as an EmailAlertAction");
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable t){
+            throw new ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException("Unable to parse [" + parameters + "] as an EmailAlertAction");
+        }
+    }
+}