diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 38d89ae..95ffc0b 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -479,7 +479,9 @@ func (a Author) String() string {
 // it's an ActionFunc or a func with the legacy signature for Action, the func
 // is run!
 func HandleAction(action interface{}, context *Context) (err error) {
-	if a, ok := action.(func(*Context) error); ok {
+	if a, ok := action.(ActionFunc); ok {
+		return a(context)
+	} else if a, ok := action.(func(*Context) error); ok {
 		return a(context)
 	} else if a, ok := action.(func(*Context)); ok { // deprecated function signature
 		a(context)
diff --git a/app_test.go b/app_test.go
index fadeb20..10f1562 100644
--- a/app_test.go
+++ b/app_test.go
@@ -1664,3 +1664,22 @@ func TestShellCompletionForIncompleteFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("app should not return an error: %s", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHandleActionActuallyWorksWithActions(t *testing.T) {
+	var f ActionFunc
+	called := false
+	f = func(c *Context) error {
+		called = true
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	err := HandleAction(f, nil)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Should not have errored: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !called {
+		t.Errorf("Function was not called")
+	}
+}