diff --git a/hooks-its/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/ItsHookModule.java b/hooks-its/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/ItsHookModule.java
index 16acf53..c2a6183 100644
--- a/hooks-its/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/ItsHookModule.java
+++ b/hooks-its/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/ItsHookModule.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.ActionController;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.Property;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.Rule;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action.AddComment;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action.AddStandardComment;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action.AddVelocityComment;
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
     factory(Property.Factory.class);
     factory(Condition.Factory.class);
     factory(Rule.Factory.class);
+    factory(AddComment.Factory.class);
     factory(AddStandardComment.Factory.class);
     factory(AddVelocityComment.Factory.class);
   }
diff --git a/hooks-its/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/ActionExecutor.java b/hooks-its/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/ActionExecutor.java
index 64fd014..ce098e2 100644
--- a/hooks-its/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/ActionExecutor.java
+++ b/hooks-its/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/ActionExecutor.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.its.ItsFacade;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action.Action;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action.AddComment;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action.AddStandardComment;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action.AddVelocityComment;
 
@@ -34,14 +35,16 @@
       ActionExecutor.class);
 
   private final ItsFacade its;
+  private final AddComment.Factory addCommentFactory;
   private final AddStandardComment.Factory addStandardCommentFactory;
   private final AddVelocityComment.Factory addVelocityCommentFactory;
 
   @Inject
-  public ActionExecutor(ItsFacade its,
+  public ActionExecutor(ItsFacade its, AddComment.Factory addCommentFactory,
       AddStandardComment.Factory addStandardCommentFactory,
       AddVelocityComment.Factory addVelocityCommentFactory) {
     this.its = its;
+    this.addCommentFactory = addCommentFactory;
     this.addStandardCommentFactory = addStandardCommentFactory;
     this.addVelocityCommentFactory = addVelocityCommentFactory;
   }
@@ -51,8 +54,10 @@
     try {
       String name = actionRequest.getName();
       Action action = null;
-      if ("add-standard-comment".equals(name)) {
-        action = addStandardCommentFactory.create();
+      if ("add-comment".equals(name)) {
+        action = addCommentFactory.create();
+      } else if ("add-standard-comment".equals(name)) {
+          action = addStandardCommentFactory.create();
       } else if ("add-velocity-comment".equals(name)) {
         action = addVelocityCommentFactory.create();
       }
diff --git a/hooks-its/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/action/AddComment.java b/hooks-its/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/action/AddComment.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b83d205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks-its/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/action/AddComment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.its.ItsFacade;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.ActionRequest;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.Property;
+
+/**
+ * Adds a fixed comment to an issue.
+ *
+ * The action requests parameters get concatenated and get added to the issue.
+ */
+public class AddComment implements Action {
+  public interface Factory {
+    AddComment create();
+  }
+
+  private final ItsFacade its;
+
+  @Inject
+  public AddComment(ItsFacade its) {
+    this.its = its;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void execute(String issue, ActionRequest actionRequest,
+      Set<Property> properties) throws IOException {
+    String[] parameters = actionRequest.getParameters();
+    String comment = StringUtils.join(parameters, " ");
+    if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(comment)) {
+      its.addComment(issue, comment);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hooks-its/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/ActionExecutorTest.java b/hooks-its/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/ActionExecutorTest.java
index 9974967..7cc2597 100644
--- a/hooks-its/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/ActionExecutorTest.java
+++ b/hooks-its/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/ActionExecutorTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.its.ItsFacade;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.testutil.LoggingMockingTestCase;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action.AddComment;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action.AddStandardComment;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action.AddVelocityComment;
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
   private Injector injector;
 
   private ItsFacade its;
+  private AddComment.Factory addCommentFactory;
   private AddStandardComment.Factory addStandardCommentFactory;
   private AddVelocityComment.Factory addVelocityCommentFactory;
 
@@ -121,6 +123,23 @@
     assertLogThrowableMessageContains("injected exception 3");
   }
 
+  public void testAddCommentDelegation() throws IOException {
+    ActionRequest actionRequest = createMock(ActionRequest.class);
+    expect(actionRequest.getName()).andReturn("add-comment");
+
+    Set<Property> properties = Collections.emptySet();
+
+    AddComment addComment = createMock(AddComment.class);
+    expect(addCommentFactory.create()).andReturn(addComment);
+
+    addComment.execute("4711", actionRequest, properties);
+
+    replayMocks();
+
+    ActionExecutor actionExecutor = createActionExecutor();
+    actionExecutor.execute("4711", actionRequest, properties);
+  }
+
   public void testAddStandardCommentDelegation() throws IOException {
     ActionRequest actionRequest = createMock(ActionRequest.class);
     expect(actionRequest.getName()).andReturn("add-standard-comment");
@@ -172,6 +191,9 @@
       its = createMock(ItsFacade.class);
       bind(ItsFacade.class).toInstance(its);
 
+      addCommentFactory = createMock(AddComment.Factory.class);
+      bind(AddComment.Factory.class).toInstance(addCommentFactory);
+
       addStandardCommentFactory = createMock(AddStandardComment.Factory.class);
       bind(AddStandardComment.Factory.class).toInstance(
           addStandardCommentFactory);
diff --git a/hooks-its/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/action/AddCommentTest.java b/hooks-its/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/action/AddCommentTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d833c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks-its/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/workflow/action/AddCommentTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.action;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.FactoryModule;
+import com.google.inject.Guice;
+import com.google.inject.Injector;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.its.ItsFacade;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.testutil.LoggingMockingTestCase;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.ActionRequest;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.hooks.workflow.Property;
+
+public class AddCommentTest extends LoggingMockingTestCase {
+  private Injector injector;
+
+  private ItsFacade its;
+
+  public void testEmpty() throws IOException {
+    ActionRequest actionRequest = createMock(ActionRequest.class);
+    expect(actionRequest.getParameters()).andReturn(
+        new String[] {});
+
+    replayMocks();
+
+    AddComment addComment = createAddComment();
+    addComment.execute("4711", actionRequest, new HashSet<Property>());
+  }
+
+  public void testPlain() throws IOException {
+    ActionRequest actionRequest = createMock(ActionRequest.class);
+    expect(actionRequest.getParameters()).andReturn(
+        new String[] {"Some", "test", "comment"});
+
+    its.addComment("4711", "Some test comment");
+
+    replayMocks();
+
+    AddComment addComment = createAddComment();
+    addComment.execute("4711", actionRequest, new HashSet<Property>());
+  }
+
+  private AddComment createAddComment() {
+    return injector.getInstance(AddComment.class);
+  }
+
+  public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    super.setUp();
+    injector = Guice.createInjector(new TestModule());
+  }
+
+  private class TestModule extends FactoryModule {
+    @Override
+    protected void configure() {
+      its = createMock(ItsFacade.class);
+      bind(ItsFacade.class).toInstance(its);
+    }
+  }
+}
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