diff --git a/plugins/portlet/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/action/PortletResponseAware.java b/plugins/portlet/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/action/PortletResponseAware.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..007a65bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/portlet/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/action/PortletResponseAware.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.apache.struts2.portlet.action;
+
+import javax.portlet.PortletResponse;
+
+/**
+ * @since 2.6
+ */
+public interface PortletResponseAware {
+
+    void withPortletResponse(PortletResponse response);
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/portlet/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletAwareInterceptor.java b/plugins/portlet/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletAwareInterceptor.java
index 8c7f5857a..420042e1d 100644
--- a/plugins/portlet/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletAwareInterceptor.java
+++ b/plugins/portlet/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletAwareInterceptor.java
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ public class PortletAwareInterceptor extends AbstractInterceptor implements Stru
             PortletResponse response = (PortletResponse) context.get(PortletConstants.RESPONSE);
             ((PortletResponseAware) action).setPortletResponse(response);
         }
+
+        if (action instanceof org.apache.struts2.portlet.action.PortletResponseAware) {
+            PortletResponse response = (PortletResponse) context.get(PortletConstants.RESPONSE);
+            ((org.apache.struts2.portlet.action.PortletResponseAware) action).withPortletResponse(response);
+        }
+
         if (action instanceof PrincipalAware) {
             PortletRequest request = (PortletRequest) context.get(PortletConstants.REQUEST);
             ((PrincipalAware) action).setPrincipalProxy(new PortletPrincipalProxy(request));
diff --git a/plugins/portlet/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletResponseAware.java b/plugins/portlet/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletResponseAware.java
index 48cbb445a..dc4f71b93 100644
--- a/plugins/portlet/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletResponseAware.java
+++ b/plugins/portlet/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletResponseAware.java
@@ -20,8 +20,16 @@ package org.apache.struts2.portlet.interceptor;
 
 import javax.portlet.PortletResponse;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated please use {@link org.apache.struts2.portlet.action.PortletResponseAware} instead
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public interface PortletResponseAware {
 
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated please use {@link org.apache.struts2.portlet.action.PortletResponseAware#withPortletResponse(PortletResponse)} instead
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	void setPortletResponse(PortletResponse response);
 
 }
diff --git a/plugins/portlet/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletAwareInterceptorTest.java b/plugins/portlet/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletAwareInterceptorTest.java
index 4443411f4..b9664c9e5 100644
--- a/plugins/portlet/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletAwareInterceptorTest.java
+++ b/plugins/portlet/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/portlet/interceptor/PortletAwareInterceptorTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.struts2.portlet.PortletConstants;
 import org.easymock.EasyMock;
 
 import javax.portlet.PortletRequest;
+import javax.portlet.PortletResponse;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -78,4 +79,23 @@ public class PortletAwareInterceptorTest extends TestCase {
 
         EasyMock.verify(action);
     }
+
+    public void testActionPortletResponseAware() throws Exception {
+        PortletResponse response = EasyMock.createMock(PortletResponse.class);
+        Map<String, Object> ctx = new HashMap<>();
+        ctx.put(PortletConstants.RESPONSE, response);
+        org.apache.struts2.portlet.action.PortletResponseAware action = EasyMock.createMock(org.apache.struts2.portlet.action.PortletResponseAware.class);
+        action.withPortletResponse(response);
+
+        ActionInvocation invocation = EasyMock.createNiceMock(ActionInvocation.class);
+        EasyMock.expect(invocation.getInvocationContext()).andReturn(new ActionContext(ctx));
+        EasyMock.expect(invocation.getAction()).andReturn(action);
+
+        EasyMock.replay(action);
+        EasyMock.replay(invocation);
+
+        interceptor.intercept(invocation);
+
+        EasyMock.verify(action);
+    }
 }