diff --git a/modules/payment/commerce_payment.module b/modules/payment/commerce_payment.module
index 54e9368..3d1a133 100644
--- a/modules/payment/commerce_payment.module
+++ b/modules/payment/commerce_payment.module
@@ -1119,3 +1119,28 @@ function commerce_payment_transaction_set_properties($transaction, $name, $value
       break;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Util to fetch the last payment transaction made against an order
+ * @param $order_id int
+ *   The order id
+ *
+ * @return int
+ *   commerce_payment_transaction_id
+*/
+function commerce_payment_fetch_last_payment_transaction($order_id) {
+  $query = db_select("commerce_payment_transaction", 'cpt');
+  $query->fields('cpt', array('transaction_id'));
+  $query->range(0, 1);
+  $query->condition('cpt.order_id', $order_id);
+  $query->orderBy('cpt.created', 'DESC');
+  $result = $query->execute();
+  foreach ($result as $row) {
+    $transaction_id = $row->transaction_id;
+  }
+
+  if ($transaction = commerce_payment_transaction_load($transaction_id)) {
+    return $transaction;
+  }
+  return FALSE;
+}
diff --git a/modules/payment/commerce_payment.rules.inc b/modules/payment/commerce_payment.rules.inc
index 4868b6e..bdc0864 100644
--- a/modules/payment/commerce_payment.rules.inc
+++ b/modules/payment/commerce_payment.rules.inc
@@ -181,6 +181,15 @@ function commerce_payment_rules_action_info() {
     );
   }
 
+  $actions['commerce_payment_capture'] = array(
+    'label' => t('Capture from a prior authorization'),
+    'parameter' => array(
+      'commerce_order' => array('type' => 'commerce_order', 'label' => t('Order', array(), array('context' => 'a drupal commerce order'))),
+      'amount' => array('type' => 'text', 'label' => t('Amount')),
+    ),
+    'group' => t('Commerce Payment'),
+  );
+
   return $actions;
 }
 
@@ -224,6 +233,29 @@ function commerce_payment_enable_method($order, $payment_method, $action_setting
 }
 
 /**
+ * Rules action: capture a payment from a previous authorization.
+ */
+function commerce_payment_capture($order, $amount) {
+  $transaction = commerce_payment_fetch_last_payment_transaction($order->order_id);
+  //For some reason, amount comes through a a string from the rule config, so
+  //until that gets fixed, we'll just get the amount from the transaction data
+  $amount = $transaction->amount / 100;
+  $instance_id = $transaction->instance_id;
+  $payment_method = commerce_payment_method_instance_load($instance_id);
+  $base = $payment_method['base'];
+  $callback = $base . '_capture';
+
+  if(function_exists($callback)) {
+    $return = $callback($transaction, $amount);
+  } else {
+    $return = FALSE;
+  }
+  //@todo add watchdog reporting
+
+  return $return;
+}
+
+/**
  * Implements hook_rules_data_info().
  */
 function commerce_payment_rules_data_info() {