diff --git a/modules/checkout/commerce_checkout.rules.inc b/modules/checkout/commerce_checkout.rules.inc
index db682f7..0f04ecb 100644
--- a/modules/checkout/commerce_checkout.rules.inc
+++ b/modules/checkout/commerce_checkout.rules.inc
@@ -31,5 +31,143 @@ function commerce_checkout_rules_event_info() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Implements hook_rules_action_info().
+ */
+function commerce_checkout_rules_action_info() {
+  $actions = array();
+
+  $actions['send_account_email'] = array(
+    'label' => t('Send account e-mail'),
+    'parameter' => array(
+      'account' => array(
+        'type' => 'user',
+        'label' => t('Account'),
+      ),
+      'email_type' => array(
+        'type' => 'text',
+        'label' => t('E-mail type'),
+        'description' => t("Select the e-mail based on your site's account settings to send to the user."),
+        'options list' => 'commerce_checkout_account_email_options',
+      ),
+    ),
+    'group' => t('System'),
+		'base' => 'commerce_checkout_action_send_account_email',
+    'access callback' => 'rules_system_integration_access',
+  );
+
+  return $actions;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the account e-mail types from the User module.
+ *
+ * @see _user_mail_notify()
+ */
+function commerce_checkout_account_email_options() {
+  return array(
+    'register_admin_created' => t('Welcome (new user created by administrator)'),
+    'register_no_approval_required' => t('Welcome (no approval required)'),
+    'register_pending_approval' => t('Welcome (awaiting approval)'),
+    'password_reset' => t('Password recovery'),
+    'status_activated' => t('Account activation'),
+    'status_blocked' => t('Account blocked'),
+    'cancel_confirm' => t('Account cancellation confirmation'),
+    'status_canceled' => t('Account canceled'),
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Action callback: sends a selected account e-mail.
+ */
+function commerce_checkout_action_send_account_email($account, $email_type) {
+  // If we received an authenticated user account...
+  if (!empty($account)) {
+    $types = commerce_checkout_account_email_options();
+
+    // Attempt to send the account e-mail.
+    $result = _user_mail_notify($email_type, $account);
+
+    // Log the success or failure.
+    if ($result) {
+      watchdog('rules', '%type e-mail sent to %recipient.', array('%type' => $types[$email_type], '%recipient' => $account->mail));
+    }
+    else {
+      watchdog('rules', 'Failed to send %type e-mail to %recipient.', array('%type' => $types[$email_type], '%recipient' => $account->mail));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_rules_condition_info().
+ */
+function commerce_checkout_rules_condition_info() {
+  $conditions = array();
+
+  module_load_include('inc', 'rules', 'data.rules');
+
+  $conditions['entity_exists'] = array(
+    'label' => t('Entity exists by property'),
+    'parameter' => array(
+      'type' => array(
+        'type' => 'text',
+        'label' => t('Entity type'),
+        'options list' => 'commerce_checkout_entity_type_options',
+        'description' => t('Specifies the type of the entity that should be fetched.'),
+        'restriction' => 'input',
+       ),
+      'property' => array(
+        'type' => 'text',
+        'label' => t('Property'),
+        'description' => t('The property by which the entity is to be selected.'),
+        'restriction' => 'input',
+       ),
+      'value' => array(
+        'type' => 'text',
+        'label' => t('Value'),
+        'description' => t('The property value of the entity to be fetched.'),
+       ),
+    ),
+    'group' => t('Entities'),
+    'base' => 'commerce_checkout_condition_entity_exists',
+    'callbacks' => array(
+      'form_alter' => 'rules_action_type_form_alter',
+    ),
+  );
+
+  return $conditions;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns options containing entity types having the given key set in the info.
+ */
+function commerce_checkout_entity_type_options() {
+  $types = array();
+
+  foreach (entity_get_info() as $type => $entity_info) {
+    $types[$type] = $entity_info['label'];
+  }
+
+  return $types;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Condition callback: checks to see if an entity exists with the matching
+ *   property value.
+ */
+function commerce_checkout_condition_entity_exists($type, $property, $value) {
+  // TODO: This can be replaced with a call to entity_metadata_table_query()
+  // when http://drupal.org/node/1041240 gets fixed.
+  $query = new EntityFieldQuery();
+
+  $query->entityCondition('entity_type', $type, '=')
+    ->propertyCondition($property, $value, '=')
+    ->range(0, 1);
+
+  $result = $query->execute();
+
+  return !empty($result);
+}
+
+/**
  * @}
  */