diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index dd9d168..ba1cff7 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #1406: DB Schema support for Oracle Database (p0larbeer, qiangxue)
 - Enh #1437: Added ListView::viewParams (qiangxue)
 - Enh #1469: ActiveRecord::find() now works with default conditions (default scope) applied by createQuery (cebe)
+- Enh #1499: Added `ActionColumn::controller` property to support customizing the controller for handling GridView actions (qiangxue)
 - Enh #1523: Query conditions now allow to use the NOT operator (cebe)
 - Enh #1552: It is now possible to use multiple bootstrap NavBar in a single page (Alex-Code)
 - Enh #1572: Added `yii\web\Controller::createAbsoluteUrl()` (samdark)
diff --git a/framework/yii/grid/ActionColumn.php b/framework/yii/grid/ActionColumn.php
index 707d411..b53b606 100644
--- a/framework/yii/grid/ActionColumn.php
+++ b/framework/yii/grid/ActionColumn.php
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ use yii\helpers\Html;
  */
 class ActionColumn extends Column
 {
+	/**
+	 * @var string the ID of the controller that should handle the actions specified here.
+	 * If not set, it will use the currently active controller. This property is mainly used by
+	 * [[urlCreator]] to create URLs for different actions. The value of this property will be prefixed
+	 * to each action name to form the route of the action.
+	 */
+	public $controller;
 	public $template = '{view} {update} {delete}';
 	public $buttons = [];
 	public $urlCreator;
@@ -75,7 +82,8 @@ class ActionColumn extends Column
 			return call_user_func($this->urlCreator, $model, $key, $index, $action);
 		} else {
 			$params = is_array($key) ? $key : ['id' => $key];
-			return Yii::$app->controller->createUrl($action, $params);
+			$route = $this->controller ? $this->controller . '/' . $action : $action;
+			return Yii::$app->controller->createUrl($route, $params);
 		}
 	}