diff --git a/src/action.c b/src/action.c
index 3699a39f..12b878dc 100644
--- a/src/action.c
+++ b/src/action.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 enum action_arg_type {
 	LAB_ACTION_ARG_STR = 0,
 	LAB_ACTION_ARG_BOOL,
+	LAB_ACTION_ARG_INT,
 };
 
 struct action_arg {
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ struct action_arg_bool {
 	bool value;
 };
 
+struct action_arg_int {
+	struct action_arg base;
+	int value;
+};
+
 enum action_type {
 	ACTION_TYPE_INVALID = 0,
 	ACTION_TYPE_NONE,
@@ -134,6 +140,18 @@ action_arg_add_bool(struct action *action, char *key, bool value)
 	wl_list_append(&action->args, &arg->base.link);
 }
 
+static void
+action_arg_add_int(struct action *action, char *key, int value)
+{
+	struct action_arg_int *arg = znew(*arg);
+	arg->base.type = LAB_ACTION_ARG_INT;
+	if (key) {
+		arg->base.key = xstrdup(key);
+	}
+	arg->value = value;
+	wl_list_append(&action->args, &arg->base.link);
+}
+
 void
 action_arg_from_xml_node(struct action *action, char *nodename, char *content)
 {
@@ -247,6 +265,23 @@ get_arg_value_bool(struct action *action, const char *key, bool default_value)
 	return default_value;
 }
 
+static int
+get_arg_value_int(struct action *action, const char *key, int default_value)
+{
+	assert(key);
+	struct action_arg *arg;
+	wl_list_for_each(arg, &action->args, link) {
+		if (!arg->key) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcasecmp(key, arg->key)) {
+			assert(arg->type == LAB_ACTION_ARG_INT);
+			return ((struct action_arg_int *)arg)->value;
+		}
+	}
+	return default_value;
+}
+
 static struct action_arg *
 action_get_first_arg(struct action *action)
 {