diff --git a/platypush/plugins/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/__init__.py
index e424f67d6d..2836cdcc9c 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ class Plugin(object):
         if 'logging' in kwargs:
             self.logger.setLevel(getattr(logging, kwargs['logging'].upper()))
 
-        self.registered_actions = set(get_decorators(self.__class__).get('action', []))
+        self.registered_actions = set(
+            get_decorators(self.__class__, climb_class_hierarchy=True)
+            .get('action', [])
+        )
 
     def run(self, method, *args, **kwargs):
         if method not in self.registered_actions:
diff --git a/platypush/utils/__init__.py b/platypush/utils/__init__.py
index 1015ac893e..01644a9211 100644
--- a/platypush/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/utils/__init__.py
@@ -73,12 +73,16 @@ def get_hash(s):
     return hashlib.sha256(s.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
 
 
-def get_decorators(cls):
-    target = cls
+def get_decorators(cls, climb_class_hierarchy=False):
+    """
+    Get the decorators of a class as a {"decorator_name": [list of methods]} dictionary
+    :param climb_class_hierarchy: If set to True (default: False), it will search return the decorators in the parent classes as well
+    :type climb_class_hierarchy: bool
+    """
+
     decorators = {}
 
     def visit_FunctionDef(node):
-        # decorators[node.name] = []
         for n in node.decorator_list:
             name = ''
             if isinstance(n, ast.Call):
@@ -86,13 +90,24 @@ def get_decorators(cls):
             else:
                 name = n.attr if isinstance(n, ast.Attribute) else n.id
 
-            decorators[name] = decorators.get(name, [])
-            # decorators[node.name].append(name)
-            decorators[name].append(node.name)
+            decorators[name] = decorators.get(name, set())
+            decorators[name].add(node.name)
+
+    if climb_class_hierarchy:
+        targets = inspect.getmro(cls)
+    else:
+        targets = [cls]
 
     node_iter = ast.NodeVisitor()
     node_iter.visit_FunctionDef = visit_FunctionDef
-    node_iter.visit(ast.parse(inspect.getsource(target)))
+
+    for target in targets:
+        try:
+            node_iter.visit(ast.parse(inspect.getsource(target)))
+        except TypeError:
+            # Ignore built-in classes
+            pass
+
     return decorators