diff --git a/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ActionsController.php b/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ActionsController.php
index d125e03de..fa2569e95 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ActionsController.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/application/controllers/ActionsController.php
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 <?php
 /* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2013-2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
 
+use Icinga\Data\Filter\Filter;
 use Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Controller;
 use Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Forms\Command\Object\DeleteDowntimesCommandForm;
+use Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Forms\Command\Object\ScheduleHostDowntimeCommandForm;
+use Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Object\HostList;
 
 /**
  * Monitoring API
@@ -14,12 +17,36 @@ use Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Forms\Command\Object\DeleteDowntimesCommandForm;
  */
 class Monitoring_ActionsController extends Controller
 {
+    /**
+     * Schedule host downtimes
+     */
+    public function scheduleHostDowntimeAction()
+    {
+        // @TODO(el): Require a filter
+        // @TODO(el): $this->backend->list('host')->handleRequest()->fetchAll()
+        $hostList = new HostList($this->backend);
+        $this->applyRestriction('monitoring/filter/objects', $hostList);
+        $hostList->addFilter(Filter::fromQueryString((string) $this->params));
+        if (! $hostList->count()) {
+            // @TODO(el): Use ApiResponse class for unified response handling.
+            $this->getRequest()->sendJson(array(
+                'status'    => 'fail',
+                'message'   => 'No hosts found matching the given filter'
+            ));
+        }
+        $form = new ScheduleHostDowntimeCommandForm();
+        $form
+            ->setIsApiTarget(true)
+            ->setObjects($hostList->fetch())
+            ->handleRequest($this->getRequest());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Remove host downtimes
      */
     public function removeHostDowntimeAction()
     {
-        // @TODO(el): Require a filter?
+        // @TODO(el): Require a filter
         $downtimes = $this->backend
             ->select()
             ->from('downtime', array('host_name', 'id' => 'downtime_internal_id'))
@@ -30,7 +57,7 @@ class Monitoring_ActionsController extends Controller
         if (empty($downtimes)) {
             // @TODO(el): Use ApiResponse class for unified response handling.
             $this->getRequest()->sendJson(array(
-                'status'    => 'error',
+                'status'    => 'fail',
                 'message'   => 'No downtimes found matching the given filter'
             ));
         }