diff --git a/include/ifx.h b/include/ifx.h
index 3164f4edd9..f69a858741 100644
--- a/include/ifx.h
+++ b/include/ifx.h
@@ -5,11 +5,25 @@
 namespace fx
 {
 
+class IFxAction
+{
+public:
+    using Ptr = std::shared_ptr<IFxAction>;
+
+    virtual ~IFxAction() {}
+
+
+};
+
 class IFxDeclaration :
     public decl::IDeclaration
 {
 public:
+    // Returns the number of actions in this FX declaration
+    virtual std::size_t getNumActions() = 0;
 
+    // Returns the n-th action (based on the given 0-based index)
+    virtual IFxAction::Ptr getAction(std::size_t index) = 0;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/radiantcore/fx/FxDeclaration.cpp b/radiantcore/fx/FxDeclaration.cpp
index 0871565b54..640e0fd74a 100644
--- a/radiantcore/fx/FxDeclaration.cpp
+++ b/radiantcore/fx/FxDeclaration.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ FxDeclaration::FxDeclaration(const std::string& name) :
     DeclarationBase<IFxDeclaration>(decl::Type::Fx, name)
 {}
 
+std::size_t FxDeclaration::getNumActions()
+{
+    ensureParsed();
+    return _actions.size();
+}
+
+IFxAction::Ptr FxDeclaration::getAction(std::size_t index)
+{
+    ensureParsed();
+    return _actions.at(index);
+}
+
+void FxDeclaration::onBeginParsing()
+{
+    _actions.clear();
+}
+
 void FxDeclaration::parseFromTokens(parser::DefTokeniser& tokeniser)
 {
     
diff --git a/radiantcore/fx/FxDeclaration.h b/radiantcore/fx/FxDeclaration.h
index 0504950b44..54f3eefa6e 100644
--- a/radiantcore/fx/FxDeclaration.h
+++ b/radiantcore/fx/FxDeclaration.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <vector>
 #include "ifx.h"
 #include "decl/DeclarationBase.h"
 
@@ -9,10 +10,17 @@ namespace fx
 class FxDeclaration :
     public decl::DeclarationBase<IFxDeclaration>
 {
+private:
+    std::vector<IFxAction::Ptr> _actions;
+
 public:
     FxDeclaration(const std::string& name);
 
+    std::size_t getNumActions() override;
+    IFxAction::Ptr getAction(std::size_t index) override;
+
 protected:
+    void onBeginParsing() override;
     void parseFromTokens(parser::DefTokeniser& tokeniser) override;
 };
 
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 980bb21a30..3cf246f118 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ add_executable(drtest
                EntityClass.cpp
                Favourites.cpp
                FileTypes.cpp
+               Fx.cpp
                GeometryStore.cpp
                Grid.cpp
                HeadlessOpenGLContext.cpp
diff --git a/test/Fx.cpp b/test/Fx.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d3ccc0546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Fx.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "ifx.h"
+
+#include "RadiantTest.h"
+
+namespace test
+{
+
+using FxTest = RadiantTest;
+
+TEST_F(FxTest, GetFxByName)
+{
+    EXPECT_TRUE(GlobalDeclarationManager().findDeclaration(decl::Type::Fx, "fx/tdm_flame"));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(GlobalDeclarationManager().findDeclaration(decl::Type::Fx, "fx/sparks"));
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/test/resources/tdm/fx/parsertest.fx b/test/resources/tdm/fx/parsertest.fx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abfd956acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/tdm/fx/parsertest.fx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+fx fx/tdm_flame
+{
+	bindto "Head"
+        {
+		delay 0
+		duration 10
+		restart 0
+		light "lights/roundfire", 0.2, 0.6, 0.3, 300
+		offset	0, 0, 5
+		//fadeIn  2
+                fadeOut 3
+	}
+}
+
+fx fx/sparks
+{
+	{
+		delay 0
+		duration 0.5
+		restart 0
+		light "lights/sparks_sound", 0.7, 0.7, 0.7, 64
+		offset	0, 0, 0
+	}
+
+	{
+		delay 0
+		sound "security_camera_spark"
+		duration 2.5
+
+	}
+	{
+		delay 0
+		duration 2.5
+		restart 0
+		model "sparks.prt"
+	}		   
+}
diff --git a/tools/msvc/Tests/Tests.vcxproj b/tools/msvc/Tests/Tests.vcxproj
index 595fd5aca8..f5991e7545 100644
--- a/tools/msvc/Tests/Tests.vcxproj
+++ b/tools/msvc/Tests/Tests.vcxproj
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\test\EntityInspector.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\test\Favourites.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\test\FileTypes.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\test\Fx.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\test\GeometryStore.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\test\Grid.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\test\HeadlessOpenGLContext.cpp" />
diff --git a/tools/msvc/Tests/Tests.vcxproj.filters b/tools/msvc/Tests/Tests.vcxproj.filters
index dc401cc741..3b78f57493 100644
--- a/tools/msvc/Tests/Tests.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/tools/msvc/Tests/Tests.vcxproj.filters
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\test\DefBlockSyntaxParser.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\test\CommandSystem.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\test\SceneStatistics.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\test\Fx.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\..\test\HeadlessOpenGLContext.h" />