diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-action-context.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-action-context.xml
index d719d76697..c398851937 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-action-context.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-action-context.xml
@@ -965,6 +965,31 @@
       <property name="allowParameterSubstitutions" value="true" />
    </bean>
 
+    <!-- Worm action -->
+
+    <bean id="worm_proxy" parent="rmProxyAction" >
+        <property name="target">
+            <ref bean="worm"/>
+        </property>
+        <property name="interceptorNames">
+            <list>
+                <idref bean="worm_security"/>
+            </list>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="worm_security" parent="actionSecurity">
+        <property name="objectDefinitionSource">
+            <value>
+                org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.action.RecordsManagementAction.*=RM_ALLOW
+                org.alfresco.repo.action.executer.ActionExecuter.*=RM_ALLOW
+            </value>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="worm" class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.action.impl.WormAction" parent="rmAction">
+    </bean>
+
    <!-- add record types -->
 
    <bean id="addRecordTypes_proxy" parent="rmProxyAction" >
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/action/impl/WormAction.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/action/impl/WormAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..346080a3c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/action/impl/WormAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * #%L
+ * Alfresco Records Management Module
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2020 Alfresco Software Limited
+ * %%
+ * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
+ * -
+ * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
+ * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
+ * provided under the following open source license terms:
+ * -
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * -
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ * -
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * #L%
+ */
+
+package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.action.impl;
+
+import org.alfresco.model.ContentModel;
+import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.action.RMActionExecuterAbstractBase;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.action.Action;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+/**
+ * Worm lock Action
+ */
+public class WormAction extends RMActionExecuterAbstractBase {
+
+    private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(WormAction.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Action name
+     */
+    public static final String NAME = "worm";
+
+    /**
+     * @see org.alfresco.repo.action.executer.ActionExecuterAbstractBase#executeImpl(org.alfresco.service.cmr.action.Action, org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef)
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected void executeImpl(Action action, NodeRef actionedUponNodeRef) {
+
+        // TODO also check if the node is already worm locked
+        if (getNodeService().exists(actionedUponNodeRef) && getRecordService().isRecord(actionedUponNodeRef)) {
+
+            getNodeService().addAspect(actionedUponNodeRef, ContentModel.ASPECT_STORE_SELECTOR, Collections.emptyMap());
+            // TODO: set PROP_STORE_NAME to the desired worm enabled bucket, hardcoded for now
+            //getNodeService().setProperty(actionedUponNodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_STORE_NAME, "cm:storeName");
+        } else {
+            // we cannot lock a document which is not a record
+            if (logger.isErrorEnabled()) {
+                logger.error("Cannot worm lock the document, because '" + actionedUponNodeRef.toString() + "' is not a record.");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}