diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 00e8ba2c40..d881f5550b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ in development
   future, pack configs will be validated against the schema (if available). (new feature)
 * Add data model and API changes for supporting user scoped variables. (new-feature, experimental)
 * Add missing `pytz` dependency to ``st2client`` requirements file. (bug-fix)
+* Set ``ST2_AUTH_TOKEN`` and ``ST2_API_URL`` env variables in actions to match sensors. (bug-fix)
 
 1.4.0 - April 18, 2016
 ----------------------
diff --git a/contrib/default/sensors/README.md b/contrib/default/sensors/README.md
index 1f603dbac2..c7852a8858 100644
--- a/contrib/default/sensors/README.md
+++ b/contrib/default/sensors/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # sensors
 
-The sensors folder contains sensoros. See [Sensors](http://docs.stackstorm.com/sensors.html) for specifics on writing
+The sensors folder contains sensors. See [Sensors](http://docs.stackstorm.com/sensors.html) for specifics on writing
 sensors and registering TriggerTypes.
diff --git a/contrib/examples/sensors/sample_polling_sensor.py b/contrib/examples/sensors/sample_polling_sensor.py
index 34d069f01a..155bfe1272 100644
--- a/contrib/examples/sensors/sample_polling_sensor.py
+++ b/contrib/examples/sensors/sample_polling_sensor.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 class SamplePollingSensor(PollingSensor):
     """
-    * self._sensor_service
+    * self.sensor_service
         - provides utilities like
             get_logger() for writing to logs.
             dispatch() for dispatching triggers into the system.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def poll(self):
         #   # _to_triggers is something you'd write to convert the data format you have
         #   # into a standard python dictionary. This should follow the payload schema
         #   # registered for the trigger.
-        #   self._sensor_service.dispatch(trigger, payload)
+        #   self.sensor_service.dispatch(trigger, payload)
         #   # You can refer to the trigger as dict
         #   # { "name": ${trigger_name}, "pack": ${trigger_pack} }
         #   # or just simply by reference as string.
diff --git a/contrib/examples/sensors/sample_sensor.py b/contrib/examples/sensors/sample_sensor.py
index 583026ff7e..dbbee88a4e 100644
--- a/contrib/examples/sensors/sample_sensor.py
+++ b/contrib/examples/sensors/sample_sensor.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 class SampleSensor(Sensor):
     """
-    * self._sensor_service
+    * self.sensor_service
         - provides utilities like
             - get_logger() - returns logger instance specific to this sensor.
             - dispatch() for dispatching triggers into the system.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def run(self):
         # interacting with your external system, you'd inherit from PollingSensor.)
         # For example, let's consider a simple flask app. You'd run the flask app here.
         # You can dispatch triggers using sensor_service like so:
-        # self._sensor_service(trigger, payload, trace_tag)
+        # self.sensor_service(trigger, payload, trace_tag)
         #   # You can refer to the trigger as dict
         #   # { "name": ${trigger_name}, "pack": ${trigger_pack} }
         #   # or just simply by reference as string.
diff --git a/contrib/hello-st2/sensors/sensor1.py b/contrib/hello-st2/sensors/sensor1.py
index a061908f84..543c97df64 100644
--- a/contrib/hello-st2/sensors/sensor1.py
+++ b/contrib/hello-st2/sensors/sensor1.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 class HelloSensor(Sensor):
     def __init__(self, sensor_service, config):
         super(HelloSensor, self).__init__(sensor_service=sensor_service, config=config)
-        self._logger = self._sensor_service.get_logger(name=self.__class__.__name__)
+        self._logger = self.sensor_service.get_logger(name=self.__class__.__name__)
         self._stop = False
 
     def setup(self):
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ def setup(self):
     def run(self):
         while not self._stop:
             self._logger.debug('HelloSensor dispatching trigger...')
-            count = self._sensor_service.get_value('hello-st2.count') or 0
+            count = self.sensor_service.get_value('hello-st2.count') or 0
             payload = {'greeting': 'Yo, StackStorm!', 'count': int(count) + 1}
-            self._sensor_service.dispatch(trigger='hello-st2.event1', payload=payload)
-            self._sensor_service.set_value('hello-st2.count', payload['count'])
+            self.sensor_service.dispatch(trigger='hello-st2.event1', payload=payload)
+            self.sensor_service.set_value('hello-st2.count', payload['count'])
             eventlet.sleep(60)
 
     def cleanup(self):
diff --git a/contrib/linux/sensors/file_watch_sensor.py b/contrib/linux/sensors/file_watch_sensor.py
index 9c4e32fb36..d350c87c0f 100644
--- a/contrib/linux/sensors/file_watch_sensor.py
+++ b/contrib/linux/sensors/file_watch_sensor.py
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ def _handle_line(self, file_path, line):
             'file_name': os.path.basename(file_path),
             'line': line
         }
-        self._sensor_service.dispatch(trigger=trigger, payload=payload)
+        self.sensor_service.dispatch(trigger=trigger, payload=payload)
diff --git a/st2actions/st2actions/runners/pythonrunner.py b/st2actions/st2actions/runners/pythonrunner.py
index 58f66bcded..e34abaec40 100644
--- a/st2actions/st2actions/runners/pythonrunner.py
+++ b/st2actions/st2actions/runners/pythonrunner.py
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@
 from st2common.constants.action import LIVEACTION_STATUS_FAILED
 from st2common.constants.action import LIVEACTION_STATUS_TIMED_OUT
 from st2common.constants.error_messages import PACK_VIRTUALENV_DOESNT_EXIST
+from st2common.constants.runners import PYTHON_RUNNER_DEFAULT_ACTION_TIMEOUT
+from st2common.constants.system import API_URL_ENV_VARIABLE_NAME
+from st2common.constants.system import AUTH_TOKEN_ENV_VARIABLE_NAME
+from st2common.util.api import get_full_public_api_url
 from st2common.util.sandboxing import get_sandbox_path
 from st2common.util.sandboxing import get_sandbox_python_path
 from st2common.util.sandboxing import get_sandbox_python_binary_path
 from st2common.util.sandboxing import get_sandbox_virtualenv_path
-from st2common.constants.runners import PYTHON_RUNNER_DEFAULT_ACTION_TIMEOUT
+
 
 __all__ = [
     'get_runner',
@@ -137,6 +141,8 @@ def run(self, action_parameters):
         # Include common st2 environment variables
         st2_env_vars = self._get_common_action_env_variables()
         env.update(st2_env_vars)
+        datastore_env_vars = self._get_datastore_access_env_vars()
+        env.update(datastore_env_vars)
 
         exit_code, stdout, stderr, timed_out = run_command(cmd=args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                                            stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=False,
@@ -203,3 +209,17 @@ def _get_env_vars(self):
             del env_vars[key]
 
         return env_vars
+
+    def _get_datastore_access_env_vars(self):
+        """
+        Return environment variables so datastore access using client (from st2client)
+        is possible with actions. This is done to be compatible with sensors.
+
+        :rtype: ``dict``
+        """
+        env_vars = {}
+        if self.auth_token:
+            env_vars[AUTH_TOKEN_ENV_VARIABLE_NAME] = self.auth_token.token
+        env_vars[API_URL_ENV_VARIABLE_NAME] = get_full_public_api_url()
+
+        return env_vars
diff --git a/st2actions/tests/unit/base.py b/st2actions/tests/unit/base.py
index 6fdafce59e..360519a840 100644
--- a/st2actions/tests/unit/base.py
+++ b/st2actions/tests/unit/base.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from st2actions import scheduler
 from st2actions.notifier import notifier
 from st2common.constants import action as action_constants
+from st2common.constants.system import AUTH_TOKEN_ENV_VARIABLE_NAME
 from st2common.models.db.liveaction import LiveActionDB
 from st2common.util.api import get_full_public_api_url
 from st2common.constants.runners import COMMON_ACTION_ENV_VARIABLES
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ def assertCommonSt2EnvVarsAvailableInEnv(self, env):
             self.assertTrue(var_name in env)
 
         self.assertEqual(env['ST2_ACTION_API_URL'], get_full_public_api_url())
+        self.assertTrue(env[AUTH_TOKEN_ENV_VARIABLE_NAME] is not None)
 
 
 class MockLiveActionPublisher(object):
diff --git a/st2reactor/st2reactor/sensor/base.py b/st2reactor/st2reactor/sensor/base.py
index b81efd20dd..91ae0b6034 100644
--- a/st2reactor/st2reactor/sensor/base.py
+++ b/st2reactor/st2reactor/sensor/base.py
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ def __init__(self, sensor_service, config=None):
         :keyword config: Sensor config.
         :type config: ``dict`` or None
         """
-        self._sensor_service = sensor_service
-        self._config = config or {}
+        self._sensor_service = sensor_service  # Deprecate in the future
+        self.sensor_service = sensor_service
+        self._config = config or {}  # Deprecate in the future
+        self.config = self._config
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def setup(self):
diff --git a/st2reactor/tests/unit/test_sensor_wrapper.py b/st2reactor/tests/unit/test_sensor_wrapper.py
index 6560e449e3..9f76af4f95 100644
--- a/st2reactor/tests/unit/test_sensor_wrapper.py
+++ b/st2reactor/tests/unit/test_sensor_wrapper.py
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
         super(SensorWrapperTestCase, cls).setUpClass()
         tests_config.parse_args()
 
+    def test_sensor_instance_has_sensor_service(self):
+        file_path = os.path.join(RESOURCES_DIR, 'test_sensor.py')
+        trigger_types = ['trigger1', 'trigger2']
+        parent_args = ['--config-file', TESTS_CONFIG_PATH]
+
+        wrapper = SensorWrapper(pack='core', file_path=file_path,
+                                class_name='TestSensor',
+                                trigger_types=trigger_types,
+                                parent_args=parent_args)
+        self.assertTrue(getattr(wrapper._sensor_instance, 'sensor_service', None) is not None)
+        self.assertTrue(getattr(wrapper._sensor_instance, 'config', None) is not None)
+
     def test_trigger_cud_event_handlers(self):
         file_path = os.path.join(RESOURCES_DIR, 'test_sensor.py')
         trigger_types = ['trigger1', 'trigger2']