diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorDSLSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorDSLSpec.scala
index 578f557871..097912601a 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorDSLSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorDSLSpec.scala
@@ -103,6 +103,32 @@ class ActorDSLSpec extends AkkaSpec {
       i.receive() must be("hi")
     }
 
+    "support becomeStacked" in {
+      //#becomeStacked
+      val a = actor(new Act {
+        become { // this will replace the initial (empty) behavior
+          case "info" ⇒ sender ! "A"
+          case "switch" ⇒
+            becomeStacked { // this will stack upon the "A" behavior
+              case "info"   ⇒ sender ! "B"
+              case "switch" ⇒ unbecome() // return to the "A" behavior
+            }
+          case "lobotomize" => unbecome() // OH NOES: Actor.emptyBehavior
+        }
+      })
+      //#becomeStacked
+
+      implicit def sender = testActor
+      a ! "info"
+      expectMsg("A")
+      a ! "switch"
+      a ! "info"
+      expectMsg("B")
+      a ! "switch"
+      a ! "info"
+      expectMsg("A")
+    }
+
     "support setup/teardown" in {
       //#simple-start-stop
       val a = actor(new Act {
@@ -188,7 +214,7 @@ class ActorDSLSpec extends AkkaSpec {
         become {
           case 1 ⇒ stash()
           case 2 ⇒
-            testActor ! 2; unstashAll(); become {
+            testActor ! 2; unstashAll(); becomeStacked {
               case 1 ⇒ testActor ! 1; unbecome()
             }
         }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dsl/Creators.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dsl/Creators.scala
index 98ab610502..a9515f3000 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dsl/Creators.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dsl/Creators.scala
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ trait Creators { this: ActorDSL.type ⇒
    * for quickly trying things out in the REPL. It makes the following keywords
    * available:
    *
-   *  - `become` mapped to `context.become(_, discardOld = false)`
+   *  - `become` mapped to `context.become(_, discardOld = true)`
+   *
+   *  - `becomeStacked` mapped to `context.become(_, discardOld = false)`
    *
    *  - `unbecome` mapped to `context.unbecome`
    *
@@ -87,7 +89,14 @@ trait Creators { this: ActorDSL.type ⇒
      * stack is cleared upon restart. Use `unbecome()` to pop an element off
      * this stack.
      */
-    def become(r: Receive) = context.become(r, discardOld = false)
+    def becomeStacked(r: Receive) = context.become(r, discardOld = false)
+
+    /**
+     * Replace the behavior at the top of the behavior stack for this actor. The
+     * stack is cleared upon restart. Use `unbecome()` to pop an element off
+     * this stack or `becomeStacked()` to push a new element on top of it.
+     */
+    def become(r: Receive) = context.become(r, discardOld = true)
 
     /**
      * Pop the active behavior from the behavior stack of this actor. This stack
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/actors.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/actors.rst
index e81f744952..5a4be2cc58 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/actors.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/actors.rst
@@ -174,6 +174,17 @@ form of the ``implicit val context: ActorContext``. Outside of an actor, you
 have to either declare an implicit :class:`ActorSystem`, or you can give the
 factory explicitly (see further below).
 
+The two possible ways of issuing a ``context.become`` (replacing or adding the
+new behavior) are offered separately to enable a clutter-free notation of
+nested receives:
+
+.. includecode:: ../../../akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorDSLSpec.scala#becomeStacked
+
+Please note that calling ``unbecome`` more often than ``becomeStacked`` results
+in the original behavior being installed, which in case of the :class:`Act`
+trait is the empty behavior (the outer ``become`` just replaces it during
+construction).
+
 Life-cycle hooks are also exposed as DSL elements (see `Start Hook`_ and `Stop
 Hook`_ below), where later invocations of the methods shown below will replace
 the contents of the respective hooks: