diff --git a/action_counter.go b/action_counter.go
index ff3fef8..442864e 100644
--- a/action_counter.go
+++ b/action_counter.go
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ func init() {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "preparing response")
 		}
 
+		if r.CounterSet != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(
+				store.UpdateCounter(counterName, *r.CounterSet, true),
+				"set counter",
+			)
+		}
+
 		var counterStep int64 = 1
 		if r.CounterStep != nil {
 			counterStep = *r.CounterStep
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 66a50ee..62d6909 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ func (r *rule) Matches(m *irc.Message, event *string) bool {
 type ruleAction struct {
 	Ban             *string        `json:"ban" yaml:"ban"`
 	Command         []string       `json:"command" yaml:"command"`
+	CounterSet      *int64         `json:"counter_set" yaml:"counter_set"`
 	CounterStep     *int64         `json:"counter_step" yaml:"counter_step"`
 	Counter         *string        `json:"counter" yaml:"counter"`
 	DeleteMessage   *bool          `json:"delete_message" yaml:"delete_message"`
diff --git a/wiki/Home.md b/wiki/Home.md
index 173569a..383ae50 100644
--- a/wiki/Home.md
+++ b/wiki/Home.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ rules: # See below for examples
 
     # Modify an internal counter value (does NOT send a chat line)
     - counter: "counterid" # String to identify the counter, applies templating
+      counter_set: 25      # Integer, set counter to value (counter_step is ignored if set)
       counter_step: 1      # Integer, can be negative or positive, default: +1
 
     # Issue a delete on the message caught