diff --git a/roles/fedimg/files/partial_upload.py b/roles/fedimg/files/partial_upload.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7705067ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/fedimg/files/partial_upload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
+""" Triggers a partial upload process with the specified raw.xz URL. """
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import logging.config
+
+import fedmsg.config
+
+from fedimg.config import AWS_ACCESS_ID
+from fedimg.config import AWS_SECRET_KEY
+from fedimg.services.ec2.ec2initiate import main as ec2main
+
+logging.config.dictConfig(fedmsg.config.load_config()['logging'])
+log = logging.getLogger('fedmsg')
+
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Trigger a partial upload based on the arguments")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-u", "--url", type=str, help=".raw.xz URL", required=True)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-c", "--compose-id", type=str, help="compose id of the .raw.xz file",
+        required=True)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-p", "--push-notifications",
+        help="Bool to check if we need to push fedmsg notifications",
+        action="store_true", required=False)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v", "--volume", help="volume type for the image", required=False)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    return (
+        args.url,
+        args.compose_id,
+        args.push_notifications,
+        args.volume
+    )
+
+
+def main():
+    url, compose_id, push_notifications, volume = get_args()
+
+    if volume is not None:
+        volume = [volume]
+
+    ec2main(
+        image_urls=url,
+        access_id=AWS_ACCESS_ID,
+        secret_key=AWS_SECRET_KEY,
+        regions=None,
+        volume_types=volume,
+        push_notifications=push_notifications,
+        compose_id=compose_id
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
index b1538c43a3..a3bfb3fc1f 100644
--- a/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
   tags:
   - fedimg
 
+- name: copy manual partial trigger script
+  copy: >
+    src=partial_upload.py
+    dest=/usr/local/bin/partial_upload.py
+    mode=0755
+  tags:
+  - fedimg
+
 - name: copy base configuration
   template: >
     src=fedimg-conf.toml dest=/etc/fedimg/fedimg-conf.toml