diff --git a/roles/fedimg/files/trigger_upload.py b/roles/fedimg/files/trigger_upload.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a5208d465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/fedimg/files/trigger_upload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
+""" Triggers an upload process with the specified raw.xz URL. """
+
+import logging
+import logging.config
+import multiprocessing.pool
+import sys
+
+import fedmsg
+import fedmsg.config
+
+import fedimg
+import fedimg.services
+from fedimg.services.ec2 import EC2Service, EC2ServiceException
+import fedimg.uploader
+from fedimg.util import virt_types_from_url
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    print 'Usage: trigger_upload.py <rawxz_image_url>'
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+logging.config.dictConfig(fedmsg.config.load_config()['logging'])
+log = logging.getLogger('fedmsg')
+
+upload_pool = multiprocessing.pool.ThreadPool(processes=4)
+
+url = sys.argv[1]
+
+fedimg.uploader.upload(upload_pool, [url])
diff --git a/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
index fb8f1029d7..cfbfd6446b 100644
--- a/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@
   tags:
   - fedimg
 
+- name: copy manual trigger script
+  copy: >
+    src=trigger_upload.py
+    dest=/usr/local/bin/trigger_upload.py
+    mode=0755
+  tags:
+  - fedimg
+
 - name: copy base configuration
   template: >
     src=fedimg.cfg dest=/etc/fedimg.cfg