diff --git a/cmd/stayrtr/stayrtr.go b/cmd/stayrtr/stayrtr.go
index ce030f7..cc72015 100644
--- a/cmd/stayrtr/stayrtr.go
+++ b/cmd/stayrtr/stayrtr.go
@@ -49,17 +49,17 @@ var (
 	MetricsAddr = flag.String("metrics.addr", ":9847", "Metrics address")
 	MetricsPath = flag.String("metrics.path", "/metrics", "Metrics path")
 
-	ExportPath = flag.String("export.path", "/rpki.json", "Export path")
-
-	RTRVersion = flag.Int("protocol", 1, "RTR protocol version. Default is version 1 (RFC 8210)")
-	RefreshRTR = flag.Int("rtr.refresh", 3600, "Refresh interval")
-	RetryRTR   = flag.Int("rtr.retry", 600, "Retry interval")
-	ExpireRTR  = flag.Int("rtr.expire", 7200, "Expire interval")
-	SendNotifs = flag.Bool("notifications", true, "Send notifications to clients (disable with -notifications=false)")
-	EnforceVersion  = flag.Bool("enforce.version", false, "Disable version negotiation")
-	DisableBGPSec	= flag.Bool("disable.bgpsec", false, "Disable sending out BGPSEC Router Keys")
-	EnableNODELAY	= flag.Bool("enable.nodelay", false, "Force enable TCP NODELAY (Likely increases CPU)")
-
+	ExportPath           = flag.String("export.path", "/rpki.json", "Export path")
+	EnableUpdateEndpoint = flag.Bool("update.endpoint", false, "Enable HTTP endpoint that expedites the next fetch")
+
+	RTRVersion     = flag.Int("protocol", 1, "RTR protocol version. Default is version 1 (RFC 8210)")
+	RefreshRTR     = flag.Int("rtr.refresh", 3600, "Refresh interval")
+	RetryRTR       = flag.Int("rtr.retry", 600, "Retry interval")
+	ExpireRTR      = flag.Int("rtr.expire", 7200, "Expire interval")
+	SendNotifs     = flag.Bool("notifications", true, "Send notifications to clients (disable with -notifications=false)")
+	EnforceVersion = flag.Bool("enforce.version", false, "Disable version negotiation")
+	DisableBGPSec  = flag.Bool("disable.bgpsec", false, "Disable sending out BGPSEC Router Keys")
+	EnableNODELAY  = flag.Bool("enable.nodelay", false, "Force enable TCP NODELAY (Likely increases CPU)")
 
 	Bind = flag.String("bind", ":8282", "Bind address")
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func initMetrics() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(CurrentSerial)
 }
 
-func metricHTTP() {
+func serveHTTP() {
 	http.Handle(*MetricsPath, promhttp.Handler())
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(*MetricsAddr, nil))
 }
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ func (s *state) applyUpdateFromNewState(vrps []rtr.VRP, brks []rtr.BgpsecKey,
 	vrpsjson []prefixfile.VRPJson, brksjson []prefixfile.BgpSecKeyJson,
 	countv4 int, countv6 int) error {
 
-	SDs := make([]rtr.SendableData, 0, len(vrps) + len(brks))
+	SDs := make([]rtr.SendableData, 0, len(vrps)+len(brks))
 	for _, v := range vrps {
 		SDs = append(SDs, v.Copy())
 	}
@@ -528,6 +528,14 @@ func (s *state) updateSlurm(file string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
+func (s *state) updateDelay(delay *time.Ticker, interval int) {
+	if s.lastchange.IsZero() {
+		delay.Reset(30 * time.Second)
+	} else {
+		delay.Reset(time.Duration(interval) * time.Second)
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *state) routineUpdate(file string, interval int, slurmFile string) {
 	log.Debugf("Starting refresh routine (file: %v, interval: %vs, slurm: %v)", file, interval, slurmFile)
 	signals := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
@@ -548,11 +556,10 @@ func (s *state) routineUpdate(file string, interval int, slurmFile string) {
 		case <-delay.C:
 		case <-signals:
 			log.Debug("Received HUP signal")
-			if s.lastchange.IsZero() {
-				delay.Reset(30 * time.Second)
-			} else {
-				delay.Reset(time.Duration(interval) * time.Second)
-			}
+			s.updateDelay(delay, interval)
+		case <-s.triggerUpdate:
+			log.Debug("Received triggered update")
+			s.updateDelay(delay, interval)
 		}
 		slurmNotPresentOrUpdated := false
 
@@ -629,6 +636,34 @@ func (s *state) exporter(wr http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	enc.Encode(toExport)
 }
 
+func (s *state) updateNow(wr http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	wr.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	response := make(map[string]interface{})
+	if s.TriggerUpdate() {
+		response["status"] = "success"
+		response["message"] = "Update triggered successfully"
+		wr.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	} else {
+		response["status"] = "error"
+		response["message"] = "Update not triggered. Queue is full or not ready"
+		wr.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	}
+
+	json.NewEncoder(wr).Encode(response)
+}
+
+func (s *state) TriggerUpdate() bool {
+	select {
+	case s.triggerUpdate <- struct{}{}:
+		return true
+	default:
+		// Channel is full or not ready, log a warning
+		log.Warn("Update trigger skipped: update ongoing or not ready")
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 type state struct {
 	lastdata      *prefixfile.RPKIList
 	lasthashCache []byte
@@ -649,6 +684,8 @@ type state struct {
 	slurm *prefixfile.SlurmConfig
 
 	checktime bool
+
+	triggerUpdate chan struct{}
 }
 
 type metricsEvent struct {
@@ -725,9 +762,9 @@ func run() error {
 		RetryInterval:   uint32(*RetryRTR),
 		ExpireInterval:  uint32(*ExpireRTR),
 
-		EnforceVersion:  *EnforceVersion,
-		DisableBGPSec:   *DisableBGPSec,
-		EnableNODELAY:   *EnableNODELAY,
+		EnforceVersion: *EnforceVersion,
+		DisableBGPSec:  *DisableBGPSec,
+		EnableNODELAY:  *EnableNODELAY,
 	}
 
 	var me *metricsEvent
@@ -750,6 +787,8 @@ func run() error {
 		lockJson:     &sync.RWMutex{},
 
 		fetchConfig: utils.NewFetchConfig(),
+
+		triggerUpdate: make(chan struct{}, 1), // limit the number of queued updates. Downside: HTTP call to endpoint may fail
 	}
 	s.fetchConfig.UserAgent = *UserAgent
 	s.fetchConfig.Mime = *Mime
@@ -760,7 +799,10 @@ func run() error {
 		if *ExportPath != "" {
 			http.HandleFunc(*ExportPath, s.exporter)
 		}
-		go metricHTTP()
+		if *EnableUpdateEndpoint {
+			http.HandleFunc("/api/update", s.updateNow)
+		}
+		go serveHTTP()
 	}
 
 	if *Bind == "" && *BindTLS == "" && *BindSSH == "" {