diff --git a/services/storage-users/pkg/command/uploads.go b/services/storage-users/pkg/command/uploads.go
index 99d93e533b8..18671f5ac73 100644
--- a/services/storage-users/pkg/command/uploads.go
+++ b/services/storage-users/pkg/command/uploads.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package command
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -13,11 +14,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 
 	userpb "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/identity/user/v1beta1"
+	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/events"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/storage"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/storage/fs/registry"
+	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/utils"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/configlog"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/storage-users/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/storage-users/pkg/config/parser"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/storage-users/pkg/event"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig"
 )
 
@@ -101,6 +105,10 @@ func ListUploadSessions(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 				Name:  "json",
 				Usage: "output as json",
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:  "restart",
+				Usage: "send restart event for all listed sessions",
+			},
 		},
 		Before: func(c *cli.Context) error {
 			return configlog.ReturnFatal(parser.ParseConfig(cfg))
@@ -124,6 +132,15 @@ func ListUploadSessions(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 
+			var stream events.Stream
+			if c.Bool("restart") {
+				stream, err = event.NewStream(cfg)
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Failed to create event stream: %v\n", err)
+					os.Exit(1)
+				}
+			}
+
 			var b strings.Builder
 			filter := storage.UploadSessionFilter{}
 			if c.IsSet("processing") {
@@ -200,6 +217,16 @@ func ListUploadSessions(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 						fmt.Println(err)
 					}
 					fmt.Println(string(j))
+
+					if c.Bool("restart") {
+						if err := events.Publish(context.Background(), stream, events.ResumePostprocessing{
+							UploadID:  u.ID(),
+							Timestamp: utils.TSNow(),
+						}); err != nil {
+							fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Failed to send restart event for upload session '%s'\n", u.ID())
+							os.Exit(1)
+						}
+					}
 				}
 			} else {
 
@@ -223,6 +250,16 @@ func ListUploadSessions(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 						u.Expires().Format(time.RFC3339),
 						strconv.FormatBool(u.IsProcessing()),
 					})
+
+					if c.Bool("restart") {
+						if err := events.Publish(context.Background(), stream, events.ResumePostprocessing{
+							UploadID:  u.ID(),
+							Timestamp: utils.TSNow(),
+						}); err != nil {
+							fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Failed to send restart event for upload session '%s'\n", u.ID())
+							os.Exit(1)
+						}
+					}
 				}
 				table.Render()
 			}