diff --git a/sys/include/suit/coap.h b/sys/include/suit/coap.h
index e04cdea08d..f909a61eb5 100644
--- a/sys/include/suit/coap.h
+++ b/sys/include/suit/coap.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  *
  * @brief       SUIT CoAP helper API
  * @author      Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ * @author      Francisco Molina <francois-xavier.molina@inria.fr>
+ * @author      Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
  *
  */
 
@@ -141,6 +143,19 @@ int suit_coap_get_blockwise_url(const char *url,
                                coap_blksize_t blksize,
                                coap_blockwise_cb_t callback, void *arg);
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Set the url used to fetch the SUIT manifest
+ *
+ * @param[in] url       url pointer containing the full coap url to the manifest
+ * @param[in] len       length of the url
+ */
+void suit_coap_set_url(const uint8_t *url, size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Trigger a SUIT udate
+ */
+void suit_coap_trigger(void);
+
 #endif /* DOXYGEN */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/sys/suit/coap.c b/sys/suit/coap.c
index e62771f1e1..53e1006b43 100644
--- a/sys/suit/coap.c
+++ b/sys/suit/coap.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  *
  * @author      Koen Zandberg <koen@bergzand.net>
  * @author      Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ * @author      Francisco Molina <francois-xavier.molina@inria.fr>
+ * @author      Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
  * @}
  */
 
@@ -480,13 +482,9 @@ static ssize_t _trigger_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len,
             code = COAP_CODE_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE;
         }
         else {
-            memcpy(_url, pkt->payload, payload_len);
-            _url[payload_len] = '\0';
-
             code = COAP_CODE_CREATED;
-            LOG_INFO("suit: received URL: \"%s\"\n", _url);
-            msg_t m = { .content.value = SUIT_MSG_TRIGGER };
-            msg_send(&m, _suit_coap_pid);
+            LOG_INFO("suit: received URL: \"%s\"\n", (char*)pkt->payload);
+            suit_coap_trigger(pkt->payload, payload_len);
         }
     }
     else {
@@ -497,6 +495,14 @@ static ssize_t _trigger_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len,
                              COAP_FORMAT_NONE, NULL, 0);
 }
 
+void suit_coap_trigger(const uint8_t *url, size_t len)
+{
+    memcpy(_url, url, len);
+    _url[len] = '\0';
+    msg_t m = { .content.value = SUIT_MSG_TRIGGER };
+    msg_send(&m, _suit_coap_pid);
+}
+
 static const coap_resource_t _subtree[] = {
 #ifdef MODULE_RIOTBOOT_SLOT
     { "/suit/slot/active", COAP_METHOD_GET, _slot_handler, NULL },