diff --git a/sys/include/suit/coap.h b/sys/include/suit/coap.h
index e04cdea08d..4c1ebbe929 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 +143,14 @@ int suit_coap_get_blockwise_url(const char *url,
                                coap_blksize_t blksize,
                                coap_blockwise_cb_t callback, void *arg);
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Trigger a SUIT udate
+ *
+ * @param[in] url       url pointer containing the full coap url to the manifest
+ * @param[in] len       length of the url
+ */
+void suit_coap_trigger(const uint8_t *url, size_t len);
+
 #endif /* DOXYGEN */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/Makefile b/sys/shell/commands/Makefile
index 6c03471bab..3f4cabc26b 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/Makefile
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/Makefile
@@ -99,4 +99,8 @@ ifneq (,$(filter test_utils_interactive_sync,$(USEMODULE)))
   SRC += sc_interactive_sync.c
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter suit_coap,$(USEMODULE)))
+  SRC += sc_suit.c
+endif
+
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/sc_suit.c b/sys/shell/commands/sc_suit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29ae844e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/sc_suit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     sys_shell_commands
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Trigger a firmware update from the shell
+ *
+ * @author      Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
+ *
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#include "suit/coap.h"
+
+
+int _suit_handler(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    if (argc != 2) {
+        printf("Usage: %s <manifest url>\n", argv[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    suit_coap_trigger((uint8_t *)argv[1], strlen(argv[1]));
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c b/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c
index e111ce9bb1..38717d3eae 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ extern int _test_start(int argc, char **argv);
 extern int _test_ready(int argc, char **argv);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef MODULE_SUIT_COAP
+extern int _suit_handler(int argc, char **argv);
+#endif
+
 const shell_command_t _shell_command_list[] = {
     {"reboot", "Reboot the node", _reboot_handler},
 #ifdef MODULE_CONFIG
@@ -276,6 +280,9 @@ const shell_command_t _shell_command_list[] = {
 #ifdef MODULE_TEST_UTILS_INTERACTIVE_SYNC
     { "r", "Test sync, Ready query", _test_ready },
     { "s", "Test sync, Start test trigger", _test_start },
+#endif
+#ifdef MODULE_SUIT_COAP
+    { "suit", "Trigger a SUIT firmware update", _suit_handler },
 #endif
     {NULL, NULL, NULL}
 };
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 },