diff --git a/bin/ncu-ci b/bin/ncu-ci
index 8037a26d..0b2a57d7 100755
--- a/bin/ncu-ci
+++ b/bin/ncu-ci
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ const {
   PRBuild, BenchmarkRun, CommitBuild, HealthBuild,
   listBuilds, FailureAggregator, jobCache
 } = require('../lib/ci/ci_result_parser');
+const {
+  RunPRJob
+} = require('../lib/ci/run_ci');
 const clipboardy = require('clipboardy');
 const { writeJson, writeFile } = require('../lib/file');
+const { getMergedConfig } = require('../lib/config');
 
 const { runPromise } = require('../lib/run');
 const auth = require('../lib/auth');
@@ -70,6 +74,26 @@ const argv = yargs
     },
     handler
   })
+  .command({
+    command: 'run <prid>',
+    desc: 'Run CI for given PR',
+    builder: (yargs) => {
+      yargs
+        .positional('prid', {
+          describe: 'ID of the PR',
+          type: 'number'
+        })
+        .option('owner', {
+          default: '',
+          describe: 'GitHub repository owner'
+        })
+        .option('repo', {
+          default: '',
+          describe: 'GitHub repository name'
+        });
+    },
+    handler
+  })
   .command({
     command: 'url <url>',
     desc: 'Automatically detect CI type and show results',
@@ -147,6 +171,54 @@ const commandToType = {
   benchmark: BENCHMARK
 };
 
+class RunPRJobCommand {
+  constructor(cli, request, argv) {
+    this.cli = cli;
+    this.request = request;
+    this.dir = process.cwd();
+    this.argv = argv;
+    this.config = getMergedConfig(this.dir);
+  }
+
+  get owner() {
+    return this.argv.owner || this.config.owner;
+  }
+
+  get repo() {
+    return this.argv.repo || this.config.repo;
+  }
+
+  get prid() {
+    return this.argv.prid;
+  }
+
+  async start() {
+    const {
+      cli, request, prid, repo, owner
+    } = this;
+    let validArgs = true;
+    if (!repo) {
+      validArgs = false;
+      cli.error('GitHub repository is missing, please set it via ncu-config ' +
+                'or pass it via the --repo option');
+    }
+    if (!owner) {
+      cli.error('GitHub owner is missing, please set it via ncu-config ' +
+                'or pass it via the --owner option');
+      validArgs = false;
+    }
+    if (!validArgs) {
+      this.cli.setExitCode(1);
+      return;
+    }
+    const jobRunner = new RunPRJob(cli, request, owner, repo, prid);
+    if (!jobRunner.start()) {
+      this.cli.setExitCode(1);
+      process.exitCode = 1;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 class CICommand {
   constructor(cli, request, argv) {
     this.cli = cli;
@@ -343,6 +415,10 @@ async function main(command, argv) {
   let commandHandler;
   // Prepare queue.
   switch (command) {
+    case 'run': {
+      const jobRunner = new RunPRJobCommand(cli, request, argv);
+      return jobRunner.start();
+    }
     case 'rate': {
       commandHandler = new RateCommand(cli, request, argv);
       break;
diff --git a/lib/ci/run_ci.js b/lib/ci/run_ci.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5e37a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ci/run_ci.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const FormData = require('form-data');
+
+const {
+  CI_DOMAIN,
+  CI_TYPES,
+  CI_TYPES_KEYS
+} = require('./ci_type_parser');
+
+const CI_CRUMB_URL = `https://${CI_DOMAIN}/crumbIssuer/api/json`;
+const CI_PR_NAME = CI_TYPES.get(CI_TYPES_KEYS.PR).jobName;
+const CI_PR_URL = `https://${CI_DOMAIN}/job/${CI_PR_NAME}/build`;
+
+class RunPRJob {
+  constructor(cli, request, owner, repo, prid) {
+    this.cli = cli;
+    this.request = request;
+    this.owner = owner;
+    this.repo = repo;
+    this.prid = prid;
+  }
+
+  async getCrumb() {
+    try {
+      const { crumb } = await this.request.json(CI_CRUMB_URL);
+      return crumb;
+    } catch (e) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  get payload() {
+    const payload = new FormData();
+    payload.append('json', JSON.stringify({
+      parameter: [
+        { name: 'CERTIFY_SAFE', value: 'on' },
+        { name: 'TARGET_GITHUB_ORG', value: this.owner },
+        { name: 'TARGET_REPO_NAME', value: this.repo },
+        { name: 'PR_ID', value: this.prid },
+        { name: 'REBASE_ONTO', value: '<pr base branch>' },
+        { name: 'DESCRIPTION_SETTER_DESCRIPTION', value: '' }
+      ]
+    }));
+    return payload;
+  }
+
+  async start() {
+    const { cli } = this;
+    cli.startSpinner('Validating Jenkins credentials');
+    const crumb = await this.getCrumb();
+
+    if (crumb === false) {
+      cli.stopSpinner('Jenkins credentials invalid',
+        this.cli.SPINNER_STATUS.FAILED);
+      return false;
+    }
+    cli.stopSpinner('Jenkins credentials valid');
+
+    try {
+      cli.startSpinner('Starting PR CI job');
+      await this.request.text(CI_PR_URL, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+          'Jenkins-Crumb': crumb
+        },
+        body: this.payload
+      });
+      cli.stopSpinner('PR CI job successfully started');
+    } catch (err) {
+      cli.stopSpinner('Failed to start CI', this.cli.SPINNER_STATUS.FAILED);
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { RunPRJob, CI_CRUMB_URL, CI_PR_URL };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e2d2cc82..96a7fe7d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "core-validate-commit": "^3.13.1",
     "execa": "^4.0.1",
     "figures": "^3.2.0",
+    "form-data": "^3.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.0",
     "ghauth": "^4.0.0",
     "inquirer": "^7.1.0",
diff --git a/test/unit/ci_start.js b/test/unit/ci_start.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..518350a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/ci_start.js
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const sinon = require('sinon');
+const FormData = require('form-data');
+
+const {
+  RunPRJob,
+  CI_CRUMB_URL,
+  CI_PR_URL
+} = require('../../lib/ci/run_ci');
+const TestCLI = require('../fixtures/test_cli');
+
+describe('Jenkins', () => {
+  it('should fail if starting node-pull-request fails', async() => {
+    const cli = new TestCLI();
+    const crumb = 'asdf1234';
+    const request = {
+      text: sinon.stub().throws(),
+      json: sinon.stub().withArgs(CI_CRUMB_URL)
+        .returns(Promise.resolve({ crumb }))
+    };
+    const owner = 'nodejs';
+    const repo = 'node-auto-test';
+    const prid = 123456;
+
+    const jobRunner = new RunPRJob(cli, request, owner, repo, prid);
+    assert.strictEqual(await jobRunner.start(), false);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false if crumb fails', async() => {
+    const cli = new TestCLI();
+    const request = {
+      json: sinon.stub().throws()
+    };
+    const owner = 'nodejs';
+    const repo = 'node-auto-test';
+    const prid = 123456;
+
+    const jobRunner = new RunPRJob(cli, request, owner, repo, prid);
+    assert.strictEqual(await jobRunner.start(), false);
+  });
+
+  it('should start node-pull-request', async() => {
+    const cli = new TestCLI();
+    const crumb = 'asdf1234';
+    const owner = 'nodejs';
+    const repo = 'node-auto-test';
+    const prid = 123456;
+
+    sinon.stub(FormData.prototype, 'append').callsFake(function(key, value) {
+      assert.strictEqual(key, 'json');
+      const { parameter } = JSON.parse(value);
+      const expectedParameters = {
+        CERTIFY_SAFE: 'on',
+        TARGET_GITHUB_ORG: owner,
+        TARGET_REPO_NAME: repo,
+        PR_ID: prid,
+        REBASE_ONTO: '<pr base branch>',
+        DESCRIPTION_SETTER_DESCRIPTION: ''
+      };
+      for (const { name, value } of parameter) {
+        assert.strictEqual(value, expectedParameters[name]);
+        delete expectedParameters[name];
+      }
+      assert.strictEqual(Object.keys(expectedParameters).length, 0);
+
+      this._validated = true;
+
+      return FormData.prototype.append.wrappedMethod.bind(this)(key, value);
+    });
+
+    const request = {
+      text: sinon.stub()
+        .callsFake((url, { method, headers, body }) => {
+          assert.strictEqual(url, CI_PR_URL);
+          assert.strictEqual(method, 'POST');
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(headers, { 'Jenkins-Crumb': crumb });
+          assert.ok(body._validated);
+        }),
+      json: sinon.stub().withArgs(CI_CRUMB_URL)
+        .returns(Promise.resolve({ crumb }))
+    };
+    const jobRunner = new RunPRJob(cli, request, owner, repo, prid);
+    assert.ok(await jobRunner.start());
+  });
+});