diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-index-changes.txt b/Documentation/cmd-index-changes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8566827a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-index-changes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+= gerrit index changes
+
+== NAME
+gerrit index changes - Index one or more changes.
+
+== SYNOPSIS
+--
+'ssh' -p <port> <host> 'gerrit index changes' <CHANGE> [<CHANGE> ...]
+--
+
+== DESCRIPTION
+Indexes one or more changes.
+
+Changes can be specified in the link:rest-api-changes.html#change-id[same format]
+supported by the REST API.
+
+== ACCESS
+Caller must have the 'Maintain Server' capability, or be the owner of the change
+to be indexed.
+
+== SCRIPTING
+This command is intended to be used in scripts.
+
+== OPTIONS
+--CHANGE::
+    Required; changes to be indexed.
+
+== EXAMPLES
+Index changes with legacy ID numbers 1 and 2.
+
+====
+    $ ssh -p 29418 user@review.example.com gerrit index changes 1 2
+====
+
+GERRIT
+------
+Part of link:index.html[Gerrit Code Review]
+
+SEARCHBOX
+---------
diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-index.txt b/Documentation/cmd-index.txt
index 90212fb51f..e244228028 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmd-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-index.txt
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ link:cmd-index-activate.html[gerrit index activate]::
 link:cmd-index-start.html[gerrit index start]::
 	Start the online indexer.
 
+link:cmd-index-changes.html[gerrit index changes]::
+	Index one or more changes.
+
 link:cmd-logging-ls-level.html[gerrit logging ls-level]::
 	List loggers and their logging level.
 
diff --git a/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/IndexChangesCommand.java b/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/IndexChangesCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2c858e5ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/IndexChangesCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.google.gerrit.sshd.commands;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestApiException;
+import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Change;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.change.ChangeResource;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.change.Index;
+import com.google.gerrit.sshd.ChangeArgumentParser;
+import com.google.gerrit.sshd.CommandMetaData;
+import com.google.gerrit.sshd.SshCommand;
+import com.google.gwtorm.server.OrmException;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+@CommandMetaData(name = "changes", description = "Index changes")
+final class IndexChangesCommand extends SshCommand {
+  @Inject
+  private Index index;
+
+  @Inject
+  private ChangeArgumentParser changeArgumentParser;
+
+  @Argument(index = 0, required = true, multiValued = true, metaVar = "CHANGE",
+      usage = "changes to index")
+  void addChange(String token) {
+    try {
+      changeArgumentParser.addChange(token, changes);
+    } catch (UnloggedFailure e) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(e.getMessage(), e);
+    } catch (OrmException e) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("database is down", e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private Map<Change.Id, ChangeResource> changes = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+
+  @Override
+  protected void run() throws UnloggedFailure {
+    boolean ok = true;
+    for (ChangeResource rsrc : changes.values()) {
+      try {
+        index.apply(rsrc, new Index.Input());
+      } catch (IOException | RestApiException e) {
+        ok = false;
+        writeError("error", String.format(
+            "failed to index change %s: %s", rsrc.getId(), e.getMessage()));
+      }
+    }
+    if (!ok) {
+      throw die("failed to index one or more changes");
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/IndexCommandsModule.java b/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/IndexCommandsModule.java
index 3e7b293208..633bca8861 100644
--- a/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/IndexCommandsModule.java
+++ b/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/IndexCommandsModule.java
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ public class IndexCommandsModule extends CommandModule {
     command(index).toProvider(new DispatchCommandProvider(index));
     command(index, IndexActivateCommand.class);
     command(index, IndexStartCommand.class);
+    command(index, IndexChangesCommand.class);
   }
 }