diff --git a/kube/src/api/mod.rs b/kube/src/api/mod.rs
index b8181cf6e..2a0bb12ad 100644
--- a/kube/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/kube/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ mod subresource;
 pub use subresource::{Attach, AttachParams, Execute};
 pub use subresource::{Evict, EvictParams, Log, LogParams, ScaleSpec, ScaleStatus};
 
+mod util;
+
 // Re-exports from kube-core
 #[cfg(feature = "admission")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "admission")))]
diff --git a/kube/src/api/util.rs b/kube/src/api/util.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ddd2cc85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kube/src/api/util.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use crate::api::{Api, Resource};
+use crate::Result;
+use kube_core::util::Restart;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+
+impl<K> Api<K>
+where K: Restart + Resource + DeserializeOwned {
+    /// Trigger a restart of a Resource.
+    pub async fn restart(&self, name: &str) -> Result<K> {
+        let mut req = self.request.restart(name)?;
+        req.extensions_mut().insert("restart");
+        self.client.request::<K>(req).await
+    }
+}