diff --git a/ci/prow/README.md b/ci/prow/README.md
index 04fd12e6b..a11e3b378 100644
--- a/ci/prow/README.md
+++ b/ci/prow/README.md
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ This directory contains the config for our [Prow](https://github.com/kubernetes/
 * `config.yaml` Configuration of the Prow jobs.
 * `config_start.yaml` Initial, empty configuration for Prow.
 * `plugins.yaml` Configuration of the Prow plugins.
+* `run_job.sh` Convenience script to start a Prow job from command-line.
diff --git a/ci/prow/run_job.sh b/ci/prow/run_job.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5198bb09d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/prow/run_job.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Knative Authors
+#
+# 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.
+
+# Simple script to start a Prow job.
+
+source $(dirname $0)/../../scripts/library.sh
+
+[[ -z "$1" ]] && abort "pass the name of the job to start as argument"
+
+set -e
+
+cd ${REPO_ROOT_DIR}
+
+make -C ./ci/prow get-cluster-credentials
+
+run_mkpj="mkpj"
+[[ -z "$(which mkpj)" ]] && run_mkpj="bazel run @k8s//prow/cmd/mkpj --"
+
+JOB_YAML=$(mktemp)
+CONFIG_YAML=${REPO_ROOT_DIR}/ci/prow/config.yaml
+${run_mkpj} --job=$1 --config-path=${CONFIG_YAML} > ${JOB_YAML}
+echo "Job YAML file saved to ${JOB_YAML}"
+kubectl apply -f ${JOB_YAML}