diff --git a/common-functions b/common-functions
index 02470a5..c5d3d5d 100755
--- a/common-functions
+++ b/common-functions
@@ -474,24 +474,24 @@ service_parse_args() {
   for arg in "$@"; do
     shift
     case "$arg" in
-      "--config-options") set -- "$@" "-c" ;;
-      "--custom-env")     set -- "$@" "-C" ;;
-      "--image")          set -- "$@" "-i" ;;
-      "--image-version")  set -- "$@" "-I" ;;
-      "--password")       set -- "$@" "-p" ;;
-      "--root-password")  set -- "$@" "-r" ;;
-
-      "--alias")          set -- "$@" "-a" ;;
-      "--database")       set -- "$@" "-d" ;;
-      "--memory")         set -- "$@" "-m" ;;
-      "--querystring")    set -- "$@" "-q" ;;
-      "--user")           set -- "$@" "-u" ;;
-      *)                  set -- "$@" "$arg"
+      "--alias")                 set -- "$@" "-a" ;;
+      "--config-options")        set -- "$@" "-c" ;;
+      "--custom-env")            set -- "$@" "-C" ;;
+      "--database")              set -- "$@" "-d" ;;
+      "--image-version")         set -- "$@" "-I" ;;
+      "--image")                 set -- "$@" "-i" ;;
+      "--memory")                set -- "$@" "-m" ;;
+      "--password")              set -- "$@" "-p" ;;
+      "--querystring")           set -- "$@" "-q" ;;
+      "--restart-apps")          set -- "$@" "-R" ;;
+      "--root-password")         set -- "$@" "-r" ;;
+      "--user")                  set -- "$@" "-u" ;;
+      *)                         set -- "$@" "$arg"
     esac
   done
 
   OPTIND=1
-  while getopts "a:c:C:d:i:I:m:p:q:r:u:" opt; do
+  while getopts "a:c:C:d:i:I:m:p:q:R:r:u:" opt; do
     case "$opt" in
       a)
          SERVICE_ALIAS="${OPTARG^^}"; export SERVICE_ALIAS="${SERVICE_ALIAS%_URL}"
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ service_parse_args() {
          ;;
       q) export SERVICE_QUERYSTRING=${OPTARG#"?"}
          ;;
+      R) export SERVICE_RESTART_APPS=$OPTARG
+         ;;
       r) export SERVICE_ROOT_PASSWORD=$OPTARG
          ;;
       u) export SERVICE_USER=$OPTARG
diff --git a/subcommands/upgrade b/subcommands/upgrade
index b4718c8..ef9ae2d 100755
--- a/subcommands/upgrade
+++ b/subcommands/upgrade
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/config"
 set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
 source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
+source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/ps/functions"
 
 service-upgrade-cmd() {
   #E you can upgrade an existing service to a new image or image-version
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ service-upgrade-cmd() {
   #F -C|--custom-env "USER=alpha;HOST=beta", semi-colon delimited environment variables to start the service with
   #F -i|--image IMAGE, the image name to start the service with
   #F -I|--image-version IMAGE_VERSION, the image version to start the service with
+  #F -R|--restart-apps "true", whether to force an app restart
   declare desc="upgrade service <service> to the specified versions"
   local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:upgrade" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
   declare SERVICE="$1" UPGRADE_FLAG_LIST="${@:2}"
@@ -29,9 +31,24 @@ service-upgrade-cmd() {
   fi
 
   dokku_log_info2 "Upgrading $SERVICE to $PLUGIN_IMAGE:$PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION"
+  if [[ "$SERVICE_RESTART_APPS" == "true" ]]; then
+    dokku_log_info2 "Stopping all linked services"
+    for app in $(service_linked_apps "$SERVICE"); do
+      ps_stop "$app"
+    done
+  fi
+
   dokku_log_info2 "Stopping $SERVICE"
   service_container_rm "$SERVICE"
   service_start "$SERVICE" "${@:2}"
+
+  if [[ "$SERVICE_RESTART_APPS" == "true" ]]; then
+    dokku_log_info2 "Starting all linked services"
+    for app in $(service_linked_apps "$SERVICE"); do
+      ps_start "$app"
+    done
+  fi
+
   dokku_log_info2 "Done"
 }