diff --git a/public/javascripts/context_menu.js b/public/javascripts/context_menu.js
index ca2af98d5..5659376a5 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/context_menu.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/context_menu.js
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ const contextMenu = (function() {
             {title: "Paste into <kbd>Ctrl+V</kbd>", cmd: "pasteInto", uiIcon: "ui-icon-clipboard"},
             {title: "Paste after", cmd: "pasteAfter", uiIcon: "ui-icon-clipboard"},
             {title: "----"},
-            {title: "Collapse sub-tree <kbd>Alt+-</kbd>", cmd: "collapse-sub-tree", uiIcon: "ui-icon-minus"}
+            {title: "Collapse sub-tree <kbd>Alt+-</kbd>", cmd: "collapse-sub-tree", uiIcon: "ui-icon-minus"},
+            {title: "Force note sync", cmd: "force-note-sync", uiIcon: "ui-icon-refresh"}
         ],
         beforeOpen: (event, ui) => {
             const node = $.ui.fancytree.getNode(ui.target);
@@ -125,6 +126,9 @@ const contextMenu = (function() {
             else if (ui.cmd === "collapse-sub-tree") {
                 noteTree.collapseTree(node);
             }
+            else if (ui.cmd === "force-note-sync") {
+                forceNoteSync(node.data.note_id);
+            }
             else {
                 messaging.logError("Unknown command: " + ui.cmd);
             }
diff --git a/public/javascripts/sync.js b/public/javascripts/sync.js
index 49f2b33f1..f3fa93005 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/sync.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/sync.js
@@ -13,4 +13,10 @@ async function syncNow() {
 
         showError("Sync failed: " + result.message);
     }
+}
+
+async function forceNoteSync(noteId) {
+    const result = await server.post('sync/force-note-sync/' + noteId);
+
+    showMessage("Note added to sync queue.");
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/api/sync.js b/routes/api/sync.js
index 6646f54a7..bc0c1449d 100644
--- a/routes/api/sync.js
+++ b/routes/api/sync.js
@@ -46,6 +46,30 @@ router.post('/force-full-sync', auth.checkApiAuth, async (req, res, next) => {
     res.send({});
 });
 
+router.post('/force-note-sync/:noteId', auth.checkApiAuth, async (req, res, next) => {
+    const noteId = req.params.noteId;
+
+    await sql.doInTransaction(async () => {
+        await sync_table.addNoteSync(noteId);
+
+        for (const noteTreeId of await sql.getFirstColumn("SELECT note_tree_id FROM notes_tree WHERE is_deleted = 0 AND note_id = ?", [noteId])) {
+            await sync_table.addNoteTreeSync(noteTreeId);
+            await sync_table.addRecentNoteSync(noteTreeId);
+        }
+
+        for (const noteHistoryId of await sql.getFirstColumn("SELECT note_history_id FROM notes_history WHERE note_id = ?", [noteId])) {
+            await sync_table.addNoteTreeSync(noteHistoryId);
+        }
+    });
+
+    log.info("Forcing note sync for " + noteId);
+
+    // not awaiting for the job to finish (will probably take a long time)
+    sync.sync();
+
+    res.send({});
+});
+
 router.get('/changed', auth.checkApiAuth, async (req, res, next) => {
     const lastSyncId = parseInt(req.query.lastSyncId);
 
diff --git a/services/sync_table.js b/services/sync_table.js
index 960f4b7f9..b195d6c5f 100644
--- a/services/sync_table.js
+++ b/services/sync_table.js
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ async function addOptionsSync(optName, sourceId) {
     await addEntitySync("options", optName, sourceId);
 }
 
-async function addRecentNoteSync(notePath, sourceId) {
-    await addEntitySync("recent_notes", notePath, sourceId);
+async function addRecentNoteSync(noteTreeId, sourceId) {
+    await addEntitySync("recent_notes", noteTreeId, sourceId);
 }
 
 async function addEntitySync(entityName, entityId, sourceId) {