diff --git a/bin/fire-event b/bin/fire-event
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..813be47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/fire-event
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+
+require('yargs')
+    .command('$0 <site> <event> <context>', 'Fire event within site', yargs => {
+        yargs
+            .positional('site', {
+                describe: 'Handle of site to fire event within'
+            })
+            .positional('event', {
+                describe: 'Name of event to fire'
+            })
+            .positional('context', {
+                describe: 'Context path to fire event within'
+            })
+    }, argv => {
+        var path = require('path'),
+            documentRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '../php-bootstrap'),
+            PHPFPM = require('node-phpfpm'),
+            phpClient = new PHPFPM({
+                sockFile: '/emergence/services/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock',
+                documentRoot: documentRoot + '/'
+            }),
+            payload = Object.assign({}, argv);
+
+        delete payload._;
+        delete payload.help;
+        delete payload.version;
+        delete payload.site;
+        delete payload.event;
+        delete payload.context;
+        delete payload['$0'];
+
+        // execute event via PHP-FPM interface
+        phpClient.run({
+            uri: 'event.php',
+            json: {
+                site: argv.site,
+                event: argv.event,
+                context: argv.context,
+                payload: payload
+            }
+        }, function (err, output, phpErrors) {
+            if (err == 99) console.error('PHPFPM server error');
+            console.log(output);
+            if (phpErrors) console.error(phpErrors);
+        });
+
+    })
+    .argv;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2874c71..ab9daca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "emergence",
   "preferGlobal": true,
-  "version": "1.0.6",
+  "version": "1.0.7",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "hostile": "^1.0.2",
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     "semver": "^5.1.0",
     "shelljs": "^0.5.3",
     "underscore": "1.3.x",
-    "underscore-cli": "^0.2.19"
+    "underscore-cli": "^0.2.19",
+    "yargs": "^11.0.0"
   },
   "bin": {
     "emergence-kernel": "./bin/kernel",
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@
     "emergence-git-shell": "./bin/git-shell",
     "emergence-su": "./bin/su",
     "emergence-create-site": "./bin/create-site.sh",
-    "emergence-mysql-shell": "./bin/mysql-shell"
+    "emergence-mysql-shell": "./bin/mysql-shell",
+    "emergence-fire-event": "./bin/fire-event"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/php-bootstrap/event.php b/php-bootstrap/event.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9eca178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php-bootstrap/event.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+// bootstrap emergence
+require('bootstrap.inc.php');
+
+
+// only process POST requests
+if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST') {
+    http_response_code(405);
+    echo "POST only";
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+
+// parse and validate input
+$input = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
+
+if (
+    empty($input)
+    || empty($input['site'])
+    || empty($input['event'])
+    || empty($input['context'])
+) {
+    http_response_code(400);
+    echo "site, event, and context required";
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+
+// identify site
+$siteRoot = "/emergence/sites/{$input['site']}";
+
+if (!is_dir($siteRoot)) {
+    http_response_code(404);
+    echo "site not found";
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+
+// initialize site
+Site::$debug = true;
+Site::initialize($siteRoot, 'localhost');
+
+
+// fire event
+Emergence\EventBus::fireEvent($input['event'], $input['context'], !empty($input['payload']) ? $input['payload'] : array());