diff --git a/bench/commands/__init__.py b/bench/commands/__init__.py
index 1bf61806..683df339 100755
--- a/bench/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/bench/commands/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ bench_command.add_command(switch_to_develop)
 
 from bench.commands.utils import (start, restart, set_nginx_port, set_ssl_certificate, set_ssl_certificate_key, set_url_root,
 	set_mariadb_host, set_default_site, download_translations, shell, backup_site, backup_all_sites, release, renew_lets_encrypt,
-	disable_production, bench_src)
+	disable_production, bench_src, prepare_staging)
 bench_command.add_command(start)
 bench_command.add_command(restart)
 bench_command.add_command(set_nginx_port)
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ bench_command.add_command(shell)
 bench_command.add_command(backup_site)
 bench_command.add_command(backup_all_sites)
 bench_command.add_command(release)
+bench_command.add_command(prepare_staging)
 bench_command.add_command(renew_lets_encrypt)
 bench_command.add_command(disable_production)
 bench_command.add_command(bench_src)
diff --git a/bench/commands/utils.py b/bench/commands/utils.py
index ef23bfd6..3a3202c4 100644
--- a/bench/commands/utils.py
+++ b/bench/commands/utils.py
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ def release(app, bump_type, from_branch, to_branch, owner, repo_name, remote):
 	release(bench_path='.', app=app, bump_type=bump_type, from_branch=from_branch, to_branch=to_branch,
 		remote=remote, owner=owner, repo_name=repo_name)
 
+@click.command('prepare-staging')
+@click.argument('app')
+def prepare_staging(app):
+	"""Prepare staging branch from develop branch"""
+	from bench.prepare_staging import prepare_staging
+	prepare_staging(bench_path='.', app=app)
+	
 
 @click.command('disable-production')
 def disable_production():
diff --git a/bench/prepare_staging.py b/bench/prepare_staging.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9b55eff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/prepare_staging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#! env python
+import os
+import git
+import click
+
+github_username = None
+github_password = None
+
+def prepare_staging(bench_path, app, remote='upstream'):
+	from .release import get_release_message
+	validate(bench_path)
+
+	repo_path = os.path.join(bench_path, 'apps', app)
+	update_branches(repo_path, remote)
+	message = get_release_message(repo_path, develop='develop', master='staging', remote=remote)
+
+	if not message:
+		print('No commits to release')
+		return
+
+	print()
+	print(message)
+	print()
+
+	click.confirm('Do you want to continue?', abort=True)
+
+	create_staging(repo_path)
+	push_commits(repo_path)
+
+def validate(bench_path):
+	from .release import validate
+	validate(bench_path)
+
+def update_branches(repo_path, remote):
+	from .release import update_branch
+	update_branch(repo_path, 'staging', remote)
+	update_branch(repo_path, 'develop', remote)
+
+	git.Repo(repo_path).git.checkout('develop')
+
+def create_staging(repo_path, develop='develop'):
+	from .release import handle_merge_error
+
+	print('creating staging from', develop)
+	repo = git.Repo(repo_path)
+	g = repo.git
+	g.checkout('staging')
+	try:
+		g.merge(develop, '--no-ff')
+	except git.exc.GitCommandError as e:
+		handle_merge_error(e, source=develop, target='staging')
+	
+	g.checkout(develop)
+	try:
+		g.merge('staging')
+	except git.exc.GitCommandError as e:
+		handle_merge_error(e, source='staging', target=develop)
+	
+def push_commits(repo_path, remote='upstream'):
+	print('pushing staging branch of', repo_path)
+
+	repo = git.Repo(repo_path)
+	g = repo.git
+
+	args = [
+		'develop:develop',
+		'staging:staging'
+	]
+
+	print(g.push(remote, *args))