diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
index bf9351eb..8338e172 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink-inl.h
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE filename_t rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::filename() {
     return file_helper_.filename();
 }
 
+template <typename Mutex>
+SPDLOG_INLINE void rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::force_rotation() {
+    SPDLOG_TRY { rotate_(); }
+    SPDLOG_CATCH_STD
+}
+
 template <typename Mutex>
 SPDLOG_INLINE void rotating_file_sink<Mutex>::sink_it_(const details::log_msg &msg) {
     memory_buf_t formatted;
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h
index cd43d349..6e71e1e7 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public:
                        const file_event_handlers &event_handlers = {});
     static filename_t calc_filename(const filename_t &filename, std::size_t index);
     filename_t filename();
+    void force_rotation();
 
 protected:
     void sink_it_(const details::log_msg &msg) override;
diff --git a/tests/test_file_logging.cpp b/tests/test_file_logging.cpp
index ac378b5c..559a3bd8 100644
--- a/tests/test_file_logging.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_file_logging.cpp
@@ -101,3 +101,22 @@ TEST_CASE("rotating_file_logger3", "[rotating_logger]") {
     REQUIRE_THROWS_AS(spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("logger", basename, max_size, 0),
                       spdlog::spdlog_ex);
 }
+
+// test forced rotation of logs
+TEST_CASE("rotating_file_logger4", "[rotating_logger]") {
+    prepare_logdir();
+    size_t max_size = 1024 * 10;
+    auto sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::rotating_file_sink_st>(ROTATING_LOG, max_size, 2);
+    auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("rotating_sink_logger", sink);
+
+    logger->info("Test message - pre-rotation");
+    logger->flush();
+
+    sink->force_rotation();
+
+    logger->info("Test message - post-rotation");
+    logger->flush();
+
+    REQUIRE(get_filesize(ROTATING_LOG) > 0);
+    REQUIRE(get_filesize(ROTATING_LOG ".1") > 0);
+}