diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 46e6db51..a56cae97 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ RUN for verb in help \
   ; done
 
 COPY entry.sh /
+COPY restart-container.sh /usr/local/bin/
 
 VOLUME /acme.sh
 
diff --git a/docker/restart-container.sh b/docker/restart-container.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..676cac1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/restart-container.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Usage:
+#   restart-container.sh <container_name_1> <container_name_2> <container_name_n...>
+#
+# The design idea was derived from docker.sh by acmesh-official
+#
+# https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/blob/5b8d7a3/deploy/docker.sh
+#
+
+DOCKER_DAEMON_SOCKET="/var/run/docker.sock"
+
+_get_container_id_by_name() {
+  local container_name="$1"
+  curl --silent --unix-socket "$DOCKER_DAEMON_SOCKET" -X GET "http://localhost/containers/json?filters=%7B%22name%22%3A%5B%22${container_name}%22%5D%7D" |
+    tr '{,' '\n' |
+    grep -i '"id":' |
+    head -n 1 |
+    cut -d '"' -f 4
+}
+
+_restart_container_by_id() {
+  local container_name="$1"
+  local container_id="$(_get_container_id_by_name $container_name)"
+  curl --silent --unix-socket "$DOCKER_DAEMON_SOCKET" -X POST http://localhost/containers/${container_id}/restart
+}
+
+_restart_container_by_name() {
+  local container_name="$1"
+  curl --silent --unix-socket "$DOCKER_DAEMON_SOCKET" -X POST http://localhost/containers/${container_name}/restart
+}
+
+for container_name in "$@"; do
+  _restart_container_by_name "$container_name"
+done