diff --git a/pyspider/run.py b/pyspider/run.py
index 2dc6a5a32..2fe6de1f5 100755
--- a/pyspider/run.py
+++ b/pyspider/run.py
@@ -638,6 +638,33 @@ def one(ctx, interactive, enable_phantomjs, scripts):
             phantomjs_obj.quit()
 
 
+@cli.command()
+@click.option('--scheduler-rpc', callback=connect_rpc, help='xmlrpc path of scheduler')
+@click.argument('project', nargs=1)
+@click.argument('message', nargs=1)
+@click.pass_context
+def send_message(ctx, scheduler_rpc, project, message):
+    if isinstance(scheduler_rpc, six.string_types):
+        scheduler_rpc = connect_rpc(ctx, None, scheduler_rpc)
+    if scheduler_rpc is None and os.environ.get('SCHEDULER_NAME'):
+        scheduler_rpc = connect_rpc(ctx, None, 'http://%s/' % (
+            os.environ['SCHEDULER_PORT_23333_TCP'][len('tcp://'):]))
+    if scheduler_rpc is None:
+        scheduler_rpc = connect_rpc(ctx, None, 'http://localhost:23333/')
+
+    return scheduler_rpc.send_task({
+        'taskid': utils.md5string('data:,on_message'),
+        'project': project,
+        'url': 'data:,on_message',
+        'fetch': {
+            'save': ('__command__', message),
+        },
+        'process': {
+            'callback': '_on_message',
+        }
+    })
+
+
 def main():
     cli()
 
diff --git a/pyspider/scheduler/scheduler.py b/pyspider/scheduler/scheduler.py
index e0bee2586..cfba8d915 100644
--- a/pyspider/scheduler/scheduler.py
+++ b/pyspider/scheduler/scheduler.py
@@ -447,6 +447,12 @@ def new_task(task):
             return False
         server.register_function(new_task, 'newtask')
 
+        def send_task(task):
+            '''dispatch task to fetcher'''
+            self.send_task(task)
+            return True
+        server.register_function(send_task, 'send_task')
+
         def update_project():
             self._force_update_project = True
         server.register_function(update_project, 'update_project')
diff --git a/tests/test_run.py b/tests/test_run.py
index ba2a7c517..44ea0902f 100644
--- a/tests/test_run.py
+++ b/tests/test_run.py
@@ -293,3 +293,44 @@ def wait_text(timeout=1):
             self.assertIn('scheduler exiting...', text)
             os.close(fd)
             os.kill(pid, signal.SIGINT)
+
+class TestSendMessage(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        shutil.rmtree('./data/tests', ignore_errors=True)
+        os.makedirs('./data/tests')
+
+        ctx = run.cli.make_context('test', [
+            '--taskdb', 'sqlite+taskdb:///data/tests/task.db',
+            '--projectdb', 'sqlite+projectdb:///data/tests/projectdb.db',
+            '--resultdb', 'sqlite+resultdb:///data/tests/resultdb.db',
+        ], None, obj=dict(testing_mode=True))
+        self.ctx = run.cli.invoke(ctx)
+
+        ctx = run.scheduler.make_context('scheduler', [], self.ctx)
+        scheduler = run.scheduler.invoke(ctx)
+        utils.run_in_thread(scheduler.xmlrpc_run)
+        utils.run_in_thread(scheduler.run)
+
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        for each in self.ctx.obj.instances:
+            each.quit()
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+        shutil.rmtree('./data/tests', ignore_errors=True)
+
+    def test_10_send_message(self):
+        ctx = run.send_message.make_context('send_message', [
+            'test_project', 'test_message'
+        ], self.ctx)
+        self.assertTrue(run.send_message.invoke(ctx))
+        while True:
+            task = self.ctx.obj.scheduler2fetcher.get(timeout=1)
+            if task['url'] == 'data:,on_message':
+                break
+        self.assertEqual(task['process']['callback'], '_on_message')
+