diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 264ff39..b3c2c60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ You can run the following commands with a **preceding space**, preventing the pa
 -   `delete-user <USERNAME>`
 -   `delete-all-users`
 -   `change-password <USERNAME> <NEW PASSWORD>`
+-   `add-file <FILE_NAME> <TITLE> <OWNER_USERNAME>`
 
 ## Changelog
 
diff --git a/src/server/admin-cli/admin.ts b/src/server/admin-cli/admin.ts
index 380fe8a..5d8a825 100644
--- a/src/server/admin-cli/admin.ts
+++ b/src/server/admin-cli/admin.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import {
     deleteUser,
     listUsers,
     deleteAllUsers,
-    changePassword
+    changePassword,
+    addFile
 } from './operations.js';
 import { setupEnvironment } from '../core/environment/environment.js';
 import { createDatabase } from '../core/database/database.js';
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ const runAdminCli = async () => {
             'delete-user',
             'list-users',
             'delete-all-users',
-            'change-password'
+            'change-password',
+            'add-file'
         ].includes(mode) === false
     ) {
         console.log(mode);
@@ -83,6 +85,20 @@ const runAdminCli = async () => {
         const newPasswordRaw = process.argv[4];
         await changePassword(username, newPasswordRaw);
     }
+
+    if (mode === 'add-file') {
+        if (!process.argv[3] || !process.argv[4] || !process.argv[5]) {
+            console.log(
+                'File path, file name and owner must be specified after mode arg. Exiting.'
+            );
+            process.exit(1);
+        }
+        const filePath = process.argv[3];
+        const fileName = process.argv[4];
+        const ownerUsername = process.argv[5];
+
+        await addFile(filePath, fileName, ownerUsername);
+    }
 };
 
 runAdminCli().catch((err) => {
diff --git a/src/server/admin-cli/operations.ts b/src/server/admin-cli/operations.ts
index 90d4ac6..7b02d1e 100644
--- a/src/server/admin-cli/operations.ts
+++ b/src/server/admin-cli/operations.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import bcrypt from 'bcryptjs';
-import { User } from '../models/User.js';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
+import type { CreationAttributes } from 'sequelize';
 
+import { User } from '../models/User.js';
 import type { IUser, UserRole } from '../../shared/types.js';
+import { MediaItem } from '../models/MediaItem.js';
 
 const createUser = (username: string, role: UserRole, passwordRaw: string) => {
     const user: IUser = {} as IUser;
@@ -70,4 +75,44 @@ const changePassword = async (username: string, newPasswordRaw: string) => {
     await User.update({ password: newPasswordHashed }, { where: { username } });
 };
 
-export { createUser, deleteUser, listUsers, deleteAllUsers, changePassword };
+const addFile = async (url: string, name: string, ownerName: string) => {
+    const fsPath = path.resolve('data/uploads', url);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(fsPath)) {
+        throw new Error(`File ${fsPath} does not exist!`);
+    }
+
+    const user = await User.findOne({ where: { username: ownerName } });
+
+    if (!user) {
+        throw new Error(`User ${ownerName} does not exist!`);
+    }
+
+    const id = uuid();
+    const newFileName = `${id}-${url}`;
+    const newFsPath = path.resolve('data/uploads', newFileName);
+    fs.renameSync(fsPath, newFsPath);
+    console.log(`Media file at '${fsPath}' was renamed to '${newFileName}'`);
+
+    const newMediaItem: CreationAttributes<MediaItem> = {
+        id: uuid(),
+        type: 'file',
+        owner: user.id,
+        name,
+        url: newFileName,
+        settings: {}
+    };
+
+    const mediaItem = await MediaItem.create(newMediaItem);
+    console.log(
+        `'${mediaItem.name}' (${mediaItem.id}) was added with owner '${user.username}' (${user.id})`
+    );
+};
+
+export {
+    createUser,
+    deleteUser,
+    listUsers,
+    deleteAllUsers,
+    changePassword,
+    addFile
+};