diff --git a/admin/cli/restore_backup.php b/admin/cli/restore_backup.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f5de424995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/cli/restore_backup.php
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * This script allows to restore a course from CLI.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @subpackage cli
+ * @copyright  2020 Catalyst IT
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+define('CLI_SCRIPT', 1);
+
+require(__DIR__ . '/../../config.php');
+require_once($CFG->libdir . '/clilib.php');
+require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/backup/util/includes/restore_includes.php");
+
+list($options, $unrecognized) = cli_get_params([
+    'file' => '',
+    'categoryid' => '',
+    'showdebugging' => false,
+    'help' => false,
+], [
+    'f' => 'file',
+    'c' => 'categoryid',
+    's' => 'showdebugging',
+    'h' => 'help',
+]);
+
+if ($unrecognized) {
+    $unrecognized = implode("\n  ", $unrecognized);
+    cli_error(get_string('cliunknowoption', 'admin', $unrecognized));
+}
+
+if ($options['help'] || !($options['file']) || !($options['categoryid'])) {
+    $help = <<<EOL
+Restore backup into provided category.
+
+Options:
+-f, --file=STRING           Path to the backup file.
+-c, --categoryid=INT        ID of the category to restore too.
+-s, --showdebugging         Show developer level debugging information
+-h, --help                  Print out this help.
+
+Example:
+\$sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php admin/cli/restore_backup.php --file=/path/to/backup/file.mbz --categoryid=1\n
+EOL;
+
+    echo $help;
+    exit(0);
+}
+
+if ($options['showdebugging']) {
+    set_debugging(DEBUG_DEVELOPER, true);
+}
+
+if (!$admin = get_admin()) {
+    print_error('noadmins');
+}
+
+if (!file_exists($options['file'])) {
+    print_error('filenotfound');
+}
+
+if (!$category = $DB->get_record('course_categories', ['id' => $options['categoryid']], 'id')) {
+    print_error('invalidcategoryid');
+}
+
+$backupdir = "restore_" . uniqid();
+$path = $CFG->tempdir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "backup" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $backupdir;
+
+cli_heading(get_string('extractingbackupfileto', 'backup', $path));
+$fp = get_file_packer('application/vnd.moodle.backup');
+$fp->extract_to_pathname($options['file'], $path);
+
+cli_heading(get_string('preprocessingbackupfile'));
+try {
+    list($fullname, $shortname) = restore_dbops::calculate_course_names(0, get_string('restoringcourse', 'backup'),
+        get_string('restoringcourseshortname', 'backup'));
+
+    $courseid = restore_dbops::create_new_course($fullname, $shortname, $category->id);
+
+    $rc = new restore_controller($backupdir, $courseid, backup::INTERACTIVE_NO,
+        backup::MODE_GENERAL, $admin->id, backup::TARGET_NEW_COURSE);
+    $rc->execute_precheck();
+    $rc->execute_plan();
+    $rc->destroy();
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    cli_heading(get_string('cleaningtempdata'));
+    fulldelete($path);
+    print_error('generalexceptionmessage', 'error', '', $e->getMessage());
+}
+
+cli_heading(get_string('restoredcourseid', 'backup', $courseid));
+exit(0);
diff --git a/lang/en/backup.php b/lang/en/backup.php
index 4ff7fceeabb..4bf99b4cc05 100644
--- a/lang/en/backup.php
+++ b/lang/en/backup.php
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ $string['errorinvalidformat'] = 'Unknown backup format';
 $string['errorinvalidformatinfo'] = 'The selected file is not a valid Moodle backup file and can\'t be restored.';
 $string['errorrestorefrontpagebackup'] = 'You can only restore front page backups on the front page';
 $string['executionsuccess'] = 'The backup file was successfully created.';
+$string['extractingbackupfileto'] = 'Extracting backup file to: {$a}';
 $string['failed'] = 'Backup failed';
 $string['filename'] = 'Filename';
 $string['filealiasesrestorefailures'] = 'Aliases restore failures';
@@ -302,6 +303,7 @@ $string['questionegorycannotberestored'] = 'The questions "{$a->name}" cannot be
 $string['restoreactivity'] = 'Restore activity';
 $string['restorecourse'] = 'Restore course';
 $string['restorecoursesettings'] = 'Course settings';
+$string['restoredcourseid'] = 'Restored course id: {$a}';
 $string['restoreexecutionsuccess'] = 'The course was restored successfully, clicking the continue button below will take you to view the course you restored.';
 $string['restorefileweremissing'] = 'Some files could not be restored because they were missing in the backup.';
 $string['restorenewcoursefullname'] = 'New course name';