diff --git a/channeldb/graph.go b/channeldb/graph.go
index fac89017..b3d1924c 100644
--- a/channeldb/graph.go
+++ b/channeldb/graph.go
@@ -3397,6 +3397,38 @@ func (c *ChannelGraph) NewChannelEdgePolicy() *ChannelEdgePolicy {
 	return &ChannelEdgePolicy{db: c.db}
 }
 
+// MarkEdgeZombie attempts to mark a channel identified by its channel ID as a
+// zombie. This method is used on an ad-hoc basis, when channels need to be
+// marked as zombies outside the normal pruning cycle.
+func (c *ChannelGraph) MarkEdgeZombie(chanID uint64,
+	pubKey1, pubKey2 [33]byte) error {
+
+	c.cacheMu.Lock()
+	defer c.cacheMu.Unlock()
+
+	err := kvdb.Batch(c.db, func(tx kvdb.RwTx) error {
+		edges := tx.ReadWriteBucket(edgeBucket)
+		if edges == nil {
+			return ErrGraphNoEdgesFound
+		}
+		zombieIndex, err := edges.CreateBucketIfNotExists(zombieBucket)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to create zombie "+
+				"bucket: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		return markEdgeZombie(zombieIndex, chanID, pubKey1, pubKey2)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	c.rejectCache.remove(chanID)
+	c.chanCache.remove(chanID)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // markEdgeZombie marks an edge as a zombie within our zombie index. The public
 // keys should represent the node public keys of the two parties involved in the
 // edge.
diff --git a/channeldb/graph_test.go b/channeldb/graph_test.go
index 0708c3ad..b19ea82f 100644
--- a/channeldb/graph_test.go
+++ b/channeldb/graph_test.go
@@ -3045,6 +3045,20 @@ func TestGraphZombieIndex(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected edge to not be marked as zombie")
 	}
 	assertNumZombies(t, graph, 0)
+
+	// If we mark the edge as a zombie manually, then it should show up as
+	// being a zombie once again.
+	err = graph.MarkEdgeZombie(
+		edge.ChannelID, node1.PubKeyBytes, node2.PubKeyBytes,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable to mark edge as zombie: %v", err)
+	}
+	isZombie, _, _ = graph.IsZombieEdge(edge.ChannelID)
+	if !isZombie {
+		t.Fatal("expected edge to be marked as zombie")
+	}
+	assertNumZombies(t, graph, 1)
 }
 
 // compareNodes is used to compare two LightningNodes while excluding the