diff --git a/src/calibre/db/backend.py b/src/calibre/db/backend.py
index 5bb818f5e8..56455f3b27 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/backend.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/backend.py
@@ -982,6 +982,9 @@ class DB:
     def fts_unindex(self, book_id, fmt=None):
         self.fts.unindex(book_id, fmt=fmt)
 
+    def reindex_fts_book(self, book_id, *fmts):
+        return self.fts.dirty_book(book_id, *fmts)
+
     def fts_search(self,
         fts_engine_query, use_stemming, highlight_start, highlight_end, snippet_size, restrict_to_book_ids, return_text,
     ):
diff --git a/src/calibre/db/cache.py b/src/calibre/db/cache.py
index df6cb66958..bd9319ef25 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/cache.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/cache.py
@@ -551,6 +551,15 @@ class Cache:
         self._update_fts_indexing_numbers()
         return ans
 
+    @write_api
+    def reindex_fts_book(self, book_id, *fmts):
+        if not self.is_fts_enabled():
+            return
+        if not fmts:
+            fmts = self._formats(book_id)
+        self.backend.reindex_fts_book(book_id, *fmts)
+        self._queue_next_fts_job()
+
     @api
     def reindex_fts(self):
         if not self.is_fts_enabled():
diff --git a/src/calibre/db/fts/connect.py b/src/calibre/db/fts/connect.py
index 5a65ec30e6..68f1fc3d18 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/fts/connect.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/fts/connect.py
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ class FTS:
         conn = self.get_connection()
         conn.execute('DELETE FROM fts_db.dirtied_formats WHERE book=? AND format=?', (book_id, fmt.upper()))
 
+    def dirty_book(self, book_id, *fmts):
+        conn = self.get_connection()
+        for fmt in fmts:
+            conn.execute('INSERT OR IGNORE INTO fts_db.dirtied_formats (book, format) VALUES (?, ?)', (book_id, fmt.upper()))
+
     def unindex(self, book_id, fmt=None):
         conn = self.get_connection()
         if fmt is None:
diff --git a/src/calibre/db/tests/fts_api.py b/src/calibre/db/tests/fts_api.py
index 2a0138f1d5..64bd2d1bcb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/tests/fts_api.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/tests/fts_api.py
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ class FTSAPITest(BaseTest):
         self.ae(j, fts.get_next_fts_job())
         fts.remove_dirty(*j)
         self.assertNotEqual(j, fts.get_next_fts_job())
+        self.assertFalse(fts.all_currently_dirty())
+        cache.reindex_fts_book(2)
+        self.ae(fts.all_currently_dirty(), [(2, 'ADDED')])
 
     def test_fts_to_text(self):
         from calibre.ebooks.oeb.polish.parsing import parse