diff --git a/common/utils/telnetsrv/CMakeLists.txt b/common/utils/telnetsrv/CMakeLists.txt
index d7b9b3cf9d..a7a364d80e 100644
--- a/common/utils/telnetsrv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/utils/telnetsrv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,8 +64,13 @@ add_library(telnetsrv_bearer MODULE telnetsrv_bearer.c)
 target_link_libraries(telnetsrv_bearer PRIVATE asn1_nr_rrc_hdrs asn1_lte_rrc_hdrs)
 add_dependencies(telnetsrv telnetsrv_bearer)
 
+message(STATUS "Add RRC specific telnet functions in libtelnetsrv_rrc.so")
+add_library(telnetsrv_rrc MODULE telnetsrv_rrc.c)
+target_link_libraries(telnetsrv_rrc PRIVATE asn1_nr_rrc_hdrs asn1_lte_rrc_hdrs)
+add_dependencies(telnetsrv telnetsrv_rrc)
+
 # all libraries should be written to root build dir
-set_target_properties(telnetsrv telnetsrv_enb telnetsrv_5Gue telnetsrv_ci telnetsrv_bearer
+set_target_properties(telnetsrv telnetsrv_enb telnetsrv_5Gue telnetsrv_ci telnetsrv_bearer telnetsrv_rrc
                       PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ../../..
 )
 
diff --git a/common/utils/telnetsrv/telnetsrv_rrc.c b/common/utils/telnetsrv/telnetsrv_rrc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad5ca94c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/utils/telnetsrv/telnetsrv_rrc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The OpenAirInterface Software Alliance licenses this file to You under
+ * the OAI Public License, Version 1.1  (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.openairinterface.org/?page_id=698
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * For more information about the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance:
+ *      contact@openairinterface.org
+ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include "openair2/RRC/NR/rrc_gNB_UE_context.h"
+
+#define TELNETSERVERCODE
+#include "telnetsrv.h"
+
+#define ERROR_MSG_RET(mSG, aRGS...) do { prnt(mSG, ##aRGS); return 1; } while (0)
+
+static int get_single_ue_id(void)
+{
+  rrc_gNB_ue_context_t *ue_context_p = NULL;
+  RB_FOREACH(ue_context_p, rrc_nr_ue_tree_s, &(RC.nrrrc[0]->rrc_ue_head)) {
+    return ue_context_p->ue_context.rrc_ue_id;
+  }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+int rrc_gNB_trigger_release(char *buf, int debug, telnet_printfunc_t prnt) {
+  ue_id_t ue_id = -1;
+  protocol_ctxt_t ctxt;
+  gNB_RRC_INST *rrc = RC.nrrrc[0];
+
+  if (!buf) {
+    ue_id = get_single_ue_id();
+    if (ue_id < 1) {
+      prnt("no UE found\n");
+      ERROR_MSG_RET("no UE found\n");
+    }
+  } else {
+    ue_id = strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
+    if (ue_id < 1 || ue_id >= 0xfffffe) {
+      prnt("UE ID needs to be [1,0xfffffe]\n");
+      ERROR_MSG_RET("UE ID needs to be [1,0xfffffe]\n");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* get RRC and UE */
+  rrc_gNB_ue_context_t *ue_context_p = rrc_gNB_get_ue_context(rrc, ue_id);
+  if (!ue_context_p) {
+    prnt("Could not find UE context associated with UE ID %u\n", ue_id);
+    LOG_E(RRC, "Could not find UE context associated with UE ID %u\n", ue_id);
+    return -1;
+  }
+  gNB_RRC_UE_t *UE = &ue_context_p->ue_context;
+
+  PROTOCOL_CTXT_SET_BY_INSTANCE(&ctxt, 0, GNB_FLAG_YES, UE->rrc_ue_id, 0, 0);
+  ctxt.eNB_index = 0;
+
+  rrc_gNB_generate_RRCRelease(&ctxt, ue_context_p);
+  prnt("RRC Release triggered for UE %u\n", ue_id);
+  
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int rrc_gNB_trigger_release_all(char *buf, int debug, telnet_printfunc_t prnt) {
+  rrc_gNB_ue_context_t *ue_context_p = NULL;
+  protocol_ctxt_t ctxt;
+  RB_FOREACH(ue_context_p, rrc_nr_ue_tree_s, &(RC.nrrrc[0]->rrc_ue_head)) {
+    gNB_RRC_UE_t *UE = &ue_context_p->ue_context;
+    PROTOCOL_CTXT_SET_BY_INSTANCE(&ctxt, 0, GNB_FLAG_YES, UE->rrc_ue_id, 0, 0);
+    ctxt.eNB_index = 0;
+    rrc_gNB_generate_RRCRelease(&ctxt, ue_context_p);
+    prnt("RRC Release triggered for UE %u\n", UE->rrc_ue_id);
+  }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+static telnetshell_cmddef_t rrc_cmds[] = {
+  {"release_rrc", "[rrc_ue_id(int,opt)]", rrc_gNB_trigger_release},
+  {"release_rrc_all", "", rrc_gNB_trigger_release_all},
+  {"", "", NULL},
+};
+
+static telnetshell_vardef_t rrc_vars[] = {
+  {"", 0, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+void add_rrc_cmds(void) {
+  add_telnetcmd("rrc", rrc_vars, rrc_cmds);
+}