diff --git a/plugins/certs/subcommands/generate b/plugins/certs/subcommands/generate
index daa2caed8..6cc75beee 100755
--- a/plugins/certs/subcommands/generate
+++ b/plugins/certs/subcommands/generate
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ certs_generate_cmd() {
     mv -f "$CERTS_GENERATE_TMP_WORK_DIR/server.key" "$CERTS_GENERATE_TMP_WORK_DIR/server.crt" "$APP_SSL_PATH"
     chmod 750 "$APP_SSL_PATH"
     chmod 640 "$APP_SSL_PATH/server.key" "$APP_SSL_PATH/server.crt"
+    plugn trigger post-certs-update "$APP"
     [[ -n "$DOMAIN" ]] && (domains_add "$APP" "$DOMAIN" || plugn trigger post-domains-update "$APP")
     dokku_log_info1 "The following is a certificate signing request that can be used"
     dokku_log_info1 "to generate an 'officially' signed SSL certificate for $APP at $DOMAIN"