diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
index aabe0eaf3..3687ea9be 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
@@ -2650,6 +2650,21 @@ void           dc_accounts_stop_io              (dc_accounts_t* accounts);
 void           dc_accounts_maybe_network        (dc_accounts_t* accounts);
 
 
+/**
+ * This function can be called when there is a hint that the network is lost.
+ * This is similar to dc_accounts_maybe_network(), however,
+ * it does not retry job processing.
+ *
+ * dc_accounts_maybe_network_lost() is needed only on systems
+ * where the core cannot find out the connectivity loss on its own, eg. iOS.
+ * The function is not needed on Android, MacOS, Windows or Linux.
+ *
+ * @memberof dc_accounts_t
+ * @param accounts Account manager as created by dc_accounts_new().
+ */
+void           dc_accounts_maybe_network_lost    (dc_accounts_t* accounts);
+
+
 /**
  * Create the event emitter that is used to receive events.
  *
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
index 85cd9c210..8d8b14a05 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -3867,7 +3867,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_accounts_stop_io(accounts: *mut dc_accounts_t) {
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_accounts_maybe_network(accounts: *mut dc_accounts_t) {
     if accounts.is_null() {
-        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_accounts_mabye_network()");
+        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_accounts_maybe_network()");
         return;
     }
 
@@ -3875,6 +3875,17 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_accounts_maybe_network(accounts: *mut dc_accounts_t)
     block_on(accounts.maybe_network());
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_accounts_maybe_network_lost(accounts: *mut dc_accounts_t) {
+    if accounts.is_null() {
+        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_accounts_maybe_network_lost()");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let accounts = &*accounts;
+    block_on(accounts.maybe_network_lost());
+}
+
 pub type dc_accounts_event_emitter_t = deltachat::accounts::EventEmitter;
 
 #[no_mangle]
diff --git a/src/accounts.rs b/src/accounts.rs
index 27421ed8f..7eb0e3bff 100644
--- a/src/accounts.rs
+++ b/src/accounts.rs
@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ impl Accounts {
         }
     }
 
+    pub async fn maybe_network_lost(&self) {
+        let accounts = &*self.accounts.read().await;
+        for account in accounts.values() {
+            account.maybe_network_lost().await;
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Unified event emitter.
     pub async fn get_event_emitter(&self) -> EventEmitter {
         let emitters: Vec<_> = self
diff --git a/src/scheduler.rs b/src/scheduler.rs
index 7e15bb865..c67a33a8e 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.rs
+++ b/src/scheduler.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ impl Context {
         connectivity::idle_interrupted(lock).await;
     }
 
+    /// Indicate that the network likely is lost.
+    pub async fn maybe_network_lost(&self) {
+        let lock = self.scheduler.read().await;
+        lock.maybe_network_lost().await;
+        connectivity::idle_interrupted(lock).await;
+    }
+
     pub(crate) async fn interrupt_inbox(&self, info: InterruptInfo) {
         self.scheduler.read().await.interrupt_inbox(info).await;
     }
@@ -425,6 +432,18 @@ impl Scheduler {
             .await;
     }
 
+    async fn maybe_network_lost(&self) {
+        if !self.is_running() {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        self.interrupt_inbox(InterruptInfo::new(false, None))
+            .join(self.interrupt_mvbox(InterruptInfo::new(false, None)))
+            .join(self.interrupt_sentbox(InterruptInfo::new(false, None)))
+            .join(self.interrupt_smtp(InterruptInfo::new(false, None)))
+            .await;
+    }
+
     async fn interrupt_inbox(&self, info: InterruptInfo) {
         if let Scheduler::Running { ref inbox, .. } = self {
             inbox.interrupt(info).await;