diff --git a/cmd/sops/main.go b/cmd/sops/main.go
index 80f1f132e..02480fd04 100644
--- a/cmd/sops/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sops/main.go
@@ -552,6 +552,10 @@ func main() {
 			Name:  "rotate, r",
 			Usage: "generate a new data encryption key and reencrypt all values with the new key",
 		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "manage, m",
+			Usage: "manage master keys without reencrypting all values with a new data key",
+		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:   "kms, k",
 			Usage:  "comma separated list of KMS ARNs",
@@ -719,7 +723,7 @@ func main() {
 				c.String("rm-kms") != "" || c.String("rm-pgp") != "" || c.String("rm-gcp-kms") != "" || c.String("rm-hc-vault-transit") != "" || c.String("rm-azure-kv") != "" || c.String("rm-age") != "" {
 				return common.NewExitError("Error: cannot add or remove keys on non-existent files, use `--kms` and `--pgp` instead.", codes.CannotChangeKeysFromNonExistentFile)
 			}
-			if c.Bool("encrypt") || c.Bool("decrypt") || c.Bool("rotate") {
+			if c.Bool("encrypt") || c.Bool("decrypt") || c.Bool("rotate") || c.Bool("manage") {
 				return common.NewExitError("Error: cannot operate on non-existent file", codes.NoFileSpecified)
 			}
 		}
@@ -818,7 +822,7 @@ func main() {
 				IgnoreMAC:   c.Bool("ignore-mac"),
 			})
 		}
-		if c.Bool("rotate") {
+		if c.Bool("rotate") || c.Bool("manage") {
 			var addMasterKeys []keys.MasterKey
 			kmsEncryptionContext := kms.ParseKMSContext(c.String("encryption-context"))
 			for _, k := range kms.MasterKeysFromArnString(c.String("add-kms"), kmsEncryptionContext, c.String("aws-profile")) {
@@ -884,16 +888,36 @@ func main() {
 				rmMasterKeys = append(rmMasterKeys, k)
 			}
 
-			output, err = rotate(rotateOpts{
-				OutputStore:      outputStore,
-				InputStore:       inputStore,
-				InputPath:        fileName,
-				Cipher:           aes.NewCipher(),
-				KeyServices:      svcs,
-				IgnoreMAC:        c.Bool("ignore-mac"),
-				AddMasterKeys:    addMasterKeys,
-				RemoveMasterKeys: rmMasterKeys,
-			})
+			if c.Bool("rotate") {
+				output, err = rotate(rotateOpts{
+					OutputStore:      outputStore,
+					InputStore:       inputStore,
+					InputPath:        fileName,
+					Cipher:           aes.NewCipher(),
+					KeyServices:      svcs,
+					IgnoreMAC:        c.Bool("ignore-mac"),
+					AddMasterKeys:    addMasterKeys,
+					RemoveMasterKeys: rmMasterKeys,
+				})
+			} else if c.Bool("manage") {
+				if len(rmMasterKeys) > 0 {
+					// Assume that when removing a master key, it isn't being securely stored, so shouldn't be trusted
+					return common.NewExitError(fmt.Errorf("you must rotate the data key when removing a master key"), codes.ErrorGeneric)
+				}
+
+				output, err = manage(manageOpts{
+					OutputStore:      outputStore,
+					InputStore:       inputStore,
+					InputPath:        fileName,
+					Cipher:           aes.NewCipher(),
+					KeyServices:      svcs,
+					IgnoreMAC:        c.Bool("ignore-mac"),
+					AddMasterKeys:    addMasterKeys,
+					RemoveMasterKeys: rmMasterKeys,
+				})
+			} else {
+				return common.NewExitError(fmt.Errorf("unexpected command in branch"), codes.ErrorGeneric)
+			}
 		}
 
 		if c.String("set") != "" {
@@ -915,7 +939,7 @@ func main() {
 			})
 		}
 
-		isEditMode := !c.Bool("encrypt") && !c.Bool("decrypt") && !c.Bool("rotate") && c.String("set") == ""
+		isEditMode := !c.Bool("encrypt") && !c.Bool("decrypt") && !c.Bool("rotate") && c.String("set") == "" && !c.Bool("manage")
 		if isEditMode {
 			_, statErr := os.Stat(fileName)
 			fileExists := statErr == nil
diff --git a/cmd/sops/manage.go b/cmd/sops/manage.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..545ce4667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/sops/manage.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"go.mozilla.org/sops/v3"
+	"go.mozilla.org/sops/v3/audit"
+	"go.mozilla.org/sops/v3/cmd/sops/codes"
+	"go.mozilla.org/sops/v3/cmd/sops/common"
+	"go.mozilla.org/sops/v3/keys"
+	"go.mozilla.org/sops/v3/keyservice"
+)
+
+type manageOpts struct {
+	Cipher           sops.Cipher
+	InputStore       sops.Store
+	OutputStore      sops.Store
+	InputPath        string
+	IgnoreMAC        bool
+	AddMasterKeys    []keys.MasterKey
+	RemoveMasterKeys []keys.MasterKey
+	KeyServices      []keyservice.KeyServiceClient
+}
+
+func manage(opts manageOpts) ([]byte, error) {
+	tree, err := common.LoadEncryptedFileWithBugFixes(common.GenericDecryptOpts{
+		Cipher:      opts.Cipher,
+		InputStore:  opts.InputStore,
+		InputPath:   opts.InputPath,
+		IgnoreMAC:   opts.IgnoreMAC,
+		KeyServices: opts.KeyServices,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	audit.SubmitEvent(audit.RotateEvent{
+		File: tree.FilePath,
+	})
+
+	dataKey, err := common.DecryptTree(common.DecryptTreeOpts{
+		Cipher: opts.Cipher, IgnoreMac: opts.IgnoreMAC, Tree: tree,
+		KeyServices: opts.KeyServices,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Add new master keys
+	for _, key := range opts.AddMasterKeys {
+		tree.Metadata.KeyGroups[0] = append(tree.Metadata.KeyGroups[0], key)
+	}
+	// Remove master keys
+	for _, rmKey := range opts.RemoveMasterKeys {
+		for i := range tree.Metadata.KeyGroups {
+			for j, groupKey := range tree.Metadata.KeyGroups[i] {
+				if rmKey.ToString() == groupKey.ToString() {
+					tree.Metadata.KeyGroups[i] = append(tree.Metadata.KeyGroups[i][:j], tree.Metadata.KeyGroups[i][j+1:]...)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	tree.Metadata.UpdateMasterKeysWithKeyServices(dataKey, opts.KeyServices)
+
+	// Reencrypt the file with the same data key
+	err = common.EncryptTree(common.EncryptTreeOpts{
+		DataKey: dataKey, Tree: tree, Cipher: opts.Cipher,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	encryptedFile, err := opts.OutputStore.EmitEncryptedFile(*tree)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, common.NewExitError(fmt.Sprintf("Could not marshal tree: %s", err), codes.ErrorDumpingTree)
+	}
+	return encryptedFile, nil
+}