diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api/canisters.api.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api/canisters.api.ts
index 4019c28e20e..0423e613ad0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api/canisters.api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api/canisters.api.ts
@@ -351,6 +351,33 @@ export const topUpCanister = async ({
   logWithTimestamp(`Topping up canister ${canisterId.toText()} complete.`);
 };
 
+// Returns the number of cycles that were topped up. But if called again, it
+// will return the same number. So this can't be used to tell if the top-up
+// wasn't done before.
+export const notifyTopUpCanister = async ({
+  identity,
+  blockHeight,
+  canisterId,
+}: {
+  identity: Identity;
+  blockHeight: bigint;
+  canisterId: Principal;
+}): Promise<bigint> => {
+  logWithTimestamp(`Notifying canister topup ${canisterId.toText()} call...`);
+
+  const { cmc } = await canisters(identity);
+  try {
+    return cmc.notifyTopUp({
+      canister_id: canisterId,
+      block_index: blockHeight,
+    });
+  } finally {
+    logWithTimestamp(
+      `Notifying canister topup ${canisterId.toText()} complete.`
+    );
+  }
+};
+
 const canisters = async (
   identity: Identity
 ): Promise<{
diff --git a/frontend/src/tests/lib/api/canisters.api.spec.ts b/frontend/src/tests/lib/api/canisters.api.spec.ts
index b8fd6183ef9..fb10957ddf8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/tests/lib/api/canisters.api.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/tests/lib/api/canisters.api.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   createCanister,
   detachCanister,
   getIcpToCyclesExchangeRate,
+  notifyTopUpCanister,
   queryCanisterDetails,
   queryCanisters,
   renameCanister,
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   LedgerCanister,
   SubAccount,
 } from "@dfinity/ledger-icp";
+import { Principal } from "@dfinity/principal";
 import * as dfinityUtils from "@dfinity/utils";
 import { principalToSubAccount } from "@dfinity/utils";
 import { mock } from "vitest-mock-extended";
@@ -422,7 +424,6 @@ describe("canisters-api", () => {
     });
 
     it("should not notify if transfer fails", async () => {
-      vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => undefined);
       mockLedgerCanister.transfer.mockRejectedValue(new Error());
 
       const call = () =>
@@ -436,4 +437,30 @@ describe("canisters-api", () => {
       expect(mockCMCCanister.notifyTopUp).not.toBeCalled();
     });
   });
+
+  describe("notifyTopUpCanister", () => {
+    const canisterId = Principal.fromText("mkam6-f4aaa-aaaaa-qablq-cai");
+
+    it("should call cmc.notifyTopUp", async () => {
+      const cycles = 3_000_000_000_000n;
+      const blockHeight = 14545n;
+
+      mockCMCCanister.notifyTopUp.mockResolvedValue(cycles);
+
+      const call = () =>
+        notifyTopUpCanister({
+          identity: mockIdentity,
+          blockHeight,
+          canisterId,
+        });
+
+      await expect(call()).resolves.toBe(cycles);
+
+      expect(mockCMCCanister.notifyTopUp).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(mockCMCCanister.notifyTopUp).toBeCalledWith({
+        canister_id: canisterId,
+        block_index: blockHeight,
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });