diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadConfigDecorator.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadConfigDecorator.java
index 8b6b8fc..766be73 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadConfigDecorator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadConfigDecorator.java
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication;
 
 import com.google.gerrit.common.FileUtil;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginData;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePaths;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.WorkQueue;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -33,13 +35,18 @@
   private final SitePaths site;
   private final WorkQueue workQueue;
   private final DestinationFactory destinationFactory;
+  private final Path pluginDataDir;
 
   @Inject
   public AutoReloadConfigDecorator(
-      SitePaths site, WorkQueue workQueue, DestinationFactory destinationFactory)
+      SitePaths site,
+      WorkQueue workQueue,
+      DestinationFactory destinationFactory,
+      @PluginData Path pluginDataDir)
       throws ConfigInvalidException, IOException {
     this.site = site;
     this.destinationFactory = destinationFactory;
+    this.pluginDataDir = pluginDataDir;
     this.currentConfig = loadConfig();
     this.currentConfigTs = getLastModified(currentConfig);
     this.workQueue = workQueue;
@@ -50,7 +57,7 @@
   }
 
   private ReplicationFileBasedConfig loadConfig() throws ConfigInvalidException, IOException {
-    return new ReplicationFileBasedConfig(site, destinationFactory);
+    return new ReplicationFileBasedConfig(site, destinationFactory, pluginDataDir);
   }
 
   private synchronized boolean isAutoReload() {
@@ -102,6 +109,11 @@
   }
 
   @Override
+  public Path getEventsDirectory() {
+    return currentConfig.getEventsDirectory();
+  }
+
+  @Override
   public synchronized int shutdown() {
     return currentConfig.shutdown();
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/EventsStorage.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/EventsStorage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc2e6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/EventsStorage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (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.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// 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.
+
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication;
+
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
+import com.google.common.hash.Hashing;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.google.inject.ProvisionException;
+import com.google.inject.Singleton;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+@Singleton
+public class EventsStorage {
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EventsStorage.class);
+
+  public static class ReplicateRefUpdate {
+    public String project;
+    public String ref;
+  }
+
+  private static Gson GSON = new Gson();
+
+  private final Path refUpdates;
+
+  @Inject
+  EventsStorage(ReplicationConfig config) {
+    refUpdates = config.getEventsDirectory().resolve("ref-updates");
+  }
+
+  public String persist(String project, String ref) {
+    ReplicateRefUpdate r = new ReplicateRefUpdate();
+    r.project = project;
+    r.ref = ref;
+
+    String json = GSON.toJson(r);
+    String eventKey = sha1(json).name();
+    Path file = refUpdates().resolve(eventKey);
+
+    if (Files.exists(file)) {
+      return eventKey;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      Files.write(file, json.getBytes(UTF_8));
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      log.warn("Couldn't persist event {}", json);
+    }
+    return eventKey;
+  }
+
+  public void delete(String eventKey) {
+    if (eventKey != null) {
+      try {
+        Files.delete(refUpdates().resolve(eventKey));
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        log.error("Error while deleting event {}", eventKey);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  public List<ReplicateRefUpdate> list() {
+    ArrayList<ReplicateRefUpdate> result = new ArrayList<>();
+    try (DirectoryStream<Path> events = Files.newDirectoryStream(refUpdates())) {
+      for (Path e : events) {
+        if (Files.isRegularFile(e)) {
+          String json = new String(Files.readAllBytes(e), UTF_8);
+          result.add(GSON.fromJson(json, ReplicateRefUpdate.class));
+          Files.delete(e);
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      log.error("Error when firing pending events", e);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  private ObjectId sha1(String s) {
+    return ObjectId.fromRaw(Hashing.sha1().hashString(s, UTF_8).asBytes());
+  }
+
+  private Path refUpdates() {
+    try {
+      return Files.createDirectories(refUpdates);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new ProvisionException(String.format("Couldn't create %s", refUpdates), e);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/OnStartStop.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/OnStartStop.java
index 8b0aa3d..ac0262d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/OnStartStop.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/OnStartStop.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventDispatcher;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.PushResultProcessing.GitUpdateProcessing;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.ReplicationState.Factory;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
@@ -31,17 +32,20 @@
   private final PushAll.Factory pushAll;
   private final ReplicationConfig config;
   private final DynamicItem<EventDispatcher> eventDispatcher;
+  private final Factory replicationStateFactory;
 
   @Inject
   protected OnStartStop(
       ServerInformation srvInfo,
       PushAll.Factory pushAll,
       ReplicationConfig config,
-      DynamicItem<EventDispatcher> eventDispatcher) {
+      DynamicItem<EventDispatcher> eventDispatcher,
+      ReplicationState.Factory replicationStateFactory) {
     this.srvInfo = srvInfo;
     this.pushAll = pushAll;
     this.config = config;
     this.eventDispatcher = eventDispatcher;
+    this.replicationStateFactory = replicationStateFactory;
     this.pushAllFuture = Atomics.newReference();
   }
 
@@ -49,7 +53,8 @@
   public void start() {
     if (srvInfo.getState() == ServerInformation.State.STARTUP
         && config.isReplicateAllOnPluginStart()) {
-      ReplicationState state = new ReplicationState(new GitUpdateProcessing(eventDispatcher.get()));
+      ReplicationState state =
+          replicationStateFactory.create(new GitUpdateProcessing(eventDispatcher.get()));
       pushAllFuture.set(
           pushAll
               .create(null, ReplicationFilter.all(), state, false)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationConfig.java
index e94abbd..9693e2d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationConfig.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication;
 
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.WorkQueue;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public interface ReplicationConfig {
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@
 
   boolean isEmpty();
 
+  Path getEventsDirectory();
+
   int shutdown();
 
   void startup(WorkQueue workQueue);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationFileBasedConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationFileBasedConfig.java
index bec4f20..2990155 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationFileBasedConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationFileBasedConfig.java
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginData;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePaths;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.WorkQueue;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
@@ -42,17 +44,22 @@
 public class ReplicationFileBasedConfig implements ReplicationConfig {
   static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ReplicationFileBasedConfig.class);
   private List<Destination> destinations;
+  private final SitePaths site;
   private Path cfgPath;
   private boolean replicateAllOnPluginStart;
   private boolean defaultForceUpdate;
   private final FileBasedConfig config;
+  private final Path pluginDataDir;
 
   @Inject
-  public ReplicationFileBasedConfig(SitePaths site, DestinationFactory destinationFactory)
+  public ReplicationFileBasedConfig(
+      SitePaths site, DestinationFactory destinationFactory, @PluginData Path pluginDataDir)
       throws ConfigInvalidException, IOException {
+    this.site = site;
     this.cfgPath = site.etc_dir.resolve("replication.config");
     this.config = new FileBasedConfig(cfgPath.toFile(), FS.DETECTED);
     this.destinations = allDestinations(destinationFactory);
+    this.pluginDataDir = pluginDataDir;
   }
 
   /*
@@ -180,6 +187,15 @@
     return destinations.isEmpty();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Path getEventsDirectory() {
+    String eventsDirectory = config.getString("replication", null, "eventsDirectory");
+    if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(eventsDirectory)) {
+      return site.resolve(eventsDirectory);
+    }
+    return pluginDataDir;
+  }
+
   Path getCfgPath() {
     return cfgPath;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationModule.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationModule.java
index 2247229..b989827 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationModule.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 
     install(new FactoryModuleBuilder().build(PushAll.Factory.class));
     install(new FactoryModuleBuilder().build(RemoteSiteUser.Factory.class));
+    install(new FactoryModuleBuilder().build(ReplicationState.Factory.class));
 
     bind(ReplicationConfig.class).to(AutoReloadConfigDecorator.class);
     bind(ReplicationStateListener.class).to(ReplicationStateLogger.class);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationQueue.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationQueue.java
index d73733a..8e74a5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationQueue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationQueue.java
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
   private final DynamicItem<EventDispatcher> dispatcher;
   private final ReplicationConfig config;
   private final GerritSshApi gerritAdmin;
+  private final ReplicationState.Factory replicationStateFactory;
+  private final EventsStorage eventsStorage;
   private volatile boolean running;
 
   @Inject
@@ -81,19 +83,24 @@
       GerritSshApi ga,
       ReplicationConfig rc,
       DynamicItem<EventDispatcher> dis,
-      ReplicationStateListener sl) {
+      ReplicationStateListener sl,
+      ReplicationState.Factory rsf,
+      EventsStorage es) {
     workQueue = wq;
     sshHelper = sh;
     dispatcher = dis;
     config = rc;
     stateLog = sl;
     gerritAdmin = ga;
+    replicationStateFactory = rsf;
+    eventsStorage = es;
   }
 
   @Override
   public void start() {
     config.startup(workQueue);
     running = true;
+    firePendingEvents();
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -127,23 +134,37 @@
 
   @Override
   public void onGitReferenceUpdated(GitReferenceUpdatedListener.Event event) {
-    ReplicationState state = new ReplicationState(new GitUpdateProcessing(dispatcher.get()));
+    onGitReferenceUpdated(event.getProjectName(), event.getRefName());
+  }
+
+  private void onGitReferenceUpdated(String projectName, String refName) {
+    ReplicationState state =
+        replicationStateFactory.create(new GitUpdateProcessing(dispatcher.get()));
     if (!running) {
       stateLog.warn("Replication plugin did not finish startup before event", state);
       return;
     }
 
-    Project.NameKey project = new Project.NameKey(event.getProjectName());
+    Project.NameKey project = new Project.NameKey(projectName);
     for (Destination cfg : config.getDestinations(FilterType.ALL)) {
-      if (cfg.wouldPushProject(project) && cfg.wouldPushRef(event.getRefName())) {
+      if (cfg.wouldPushProject(project) && cfg.wouldPushRef(refName)) {
+        String eventKey = eventsStorage.persist(projectName, refName);
+        state.setEventKey(eventKey);
         for (URIish uri : cfg.getURIs(project, null)) {
-          cfg.schedule(project, event.getRefName(), uri, state);
+          cfg.schedule(project, refName, uri, state);
         }
       }
     }
     state.markAllPushTasksScheduled();
   }
 
+  private void firePendingEvents() {
+    for (EventsStorage.ReplicateRefUpdate e : eventsStorage.list()) {
+      repLog.info("Firing pending event {}", e);
+      onGitReferenceUpdated(e.project, e.ref);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void onNewProjectCreated(NewProjectCreatedListener.Event event) {
     Project.NameKey projectName = new Project.NameKey(event.getProjectName());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationState.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationState.java
index 86557e2..6f0803a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationState.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationState.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 import com.google.common.collect.HashBasedTable;
 import com.google.common.collect.Table;
+import com.google.inject.assistedinject.Assisted;
+import com.google.inject.assistedinject.AssistedInject;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
@@ -23,7 +25,13 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;
 
 public class ReplicationState {
+
+  public interface Factory {
+    ReplicationState create(PushResultProcessing processing);
+  }
+
   private boolean allScheduled;
+  private final EventsStorage eventsStorage;
   private final PushResultProcessing pushResultProcessing;
 
   private final Lock countingLock = new ReentrantLock();
@@ -49,7 +57,11 @@
   private int totalPushTasksCount;
   private int finishedPushTasksCount;
 
-  public ReplicationState(PushResultProcessing processing) {
+  private String eventKey;
+
+  @AssistedInject
+  ReplicationState(EventsStorage storage, @Assisted PushResultProcessing processing) {
+    eventsStorage = storage;
     pushResultProcessing = processing;
     statusByProjectRef = HashBasedTable.create();
   }
@@ -74,6 +86,7 @@
       URIish uri,
       RefPushResult status,
       RemoteRefUpdate.Status refUpdateStatus) {
+    deleteEvent();
     pushResultProcessing.onRefReplicatedToOneNode(project, ref, uri, status, refUpdateStatus);
 
     RefReplicationStatus completedRefStatus = null;
@@ -103,6 +116,12 @@
     }
   }
 
+  private void deleteEvent() {
+    if (eventKey != null) {
+      eventsStorage.delete(eventKey);
+    }
+  }
+
   public void markAllPushTasksScheduled() {
     countingLock.lock();
     try {
@@ -173,4 +192,8 @@
       return name().toLowerCase().replace("_", "-");
     }
   }
+
+  public void setEventKey(String eventKey) {
+    this.eventKey = eventKey;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/StartCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/StartCommand.java
index ec8d1f6..48c28b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/StartCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/StartCommand.java
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@
 
   @Inject private PushAll.Factory pushFactory;
 
+  @Inject private ReplicationState.Factory replicationStateFactory;
+
   @Override
   protected void run() throws Failure {
     if (all && projectPatterns.size() > 0) {
       throw new UnloggedFailure(1, "error: cannot combine --all and PROJECT");
     }
 
-    ReplicationState state = new ReplicationState(new CommandProcessing(this));
+    ReplicationState state = replicationStateFactory.create(new CommandProcessing(this));
     Future<?> future = null;
 
     ReplicationFilter projectFilter;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md b/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
index c066513..a701cf8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
+++ b/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@
 
 	By default, pushes are retried indefinitely.
 
+replication.eventsDirectory
+: Directory where replication events are persisted
+
+	When scheduling a replication, the replication event is persisted
+	under this directory. When the replication is done, the event is deleted.
+	If plugin is stopped before all scheduled replications are done, the
+	persisted events will not be deleted. When the plugin is started again,
+	it will trigger all replications found under this directory.
+
+	When not set, defaults to the plugin's data directory.
+
 remote.NAME.url
 :	Address of the remote server to push to.  Multiple URLs may be
 	specified within a single remote block, listing different
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationStateTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationStateTest.java
index 193af1e..cf6715e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationStateTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationStateTest.java
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@
 
   private ReplicationState replicationState;
   private PushResultProcessing pushResultProcessingMock;
+  private EventsStorage eventsStorage;
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
     pushResultProcessingMock = createNiceMock(PushResultProcessing.class);
     replay(pushResultProcessingMock);
-    replicationState = new ReplicationState(pushResultProcessingMock);
+    eventsStorage = createNiceMock(EventsStorage.class);
+    replay(eventsStorage);
+    replicationState = new ReplicationState(eventsStorage, pushResultProcessingMock);
   }
 
   @Test