diff --git a/openqa-advanced-retrigger-jobs b/openqa-advanced-retrigger-jobs
index eeee6a6f..d56561ec 100755
--- a/openqa-advanced-retrigger-jobs
+++ b/openqa-advanced-retrigger-jobs
@@ -1,16 +1,98 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-#worker="${worker:-"openqaworker4"}"
-host="${host:-"openqa.opensuse.org"}"
-failed_since="${failed_since:-"$(date -I)"}"
-instance_string="${INSTANCE+" and instance='$INSTANCE'"}"
-worker_string="${WORKER+"assigned_worker_id in (select id from workers where (host='$WORKER'$instance_string)) and "}"
-result="${result:-"result='incomplete'"}"
-additional_filters="${additional_filters+" and $additional_filters"}"
-comment="${comment:-""}"
-dry_run="${dry_run:-"0"}"
-[ "$dry_run" = "1" ] && client_prefix="echo"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2029
-for i in $(ssh "$host" "sudo -u geekotest psql --no-align --tuples-only --command=\"select id from jobs where (${worker_string}${result} and clone_id is null and t_finished >= '$failed_since'$additional_filters);\" openqa"); do
-    $client_prefix openqa-cli api --host "$host" -X POST jobs/"$i"/restart
-    [ -n "$comment" ] && $client_prefix openqa-cli api --host "$host" -X POST jobs/"$i"/comments text="$comment"
-done
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""
+Retrigger openQA jobs based on database queries.
+
+Needs SSH access to the specified target openQA host.
+
+Simple example call retriggering all recent incompletes on the default host:
+    %(prog)s
+
+Advanced example retriggering failed instead of incompletes, verbose output, with custom starting date,
+custom host and excluding jobs with \":investigate:\" in the name, executed as dry-run:
+    %(prog)s -vvvv --host openqa.example.org --failed-since '2000-01-01T10:00' --result failed \
+--additional-filters \"test not like '%%:investigate:%%'\" --dry-run
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+
+logging.basicConfig()
+log = logging.getLogger(sys.argv[0] if __name__ == "__main__" else __name__)
+
+
+class CustomFormatter(argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter):
+    """Preserve multi-line __doc__ and provide default arguments in help strings."""
+
+    pass
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=CustomFormatter)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v",
+        "--verbose",
+        help="Increase verbosity level, specify multiple times to increase verbosity",
+        action="count",
+        default=1,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("-H", "--host", default="openqa.opensuse.org", help="Target openQA host")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-s",
+        "--failed-since",
+        default=datetime.today().isoformat(),
+        help="Filter jobs failed since this date",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("-w", "--worker", default=None, help="Filter jobs assigned to this worker")
+    parser.add_argument("-i", "--instance", default=None, help="Instance of the worker")
+    parser.add_argument("-r", "--result", default="incomplete", help="Filter jobs with this result")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-a",
+        "--additional-filters",
+        default=None,
+        help="Additional filters for the SQL query",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("-c", "--comment", default=None, help="Comment to add to the retriggered jobs")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-d",
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="If set, only print the actions without executing",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    logging_level = (5 - min(args.verbose, 4)) * 10
+    log.setLevel(logging_level)
+    return args
+
+def post(dry_run: bool, host: str, route: str, *args):
+    cmd=('openqa-cli', 'api', '--host', host, '-X', 'POST', route, *args)
+    if dry_run:
+        return print(f"dry run: {cmd}")
+    subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+
+def main(args):
+    log.debug(args)
+    instance_string = f" and instance='{args.instance}'" if args.instance else ""
+    worker_string = f"assigned_worker_id in (select id from workers where (host='{args.worker}'{instance_string})) and " if args.worker else ""
+    additional_filters = f" and {args.additional_filters}" if args.additional_filters else ""
+
+    query = (
+        f"select id from jobs where ({worker_string}result='{args.result}' "
+        f"and clone_id is null and t_finished >= '{args.failed_since}'{additional_filters});"
+    )
+
+    log.debug(f"Using SQL query: '{query}' on {args.host}")
+    ssh_command = ('ssh', args.host, f"sudo -u geekotest psql --no-align --tuples-only --command=\"{query}\" openqa")
+    job_ids = subprocess.check_output(ssh_command).decode().splitlines()
+
+    for job_id in job_ids:
+        post(args.dry_run, args.host, f"jobs/{job_id}/restart")
+        if args.comment:
+            post(args.dry_run, args.host, f"jobs/{job_id}/comments", f'text={args.comment}')
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main(parse_args())