diff --git a/src/command/upload.ts b/src/command/upload.ts
index e0c46c86..2c7de315 100644
--- a/src/command/upload.ts
+++ b/src/command/upload.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import { exit } from 'process'
 import { setCurlStore } from '../curl'
 import { pickStamp, printStamp } from '../service/stamp'
 import { fileExists, readStdin } from '../utils'
+import {
+  ChunkedUploadProgress,
+  uploadChunkedData,
+  uploadChunkedFile,
+  uploadChunkedFolder,
+} from '../utils/chunked-upload'
 import { CommandLineError } from '../utils/error'
 import { getMime } from '../utils/mime'
 import { stampProperties } from '../utils/option'
@@ -120,6 +126,21 @@ export class Upload extends RootCommand implements LeafCommand {
   })
   public redundancy!: string
 
+  @Option({
+    key: 'chunked',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    description: 'Upload chunk-by-chunk with per-chunk retry for resilience',
+  })
+  public chunked!: boolean
+
+  @Option({
+    key: 'chunked-retries',
+    type: 'number',
+    default: 3,
+    description: 'Max retries per chunk when --chunked is set',
+  })
+  public chunkedRetries!: number
+
   public stdinData!: Buffer
 
   public historyAddress: Optional<Reference> = Optional.empty()
@@ -132,6 +153,8 @@ export class Upload extends RootCommand implements LeafCommand {
       exit(1)
     }
 
+    this.assertChunkedCompatibility()
+
     await this.maybePrintSyncWarning()
 
     if (!this.stdin && !FS.existsSync(this.path)) {
@@ -204,6 +227,10 @@ export class Upload extends RootCommand implements LeafCommand {
   }
 
   private async uploadAnyWithSpinner(tag: Tag | undefined, isFolder: boolean): Promise<string> {
+    if (this.chunked) {
+      return this.uploadAnyChunked(isFolder)
+    }
+
     const spinner = createSpinner(this.path ? `Uploading ${this.path}...` : 'Uploading data from stdin...')
 
     if (this.verbosity !== VerbosityLevel.Quiet && !this.curl) {
@@ -233,6 +260,94 @@ export class Upload extends RootCommand implements LeafCommand {
     }
   }
 
+  private async uploadAnyChunked(isFolder: boolean): Promise<string> {
+    const progressBar =
+      this.verbosity !== VerbosityLevel.Quiet && !this.curl
+        ? new SingleBar({ clearOnComplete: true }, Presets.rect)
+        : null
+
+    progressBar?.start(1, 0)
+
+    const onProgress = ({ total, processed }: ChunkedUploadProgress) => {
+      if (!progressBar) {
+        return
+      }
+      progressBar.setTotal(Math.max(total, processed, 1))
+      progressBar.update(processed)
+    }
+
+    const onRetry = (attempt: number, error: unknown) => {
+      const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+      this.console.verbose(`Chunk upload failed (attempt ${attempt}): ${message}. Retrying...`)
+    }
+
+    const commonOptions = {
+      pin: this.pin,
+      deferred: this.deferred,
+      maxRetries: this.chunkedRetries,
+      onProgress,
+      onRetry,
+    }
+
+    try {
+      if (this.stdin) {
+        const reference = await uploadChunkedData(this.bee, this.stamp, this.stdinData, commonOptions)
+        this.result = Optional.of(reference)
+
+        return `${this.bee.url}/bytes/${reference.toHex()}`
+      }
+
+      if (isFolder) {
+        const reference = await uploadChunkedFolder(this.bee, this.stamp, this.path, {
+          ...commonOptions,
+          indexDocument: this.indexDocument,
+          errorDocument: this.errorDocument,
+        })
+        this.result = Optional.of(reference)
+
+        return `${this.bee.url}/bzz/${reference.toHex()}/`
+      }
+
+      const parsedPath = parse(this.path)
+      const name = this.determineFileName(parsedPath.base)
+      const contentType = this.contentType || getMime(this.path) || undefined
+      const reference = await uploadChunkedFile(this.bee, this.stamp, this.path, name, contentType, commonOptions)
+      this.result = Optional.of(reference)
+
+      return name ? `${this.bee.url}/bzz/${reference.toHex()}/` : `${this.bee.url}/bytes/${reference.toHex()}`
+    } finally {
+      progressBar?.stop()
+    }
+  }
+
+  private assertChunkedCompatibility(): void {
+    if (!this.chunked) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const conflicts: string[] = []
+
+    if (this.encrypt) {
+      conflicts.push('--encrypt')
+    }
+
+    if (this.act) {
+      conflicts.push('--act')
+    }
+
+    if (this.redundancy) {
+      conflicts.push('--redundancy')
+    }
+
+    if (this.sync) {
+      conflicts.push('--sync')
+    }
+
+    if (conflicts.length) {
+      throw new CommandLineError(`--chunked cannot be combined with: ${conflicts.join(', ')}`)
+    }
+  }
+
   private async uploadStdin(tag?: Tag): Promise<string> {
     if (this.fileName) {
       const contentType = this.contentType || getMime(this.fileName) || undefined
diff --git a/src/utils/chunked-upload.ts b/src/utils/chunked-upload.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4cb8086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/chunked-upload.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+import { Bee, MantarayNode, MerkleTree, Reference } from '@ethersphere/bee-js'
+import { Chunk, System } from 'cafe-utility'
+import * as FS from 'fs'
+import { join, sep } from 'path'
+import { getMime } from './mime'
+
+export interface ChunkedUploadProgress {
+  total: number
+  processed: number
+}
+
+export interface ChunkedUploadOptions {
+  pin?: boolean
+  deferred?: boolean
+  maxRetries?: number
+  retryBaseDelayMs?: number
+  onProgress?: (progress: ChunkedUploadProgress) => void
+  onRetry?: (attempt: number, error: unknown) => void
+}
+
+export interface ChunkedFolderOptions extends ChunkedUploadOptions {
+  indexDocument?: string
+  errorDocument?: string
+}
+
+const NULL_REFERENCE_BYTES = new Uint8Array(32)
+
+async function uploadChunkWithRetry(
+  bee: Bee,
+  stamp: string,
+  chunkData: Uint8Array,
+  options: ChunkedUploadOptions,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const maxRetries = options.maxRetries ?? 3
+  const baseDelay = options.retryBaseDelayMs ?? 500
+  let lastError: unknown
+
+  for (let attempt = 0; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++) {
+    try {
+      await bee.uploadChunk(stamp, chunkData, { pin: options.pin, deferred: options.deferred })
+
+      return
+    } catch (error) {
+      lastError = error
+
+      if (attempt < maxRetries) {
+        options.onRetry?.(attempt + 1, error)
+        await System.sleepMillis(baseDelay * 2 ** attempt)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  throw lastError
+}
+
+function totalLeafChunks(size: number): number {
+  if (size === 0) {
+    return 1
+  }
+
+  return Math.ceil(size / 4096)
+}
+
+async function streamFileToMerkleTree(filePath: string, onChunk: (chunk: Chunk) => Promise<void>): Promise<Chunk> {
+  const tree = new MerkleTree(onChunk)
+  const readable = FS.createReadStream(filePath)
+
+  for await (const data of readable) {
+    await tree.append(data as Uint8Array)
+  }
+
+  return tree.finalize()
+}
+
+export async function uploadChunkedData(
+  bee: Bee,
+  stamp: string,
+  data: Uint8Array,
+  options: ChunkedUploadOptions = {},
+): Promise<Reference> {
+  let processed = 0
+  const total = totalLeafChunks(data.length)
+  options.onProgress?.({ total, processed })
+
+  const onChunk = async (chunk: Chunk) => {
+    await uploadChunkWithRetry(bee, stamp, chunk.build(), options)
+    processed += 1
+    options.onProgress?.({ total: Math.max(total, processed), processed })
+  }
+
+  const tree = new MerkleTree(onChunk)
+  await tree.append(data)
+  const root = await tree.finalize()
+
+  return new Reference(root.hash())
+}
+
+export async function uploadChunkedFile(
+  bee: Bee,
+  stamp: string,
+  filePath: string,
+  name: string | undefined,
+  contentType: string | undefined,
+  options: ChunkedUploadOptions = {},
+): Promise<Reference> {
+  const size = FS.statSync(filePath).size
+  let processed = 0
+  const total = totalLeafChunks(size)
+  options.onProgress?.({ total, processed })
+
+  const onChunk = async (chunk: Chunk) => {
+    await uploadChunkWithRetry(bee, stamp, chunk.build(), options)
+    processed += 1
+    options.onProgress?.({ total: Math.max(total, processed), processed })
+  }
+
+  const rootChunk = await streamFileToMerkleTree(filePath, onChunk)
+  const rootHash = rootChunk.hash()
+
+  if (!name) {
+    return new Reference(rootHash)
+  }
+
+  const mime = contentType || getMime(name) || 'application/octet-stream'
+  const mantaray = new MantarayNode()
+  mantaray.addFork(name, rootHash, {
+    'Content-Type': mime,
+    Filename: name,
+  })
+  mantaray.addFork('/', NULL_REFERENCE_BYTES, {
+    'website-index-document': name,
+  })
+
+  const result = await mantaray.saveRecursively(bee, stamp, {
+    pin: options.pin,
+    deferred: options.deferred,
+  })
+
+  return result.reference
+}
+
+interface CollectedFile {
+  fsPath: string
+  relPath: string
+  size: number
+}
+
+function collectFiles(root: string, current: string, out: CollectedFile[]): void {
+  const absolute = current ? join(root, current) : root
+  const entries = FS.readdirSync(absolute, { withFileTypes: true })
+
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    const relPath = current ? join(current, entry.name) : entry.name
+    const fsPath = join(absolute, entry.name)
+
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+      collectFiles(root, relPath, out)
+    } else if (entry.isFile()) {
+      out.push({ fsPath, relPath, size: FS.statSync(fsPath).size })
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export async function uploadChunkedFolder(
+  bee: Bee,
+  stamp: string,
+  dirPath: string,
+  options: ChunkedFolderOptions = {},
+): Promise<Reference> {
+  const files: CollectedFile[] = []
+  collectFiles(dirPath, '', files)
+
+  if (files.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`No files found in directory: ${dirPath}`)
+  }
+
+  let total = files.reduce((sum, file) => sum + totalLeafChunks(file.size), 0)
+  let processed = 0
+  options.onProgress?.({ total, processed })
+
+  const onChunk = async (chunk: Chunk) => {
+    await uploadChunkWithRetry(bee, stamp, chunk.build(), options)
+    processed += 1
+    options.onProgress?.({ total: Math.max(total, processed), processed })
+  }
+
+  const mantaray = new MantarayNode()
+  let hasIndexHtml = false
+
+  for (const file of files) {
+    const manifestPath = file.relPath.split(sep).join('/')
+    const rootChunk = await streamFileToMerkleTree(file.fsPath, onChunk)
+    const mime = getMime(manifestPath) || 'application/octet-stream'
+    const filename = manifestPath.includes('/')
+      ? manifestPath.substring(manifestPath.lastIndexOf('/') + 1)
+      : manifestPath
+
+    mantaray.addFork(manifestPath, rootChunk.hash(), {
+      'Content-Type': mime,
+      Filename: filename,
+    })
+
+    if (manifestPath === 'index.html') {
+      hasIndexHtml = true
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (hasIndexHtml || options.indexDocument || options.errorDocument) {
+    const metadata: Record<string, string> = {}
+
+    if (options.indexDocument) {
+      metadata['website-index-document'] = options.indexDocument
+    } else if (hasIndexHtml) {
+      metadata['website-index-document'] = 'index.html'
+    }
+
+    if (options.errorDocument) {
+      metadata['website-error-document'] = options.errorDocument
+    }
+    mantaray.addFork('/', NULL_REFERENCE_BYTES, metadata)
+  }
+
+  const result = await mantaray.saveRecursively(bee, stamp, {
+    pin: options.pin,
+    deferred: options.deferred,
+  })
+
+  total = Math.max(total, processed)
+  options.onProgress?.({ total, processed })
+
+  return result.reference
+}
diff --git a/test/command/upload.spec.ts b/test/command/upload.spec.ts
index 78273b74..38c5a102 100644
--- a/test/command/upload.spec.ts
+++ b/test/command/upload.spec.ts
@@ -174,4 +174,43 @@ describeCommand('Test Upload command', ({ consoleMessages, hasMessageContaining
     await invokeTestCli(['upload', 'test/message.txt', ...getStampOption()])
     expect(consoleMessages[0]).toContain('Swarm hash')
   })
+
+  it('should upload file with --chunked', async () => {
+    const commandBuilder = await invokeTestCli(['upload', 'README.md', '--chunked', ...getStampOption()])
+    const uploadCommand = commandBuilder.runnable as Upload
+    expect(uploadCommand.result.getOrThrow().toHex()).toHaveLength(64)
+  })
+
+  it('should upload file with --chunked and --drop-name', async () => {
+    const commandBuilder = await invokeTestCli(['upload', 'README.md', '--chunked', '--drop-name', ...getStampOption()])
+    const uploadCommand = commandBuilder.runnable as Upload
+    expect(uploadCommand.result.getOrThrow().toHex()).toHaveLength(64)
+    expect(hasMessageContaining('/bytes/')).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('should upload folder with --chunked', async () => {
+    const commandBuilder = await invokeTestCli(['upload', 'test/testpage', '--chunked', ...getStampOption()])
+    const uploadCommand = commandBuilder.runnable as Upload
+    expect(uploadCommand.result.getOrThrow().toHex()).toHaveLength(64)
+  })
+
+  it('should reject --chunked with --encrypt', async () => {
+    await invokeTestCli(['upload', 'README.md', '--chunked', '--encrypt', ...getStampOption()])
+    expect(hasMessageContaining('--chunked cannot be combined with: --encrypt')).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('should reject --chunked with --act', async () => {
+    await invokeTestCli(['upload', 'README.md', '--chunked', '--act', ...getStampOption()])
+    expect(hasMessageContaining('--chunked cannot be combined with: --act')).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('should reject --chunked with --sync', async () => {
+    await invokeTestCli(['upload', 'README.md', '--chunked', '--sync', ...getStampOption()])
+    expect(hasMessageContaining('--chunked cannot be combined with: --sync')).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('should reject --chunked with --redundancy', async () => {
+    await invokeTestCli(['upload', 'README.md', '--chunked', '--redundancy', 'MEDIUM', ...getStampOption()])
+    expect(hasMessageContaining('--chunked cannot be combined with: --redundancy')).toBeTruthy()
+  })
 })