diff --git a/example/src/UseUpdateNodeInternals/CustomNode.tsx b/example/src/UseUpdateNodeInternals/CustomNode.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecae9f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/UseUpdateNodeInternals/CustomNode.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import React, { memo, FC, useMemo, CSSProperties } from 'react';
+
+import { Handle, Position, NodeProps } from 'react-flow-renderer';
+
+const nodeStyles: CSSProperties = { padding: 10, border: '1px solid #ddd' };
+
+const CustomNode: FC<NodeProps> = ({ data }) => {
+  const handles = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      Array.from({ length: data.handleCount }, (x, i) => {
+        const handleId = `handle-${i}`;
+        return <Handle key={handleId} type="source" position={Position.Right} id={handleId} style={{ top: 10 * i }} />;
+      }),
+    [data.handleCount]
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <div style={nodeStyles}>
+      <Handle type="target" position={Position.Left} />
+      <div>output handle count: {data.handleCount}</div>
+      {handles}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default memo(CustomNode);
diff --git a/example/src/UseUpdateNodeInternals/index.tsx b/example/src/UseUpdateNodeInternals/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..135e5cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/UseUpdateNodeInternals/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import React, { useState, useCallback, CSSProperties, useRef } from 'react';
+
+import ReactFlow, {
+  NodeTypesType,
+  addEdge,
+  useZoomPanHelper,
+  ReactFlowProvider,
+  Elements,
+  Connection,
+  Edge,
+  ElementId,
+  useUpdateNodeInternals,
+  Position,
+} from 'react-flow-renderer';
+import CustomNode from './CustomNode';
+
+const initialHandleCount = 1;
+
+const initialElements: Elements = [
+  {
+    id: '1',
+    type: 'custom',
+    data: { label: 'Node 1', handleCount: initialHandleCount },
+    position: { x: 250, y: 5 },
+    className: 'light',
+  },
+];
+
+const buttonWrapperStyles: CSSProperties = { position: 'absolute', right: 10, top: 10, zIndex: 10 };
+
+const nodeTypes: NodeTypesType = {
+  custom: CustomNode,
+};
+
+let id = 5;
+const getId = (): ElementId => `${id++}`;
+
+const UpdateNodeInternalsFlow = () => {
+  const handleCount = useRef<number>(initialHandleCount);
+  const [elements, setElements] = useState<Elements>(initialElements);
+  const updateNodeInternals = useUpdateNodeInternals();
+  const onConnect = (params: Connection | Edge) => setElements((els) => addEdge(params, els));
+  const { project } = useZoomPanHelper();
+
+  const onPaneClick = useCallback(
+    (evt) =>
+      setElements((els) =>
+        els.concat({
+          id: getId(),
+          position: project({ x: evt.clientX, y: evt.clientY - 40 }),
+          data: { label: 'new node' },
+          targetPosition: Position.Left,
+          sourcePosition: Position.Right,
+        })
+      ),
+    [project]
+  );
+  const toggleHandleCount = useCallback(() => {
+    handleCount.current = handleCount.current === 1 ? 2 : 1;
+    setElements((els) => els.map((el) => ({ ...el, data: { ...el.data, handleCount: handleCount.current } })));
+  }, []);
+
+  const updateNode = useCallback(() => updateNodeInternals('1'), [updateNodeInternals]);
+
+  return (
+    <ReactFlow elements={elements} nodeTypes={nodeTypes} onConnect={onConnect} onPaneClick={onPaneClick}>
+      <div style={buttonWrapperStyles}>
+        <button onClick={toggleHandleCount}>toggle handle count</button>
+        <button onClick={updateNode}>update node internals</button>
+      </div>
+    </ReactFlow>
+  );
+};
+
+const WrappedFlow = () => (
+  <ReactFlowProvider>
+    <UpdateNodeInternalsFlow />
+  </ReactFlowProvider>
+);
+
+export default WrappedFlow;
diff --git a/example/src/index.tsx b/example/src/index.tsx
index eb249c21..9c6b930b 100644
--- a/example/src/index.tsx
+++ b/example/src/index.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import DragNDrop from './DragNDrop';
 import Layout from './Layouting';
 import SwitchFlows from './Switch';
 import UseZoomPanHelper from './UseZoomPanHelper';
+import UseUpdateNodeInternals from './UseUpdateNodeInternals';
 
 import './index.css';
 
@@ -106,6 +107,10 @@ const routes = [
     path: '/usezoompanhelper',
     component: UseZoomPanHelper,
   },
+  {
+    path: '/useupdatenodeinternals',
+    component: UseUpdateNodeInternals,
+  },
 ];
 
 const Header = withRouter(({ history, location }) => {
diff --git a/src/hooks/useUpdateNodeInternals.ts b/src/hooks/useUpdateNodeInternals.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d64af8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useUpdateNodeInternals.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
+
+import { useStoreActions } from '../store/hooks';
+import { ElementId, UpdateNodeInternals } from '../types';
+
+function useUpdateNodeInternals(): UpdateNodeInternals {
+  const updateNodeDimensions = useStoreActions((actions) => actions.updateNodeDimensions);
+
+  return useCallback<UpdateNodeInternals>((id: ElementId) => {
+    const nodeElement = document.querySelector(`.react-flow__node[data-id="${id}"]`);
+
+    if (nodeElement) {
+      updateNodeDimensions([{ id, nodeElement, forceUpdate: true }]);
+    }
+  }, []);
+}
+
+export default useUpdateNodeInternals;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 52ecf562..1d811790 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export {
   getTransformForBounds,
 } from './utils/graph';
 export { default as useZoomPanHelper } from './hooks/useZoomPanHelper';
+export { default as useUpdateNodeInternals } from './hooks/useUpdateNodeInternals';
 
 export * from './additional-components';
 export * from './store/hooks';
diff --git a/src/types/index.ts b/src/types/index.ts
index 7b10a466..7ec79fe1 100644
--- a/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/index.ts
@@ -425,3 +425,5 @@ export interface ReactFlowState {
   onConnectStop?: OnConnectStopFunc;
   onConnectEnd?: OnConnectEndFunc;
 }
+
+export type UpdateNodeInternals = (nodeId: ElementId) => void;