diff --git a/src/qt/peertablemodel.cpp b/src/qt/peertablemodel.cpp
index 0ca9d48bf..1c90504e9 100644
--- a/src/qt/peertablemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/peertablemodel.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ QVariant PeerTableModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
         case NetNodeId:
             return (qint64)rec->nodeStats.nodeid;
         case Address:
-            return QString::fromStdString(rec->nodeStats.addrName);
+            // prepend to peer address down-arrow symbol for inbound connection and up-arrow for outbound connection
+            return QString(rec->nodeStats.fInbound ? "↓ " : "↑ ") + QString::fromStdString(rec->nodeStats.addrName);
         case Subversion:
             return QString::fromStdString(rec->nodeStats.cleanSubVer);
         case Ping: