diff --git a/public/locales/en/app.json b/public/locales/en/app.json
index 9bd5a1339..1a52ff7d1 100644
--- a/public/locales/en/app.json
+++ b/public/locales/en/app.json
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
   "publicGatewayForm": {
     "placeholder": "Enter a URL (https://ipfs.io)"
   },
+  "localGatewayForm": {
+    "placeholder": "Enter a URL (https://ipfs.example.com)",
+    "description": "Set this to your gateway URL if accessing WebUI through a reverse proxy or from a different host. Leave empty to use the gateway URL from Kubo config."
+  },
   "publicSubdomainGatewayForm": {
     "placeholder": "Enter a URL (https://dweb.link)"
   },
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@
     "pinStatus": "Pin Status",
     "publicKey": "Public key",
     "publicGateway": "Public Gateway",
+    "localGateway": "Local Gateway",
     "rateIn": "Rate in",
     "rateOut": "Rate out",
     "repo": "Repo",
diff --git a/src/bundles/config.js b/src/bundles/config.js
index e4902fc7c..1b9bfa803 100644
--- a/src/bundles/config.js
+++ b/src/bundles/config.js
@@ -66,7 +66,13 @@ bundle.reactIsSameOriginToBridge = createSelector(
 bundle.selectGatewayUrl = createSelector(
   'selectConfigObject',
   'selectPublicGateway',
-  (config, publicGateway) => getURLFromAddress('Gateway', config) || publicGateway
+  'selectLocalGateway',
+  (config, publicGateway, localGateway) => {
+    // Priority: 1) User-configured local gateway, 2) Kubo config, 3) Public gateway
+    const url = localGateway || getURLFromAddress('Gateway', config) || publicGateway
+    // Normalize: remove trailing slashes to avoid double slashes when constructing paths
+    return url.replace(/\/+$/, '')
+  }
 )
 
 bundle.selectAvailableGatewayUrl = createSelector(
diff --git a/src/bundles/gateway.js b/src/bundles/gateway.js
index fa8019bf1..990ac8be7 100644
--- a/src/bundles/gateway.js
+++ b/src/bundles/gateway.js
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ const readPublicGatewaySetting = () => {
   return setting || DEFAULT_PATH_GATEWAY
 }
 
+const readLocalGatewaySetting = () => {
+  const setting = readSetting('ipfsLocalGateway')
+  // Return empty string if not set, so we can distinguish between
+  // "not configured" and "configured to empty"
+  return setting || ''
+}
+
 const readPublicSubdomainGatewaySetting = () => {
   const setting = readSetting('ipfsPublicSubdomainGateway')
   return setting || DEFAULT_SUBDOMAIN_GATEWAY
@@ -33,7 +40,8 @@ const init = () => ({
   availableGateway: null,
   publicGateway: readPublicGatewaySetting(),
   publicSubdomainGateway: readPublicSubdomainGatewaySetting(),
-  ipfsCheckUrl: readIpfsCheckUrlSetting()
+  ipfsCheckUrl: readIpfsCheckUrlSetting(),
+  localGateway: readLocalGatewaySetting()
 })
 
 /**
@@ -207,6 +215,10 @@ const bundle = {
       return { ...state, ipfsCheckUrl: action.payload }
     }
 
+    if (action.type === 'SET_LOCAL_GATEWAY') {
+      return { ...state, localGateway: action.payload }
+    }
+
     return state
   },
 
@@ -243,6 +255,35 @@ const bundle = {
     dispatch({ type: 'SET_IPFS_CHECK_URL', payload: url })
   },
 
+  /**
+   * @param {string} address
+   * @returns {function({dispatch: Function}): Promise<void>}
+   */
+  doUpdateLocalGateway: (address) => async ({ dispatch }) => {
+    // Normalize: remove trailing slashes
+    const normalizedAddress = address.replace(/\/+$/, '')
+    await writeSetting('ipfsLocalGateway', normalizedAddress)
+    dispatch({ type: 'SET_LOCAL_GATEWAY', payload: normalizedAddress })
+
+    // Sync to kuboGateway for Helia/Explore components
+    if (normalizedAddress) {
+      try {
+        const url = new URL(normalizedAddress)
+        const host = url.hostname
+        const port = url.port || (url.protocol === 'https:' ? '443' : '80')
+        const protocol = url.protocol.replace(':', '')
+        await writeSetting('kuboGateway', {
+          host,
+          port,
+          protocol,
+          trustlessBlockBrokerConfig: { init: { allowLocal: true, allowInsecure: protocol === 'http' } }
+        })
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error('Error syncing ipfsLocalGateway to kuboGateway:', e)
+      }
+    }
+  },
+
   /**
    * @param {any} state
    * @returns {string|null}
@@ -265,7 +306,13 @@ const bundle = {
    * @param {any} state
    * @returns {string}
    */
-  selectIpfsCheckUrl: (state) => state?.gateway?.ipfsCheckUrl
+  selectIpfsCheckUrl: (state) => state?.gateway?.ipfsCheckUrl,
+
+  /**
+   * @param {any} state
+   * @returns {string}
+   */
+  selectLocalGateway: (state) => state?.gateway?.localGateway
 }
 
 export default bundle
diff --git a/src/bundles/ipfs-provider.js b/src/bundles/ipfs-provider.js
index 7b4791087..314a4f2a6 100644
--- a/src/bundles/ipfs-provider.js
+++ b/src/bundles/ipfs-provider.js
@@ -332,7 +332,25 @@ const actions = {
     }
 
     const kuboGateway = readSetting('kuboGateway')
-    if (kuboGateway === null || typeof kuboGateway === 'string' || typeof kuboGateway === 'boolean' || typeof kuboGateway === 'number') {
+    const localGateway = readSetting('ipfsLocalGateway')
+
+    if (localGateway) {
+      // User has configured a custom local gateway, sync it to kuboGateway for Helia/Explore
+      try {
+        const url = new URL(localGateway)
+        const host = url.hostname
+        const port = url.port || (url.protocol === 'https:' ? '443' : '80')
+        const protocol = url.protocol.replace(':', '')
+        await writeSetting('kuboGateway', {
+          host,
+          port,
+          protocol,
+          trustlessBlockBrokerConfig: { init: { allowLocal: true, allowInsecure: protocol === 'http' } }
+        })
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error('Error parsing ipfsLocalGateway for kuboGateway:', e)
+      }
+    } else if (kuboGateway === null || typeof kuboGateway === 'string' || typeof kuboGateway === 'boolean' || typeof kuboGateway === 'number') {
       // empty or invalid, set defaults
       await writeSetting('kuboGateway', { trustlessBlockBrokerConfig: { init: { allowLocal: true, allowInsecure: false } } })
     } else if (/** @type {Record<string, any>} */(kuboGateway).trustlessBlockBrokerConfig == null) {
diff --git a/src/components/local-gateway-form/LocalGatewayForm.js b/src/components/local-gateway-form/LocalGatewayForm.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..412b7b8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/local-gateway-form/LocalGatewayForm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
+import { connect } from 'redux-bundler-react'
+import { withTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import Button from '../button/button.tsx'
+import { checkValidHttpUrl } from '../../bundles/gateway.js'
+
+const LocalGatewayForm = ({ t, doUpdateLocalGateway, localGateway }) => {
+  const [value, setValue] = useState(localGateway)
+  const [isValid, setIsValid] = useState(true)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Empty value is valid (means "use default from Kubo config")
+    setIsValid(value === '' || checkValidHttpUrl(value))
+  }, [value])
+
+  const onChange = (event) => setValue(event.target.value)
+
+  const onSubmit = async (event) => {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    if (isValid) {
+      doUpdateLocalGateway(value)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const onClear = async (event) => {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    setValue('')
+    doUpdateLocalGateway('')
+  }
+
+  const onKeyPress = (event) => {
+    if (event.key === 'Enter') {
+      onSubmit(event)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const hasChanges = value !== localGateway
+
+  return (
+    <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
+      <input
+        id='local-gateway'
+        aria-label={t('terms.localGateway')}
+        placeholder={t('localGatewayForm.placeholder', 'e.g., https://ipfs.example.com')}
+        type='text'
+        className={`w-100 lh-copy monospace f5 pl1 pv1 mb2 charcoal input-reset ba b--black-20 br1 ${!isValid ? 'focus-outline-red b--red-muted' : 'focus-outline-green b--green-muted'}`}
+        onChange={onChange}
+        onKeyPress={onKeyPress}
+        value={value}
+      />
+      <div className='tr'>
+        <Button
+          id='local-gateway-clear-button'
+          minWidth={100}
+          height={40}
+          bg='bg-charcoal'
+          className='tc'
+          disabled={value === ''}
+          onClick={onClear}>
+          {t('app:actions.clear')}
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          id='local-gateway-submit-button'
+          minWidth={100}
+          height={40}
+          className='mt2 mt0-l ml2-l tc'
+          disabled={!isValid || !hasChanges}>
+          {t('actions.submit')}
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+      <p className='f6 charcoal-muted mt2 mb0'>
+        {t('localGatewayForm.description', 'Set this to your gateway URL if accessing WebUI through a reverse proxy or from a different host. Leave empty to use the gateway address from Kubo config.')}
+      </p>
+    </form>
+  )
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  'doUpdateLocalGateway',
+  'selectLocalGateway',
+  withTranslation('app')(LocalGatewayForm)
+)
diff --git a/src/settings/SettingsPage.js b/src/settings/SettingsPage.js
index a7c4e48b6..ccb05230f 100644
--- a/src/settings/SettingsPage.js
+++ b/src/settings/SettingsPage.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import AnalyticsToggle from '../components/analytics-toggle/AnalyticsToggle.js'
 import ApiAddressForm from '../components/api-address-form/api-address-form'
 import PublicGatewayForm from '../components/public-gateway-form/PublicGatewayForm.js'
 import PublicSubdomainGatewayForm from '../components/public-subdomain-gateway-form/PublicSubdomainGatewayForm.js'
+import LocalGatewayForm from '../components/local-gateway-form/LocalGatewayForm.js'
 import IpfsCheckForm from '../components/ipfs-check-form/IpfsCheckForm.js'
 import { JsonEditor } from './editor/JsonEditor.js'
 import Experiments from '../components/experiments/ExperimentsPanel.js'
@@ -67,19 +68,23 @@ export const SettingsPage = ({
 
     <Box className='mb3 pa4-l pa2'>
       <div className='lh-copy charcoal'>
+        <Title>{t('app:terms.localGateway')}</Title>
+        <LocalGatewayForm/>
+      </div>
+      <div className='lh-copy charcoal mt4'>
         <Title>{t('app:terms.publicGateway')}</Title>
-          <Trans i18nKey='publicSubdomainGatewayDescription' t={t}>
-            <p>Select a default <a className='link blue' href='https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/ipfs-gateway/#subdomain' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Subdomain Gateway</a> for generating shareable links.</p>
-          </Trans>
-          <PublicSubdomainGatewayForm/>
-        </div>
-        <div className='lh-copy charcoal'>
-          <Trans i18nKey='publicPathGatewayDescription' t={t}>
-            <p>Select a fallback <a className='link blue' href='https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/ipfs-gateway/#path' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Path Gateway</a> for generating shareable links for CIDs that exceed the 63-character DNS limit.</p>
-          </Trans>
-          <PublicGatewayForm/>
-        </div>
-      </Box>
+        <Trans i18nKey='publicSubdomainGatewayDescription' t={t}>
+          <p>Select a default <a className='link blue' href='https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/ipfs-gateway/#subdomain' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Subdomain Gateway</a> for generating shareable links.</p>
+        </Trans>
+        <PublicSubdomainGatewayForm/>
+      </div>
+      <div className='lh-copy charcoal'>
+        <Trans i18nKey='publicPathGatewayDescription' t={t}>
+          <p>Select a fallback <a className='link blue' href='https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/ipfs-gateway/#path' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Path Gateway</a> for generating shareable links for CIDs that exceed the 63-character DNS limit.</p>
+        </Trans>
+        <PublicGatewayForm/>
+      </div>
+    </Box>
 
     <Box className='mb3 pa4-l pa2'>
       <Title>{t('ipnsPublishingKeys.title')}</Title>