diff --git a/api/src/main/java/bisq/api/http/service/HttpApiServer.java b/api/src/main/java/bisq/api/http/service/HttpApiServer.java
index 02aac14a4dc..85ace0f43a1 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/bisq/api/http/service/HttpApiServer.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/bisq/api/http/service/HttpApiServer.java
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@
 
 import javax.servlet.DispatcherType;
 
+import org.berndpruenster.netlayer.tor.HsContainer;
+import org.berndpruenster.netlayer.tor.Tor;
+import org.berndpruenster.netlayer.tor.TorCtlException;
+
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -31,13 +37,12 @@
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer;
 
-@SuppressWarnings("Duplicates")
 @Slf4j
 public class HttpApiServer {
-    private final HttpApiInterfaceV1 httpApiInterfaceV1;
+    private final ApiPasswordManager apiPasswordManager;
     private final BisqEnvironment bisqEnvironment;
+    private final HttpApiInterfaceV1 httpApiInterfaceV1;
     private final TokenRegistry tokenRegistry;
-    private final ApiPasswordManager apiPasswordManager;
 
     @Inject
     public HttpApiServer(ApiPasswordManager apiPasswordManager, BisqEnvironment bisqEnvironment, HttpApiInterfaceV1 httpApiInterfaceV1,
@@ -59,7 +64,8 @@ public void startServer() {
             server.setRequestLog(new Slf4jRequestLog());
             server.start();
             log.info("HTTP API started on {}", socketAddress);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+            startTorIfNeeded();
+        } catch (Exception | TorCtlException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }
@@ -98,4 +104,19 @@ private void setupAuth(ServletContextHandler appContextHandler) {
         AuthFilter authFilter = new AuthFilter(apiPasswordManager, tokenRegistry);
         appContextHandler.addFilter(new FilterHolder(authFilter), "/*", EnumSet.allOf(DispatcherType.class));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * If Bisq is configured to use start Tor then the default Tor instance should be available
+     * by the time this method is executed.
+     */
+    private void startTorIfNeeded() throws IOException, TorCtlException {
+        Tor tor = Tor.getDefault();
+        if (null == tor) {
+            log.info("Tor not started so API will be available only locally");
+            return;
+        }
+        // TODO how to log that service has been published?
+        final HsContainer hsContainer = tor.publishHiddenService("api", 80, bisqEnvironment.getHttpApiPort());
+        log.info("HTTP API Tor hostname: {}", hsContainer.getHostname$tor());
+    }
 }