diff --git a/cmd/skywire-visor/commands/root.go b/cmd/skywire-visor/commands/root.go
index d6783b978d..be4062370a 100644
--- a/cmd/skywire-visor/commands/root.go
+++ b/cmd/skywire-visor/commands/root.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package commands
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	_ "net/http/pprof" // nolint:gosec // https://golang.org/doc/diagnostics.html#profiling
@@ -15,9 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"embed"
-	"io/fs"
-
 	"github.com/pkg/profile"
 	"github.com/skycoin/dmsg/buildinfo"
 	"github.com/skycoin/dmsg/cmdutil"
diff --git a/pkg/visor/api.go b/pkg/visor/api.go
index 1f18dec412..25e6303d5c 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/api.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/api.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type API interface {
 	Transport(tid uuid.UUID) (*TransportSummary, error)
 	AddTransport(remote cipher.PubKey, tpType string, timeout time.Duration) (*TransportSummary, error)
 	RemoveTransport(tid uuid.UUID) error
+	SetPublicAutoconnect(pAc bool) error
 
 	DiscoverTransportsByPK(pk cipher.PubKey) ([]*transport.Entry, error)
 	DiscoverTransportByID(id uuid.UUID) (*transport.Entry, error)
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ type Summary struct {
 	PersistentTransports []transport.PersistentTransports `json:"persistent_transports"`
 	SkybianBuildVersion  string                           `json:"skybian_build_version"`
 	BuildTag             string                           `json:"build_tag"`
+	PublicAutoconnect    bool                             `json:"public_autoconnect"`
 }
 
 // BuildTag variable that will set when building binary
@@ -220,6 +222,7 @@ func (v *Visor) Summary() (*Summary, error) {
 		PersistentTransports: pts,
 		SkybianBuildVersion:  skybianBuildVersion,
 		BuildTag:             BuildTag,
+		PublicAutoconnect:    v.conf.Transport.PublicAutoconnect,
 	}
 
 	return summary, nil
@@ -817,3 +820,8 @@ func (v *Visor) SetPersistentTransports(pTps []transport.PersistentTransports) e
 func (v *Visor) GetPersistentTransports() ([]transport.PersistentTransports, error) {
 	return v.conf.GetPersistentTransports()
 }
+
+// SetPublicAutoconnect sets public_autoconnect config of visor
+func (v *Visor) SetPublicAutoconnect(pAc bool) error {
+	return v.conf.UpdatePublicAutoconnect(pAc)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/visor/hypervisor.go b/pkg/visor/hypervisor.go
index f3d9bbd734..956d208e8e 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/hypervisor.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/hypervisor.go
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ func (hv *Hypervisor) makeMux() chi.Router {
 				r.Get("/visors/{pk}/transports/{tid}", hv.getTransport())
 				r.Delete("/visors/{pk}/transports/{tid}", hv.deleteTransport())
 				r.Delete("/visors/{pk}/transports/", hv.deleteTransports())
+				r.Put("/visors/{pk}/public-autoconnect", hv.putPublicAutoconnect())
 				r.Get("/visors/{pk}/routes", hv.getRoutes())
 				r.Post("/visors/{pk}/routes", hv.postRoute())
 				r.Get("/visors/{pk}/routes/{rid}", hv.getRoute())
@@ -864,6 +865,30 @@ func (hv *Hypervisor) deleteTransports() http.HandlerFunc {
 	})
 }
 
+func (hv *Hypervisor) putPublicAutoconnect() http.HandlerFunc {
+	return hv.withCtx(hv.visorCtx, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ctx *httpCtx) {
+		var reqBody publicAutoconnectReq
+
+		if err := httputil.ReadJSON(r, &reqBody); err != nil {
+			if err != io.EOF {
+				hv.log(r).Warnf("putPublicAutoconnect request: %v", err)
+			}
+			httputil.WriteJSON(w, r, http.StatusBadRequest, usermanager.ErrMalformedRequest)
+			return
+		}
+
+		if err := ctx.API.SetPublicAutoconnect(reqBody.PublicAutoconnect); err != nil {
+			httputil.WriteJSON(w, r, http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
+			return
+		}
+		httputil.WriteJSON(w, r, http.StatusOK, struct{}{})
+	})
+}
+
+type publicAutoconnectReq struct {
+	PublicAutoconnect bool `json:"public_autoconnect"`
+}
+
 type routingRuleResp struct {
 	Key     routing.RouteID      `json:"key"`
 	Rule    string               `json:"rule"`
diff --git a/pkg/visor/init.go b/pkg/visor/init.go
index bb9e57c0c3..fad046c1e9 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/init.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/init.go
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ func initPublicVisor(_ context.Context, v *Visor, log *logging.Logger) error {
 }
 
 func initPublicVisors(ctx context.Context, v *Visor, log *logging.Logger) error {
-	if !v.conf.Transport.AutoconnectPublic {
+	if !v.conf.Transport.PublicAutoconnect {
 		return nil
 	}
 	serviceDisc := v.conf.Launcher.ServiceDisc
diff --git a/pkg/visor/rpc_client.go b/pkg/visor/rpc_client.go
index 51cc9fce12..01775fa734 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/rpc_client.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/rpc_client.go
@@ -289,6 +289,13 @@ func (rc *rpcClient) DiscoverTransportByID(id uuid.UUID) (*transport.Entry, erro
 	return &entry, err
 }
 
+// SetPublicAutoconnect implements API.
+func (rc *rpcClient) SetPublicAutoconnect(pAc bool) error {
+	return rc.Call("SetPublicAutoconnect", &publicAutoconnectReq{
+		PublicAutoconnect: pAc,
+	}, &struct{}{})
+}
+
 // RoutingRules calls RoutingRules.
 func (rc *rpcClient) RoutingRules() ([]routing.Rule, error) {
 	entries := make([]routing.Rule, 0)
@@ -889,6 +896,11 @@ func (mc *mockRPCClient) DiscoverTransportByID(uuid.UUID) (*transport.Entry, err
 	return nil, ErrNotImplemented
 }
 
+// SetPublicAutoconnect implements API.
+func (mc *mockRPCClient) SetPublicAutoconnect(_ bool) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // RoutingRules implements API.
 func (mc *mockRPCClient) RoutingRules() ([]routing.Rule, error) {
 	return mc.rt.AllRules(), nil
diff --git a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/v1.go b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/v1.go
index 63d352208d..493175ddf3 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/v1.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/v1.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ type V1Dmsgpty struct {
 type V1Transport struct {
 	Discovery         string          `json:"discovery"`
 	AddressResolver   string          `json:"address_resolver"`
-	AutoconnectPublic bool            `json:"public_autoconnect"`
+	PublicAutoconnect bool            `json:"public_autoconnect"`
 	TransportSetup    []cipher.PubKey `json:"transport_setup_nodes"`
 }
 
@@ -205,6 +205,15 @@ func (v1 *V1) GetPersistentTransports() ([]transport.PersistentTransports, error
 	return v1.PersistentTransports, nil
 }
 
+// UpdatePublicAutoconnect updates public_autoconnect in config
+func (v1 *V1) UpdatePublicAutoconnect(pAc bool) error {
+	v1.mu.Lock()
+	v1.Transport.PublicAutoconnect = pAc
+	v1.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return v1.flush(v1)
+}
+
 // updateStringArg updates the cli non-boolean flag of the specified app config and also within the launcher.
 // It removes argName from app args if value is an empty string.
 // The updated config gets flushed to file if there are any changes.