diff --git a/src/qt/peertablemodel.cpp b/src/qt/peertablemodel.cpp
--- a/src/qt/peertablemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/peertablemodel.cpp
@@ -150,7 +150,10 @@
             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: