diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.js b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.js
index 1891b4a7f1..29338fc5b5 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.js
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ Zotero_Preferences.Advanced = {
 				+ Zotero.getString('punctuation.ellipsis'));
 		
 		this.updateIndexStats();
+		this.updateLocalAPIUI();
+		document.getElementById('zotero-prefpane-advanced-enable-local-api').addEventListener('synctopreference', () => {
+			this.updateLocalAPIUI();
+		});
 	},
 	
 	
@@ -533,6 +537,35 @@ Zotero_Preferences.Advanced = {
 		finally {
 			buttons.forEach(b => b.disabled = false);
 		}
+	},
+
+	updateLocalAPIUI() {
+		let serverEnabled = Zotero.Prefs.get('httpServer.enabled');
+		let localAPIEnabled = Zotero.Prefs.get('httpServer.localAPI.enabled');
+		
+		let checkbox = document.getElementById('zotero-prefpane-advanced-enable-local-api');
+		let availableMessage = document.getElementById('zotero-prefpane-advanced-local-api-available');
+		let serverDisabledSection = document.getElementById('zotero-prefpane-advanced-server-disabled');
+		
+		if (!serverEnabled) {
+			checkbox.disabled = true;
+			availableMessage.hidden = true;
+			serverDisabledSection.hidden = false;
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		checkbox.disabled = false;
+		availableMessage.hidden = !localAPIEnabled;
+		serverDisabledSection.hidden = true;
+		
+		document.l10n.setArgs(availableMessage, {
+			url: `http://localhost:${Zotero.Prefs.get('httpServer.port')}/api/`
+		});
+	},
+	
+	enableServerForLocalAPI() {
+		Zotero.Prefs.set('httpServer.enabled', true);
+		Zotero.Utilities.Internal.quit(true);
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml
index ea99c36d0c..f217ecda6a 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml
@@ -36,7 +36,27 @@
 			
 			<checkbox label="&zotero.preferences.reportTranslationFailure;" preference="extensions.zotero.reportTranslationFailure" native="true"/>
 			
-			<checkbox data-l10n-id="preferences-advanced-enable-local-api" preference="extensions.zotero.httpServer.localAPI.enabled" native="true"/>
+			<checkbox
+				id="zotero-prefpane-advanced-enable-local-api"
+				data-l10n-id="preferences-advanced-enable-local-api"
+				preference="extensions.zotero.httpServer.localAPI.enabled"
+				native="true"
+			/>
+			<vbox class="indented-pref">
+				<label
+					id="zotero-prefpane-advanced-local-api-available"
+					data-l10n-id="preferences-advanced-local-api-available"
+				>
+					<html:code class="local-api-url" data-l10n-name="url"/>
+				</label>
+				<hbox id="zotero-prefpane-advanced-server-disabled" align="center" hidden="true">
+					<label data-l10n-id="preferences-advanced-server-disabled"/>
+					<button
+						data-l10n-id="preferences-advanced-server-enable-and-restart"
+						oncommand="Zotero_Preferences.Advanced.enableServerForLocalAPI()"
+					/>
+				</hbox>
+			</vbox>
 		</groupbox>
 
 		<groupbox>
diff --git a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/preferences.ftl b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/preferences.ftl
index f115a247d9..9cc9809a06 100644
--- a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/preferences.ftl
+++ b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/preferences.ftl
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ preferences-styleManager-add-button =
 
 preferences-advanced-enable-local-api =
     .label = Allow other applications on this computer to communicate with { -app-name }
+preferences-advanced-local-api-available = Available at <code data-l10n-name="url">{ $url }</span>
+preferences-advanced-server-disabled = The { -app-name } HTTP server is disabled.
+preferences-advanced-server-enable-and-restart =
+    .label = Enable and Restart
 preferences-advanced-language-and-region-title = Language and Region
 preferences-advanced-enable-bidi-ui =
     .label = Enable bidirectional text editing utilities
diff --git a/scss/preferences/_advanced.scss b/scss/preferences/_advanced.scss
index 5f92a20f71..a6af0a42c7 100644
--- a/scss/preferences/_advanced.scss
+++ b/scss/preferences/_advanced.scss
@@ -78,3 +78,11 @@
 	display: flex;
 	gap: 6px;
 }
+
+#zotero-prefpane-advanced-server-disabled {
+	color: var(--accent-red);
+	
+	button {
+		margin-inline-start: 6px;
+	}
+}