diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 030a2c4b19..c1bca89bd8 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ void CNode::CopyStats(CNodeStats& stats)
         if (info.session_id) stats.m_session_id = HexStr(*info.session_id);
     }
     X(m_permission_flags);
+    X(m_forced_inbound);
 
     X(m_last_ping_time);
     X(m_min_ping_time);
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 493d9a3530..bd60a3251a 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ public:
     TransportProtocolType m_transport_type;
     /** BIP324 session id string in hex, if any. */
     std::string m_session_id;
+    /** whether this peer forced its connection by evicting another */
+    bool m_forced_inbound;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index 1119a3e668..d816e11ef8 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
                     {
                         {RPCResult::Type::STR, "permission_type", Join(NET_PERMISSIONS_DOC, ",\n") + ".\n"},
                     }},
+                    {RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "forced_inbound", "Whether this peer forced a connection by evicting another."},
                     {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "minfeefilter", "The minimum fee rate for transactions this peer accepts"},
                     {RPCResult::Type::OBJ_DYN, "bytessent_per_msg", "",
                     {
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
             permissions.push_back(permission);
         }
         obj.pushKV("permissions", std::move(permissions));
+        obj.pushKV("forced_inbound", stats.m_forced_inbound);
         obj.pushKV("minfeefilter", ValueFromAmount(statestats.m_fee_filter_received));
 
         UniValue sendPerMsgType(UniValue::VOBJ);
diff --git a/test/functional/p2p_eviction.py b/test/functional/p2p_eviction.py
index e41fbec16e..0ad3fe7582 100755
--- a/test/functional/p2p_eviction.py
+++ b/test/functional/p2p_eviction.py
@@ -148,7 +148,13 @@ class P2PEvict(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.log.debug("ForceInbound whitebind inbound gets connected, even when full")
         allowed_peers.append(node.add_p2p_connection(P2PInterface(), dstport=30202))
 
-        assert_equal(len(node.getpeerinfo()), 10)
+        peerinfo = node.getpeerinfo()
+        assert_equal(len(peerinfo), 10)
+        for peer in peerinfo:
+            if "30202" in peer["addrbind"]:
+                assert peer["forced_inbound"]
+            else:
+                assert not peer["forced_inbound"]
 
         self.log.debug("Generic inbound gets rejected when whitebind peer is filling inbound slot")
         with node.assert_debug_log(["failed to find an eviction candidate - connection dropped (full)"]):
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_net.py b/test/functional/rpc_net.py
index b63059b1ee..77784c89c4 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_net.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_net.py
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class NetTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
                 "minfeefilter": Decimal("0E-8"),
                 "network": "not_publicly_routable",
                 "permissions": [],
+                "forced_inbound": False,
                 "presynced_headers": -1,
                 "relaytxes": False,
                 "services": "0000000000000000",