diff --git a/_locales/en.xml b/_locales/en.xml
index 7f21a7c138..0273c1b893 100644
--- a/_locales/en.xml
+++ b/_locales/en.xml
@@ -767,6 +767,8 @@
     <string name="pref_edit_profile">Edit Profile</string>
     <string name="disable_imap_idle">Disable IMAP IDLE</string>
     <string name="disable_imap_idle_explain">Do not use IMAP IDLE extension even if the server supports it. Enabling this option will delay message retrieval, enable it only for testing.</string>
+    <string name="enable_realtime">Enable Realtime APIs</string>
+    <string name="enable_realtime_explain"> Enable Webxdc realtime APIs which create direct connection between devices and leak IP addresses to each other.</string>
     <string name="send_stats_to_devs">Send statistics to Delta Chat\'s developers</string>
 
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/Settings/ExperimentalFeatures.tsx b/src/renderer/components/Settings/ExperimentalFeatures.tsx
index 932fa43d78..5a0594eaa6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/Settings/ExperimentalFeatures.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/Settings/ExperimentalFeatures.tsx
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ export function ExperimentalFeatures({ settingsStore }: Props) {
         // 853b584251a5dacf60ebc616f7fb10edffb5c5e5/src/main/index.ts#L12-L21
         description='Careful: opening developer tools on a malicious webxdc app could lead to the app getting access to the Internet'
       />
+      <CoreSettingsSwitch
+        label={tx('enable_realtime')}
+        settingsKey='enable_realtime'
+        description={tx('enable_realtime_explain')}
+      />
     </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/stores/settings.ts b/src/renderer/stores/settings.ts
index 0dd6265dd4..0972215449 100644
--- a/src/renderer/stores/settings.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/stores/settings.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export interface SettingsStoreState {
     disable_idle: string
     media_quality: string
     is_chatmail: '0' | '1'
+    enable_realtime: string
   }
   desktopSettings: DesktopSettingsType
   rc: RC_Config