diff --git a/selfdrive/assets/icons/link.png b/selfdrive/assets/icons/link.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a795c05b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/assets/icons/link.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:a69514fe68dd1b4c73f28771640dcba10fc40989d1c7e771cb48bfd830fef206
+size 5713
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
index d88902d6b..e9c6a2f7c 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Sidebar::Sidebar(QWidget *parent) : QFrame(parent), onroad(false), flag_pressed(
   flag_img = loadPixmap("../assets/images/button_flag.png", home_btn.size());
   settings_img = loadPixmap("../assets/images/button_settings.png", settings_btn.size(), Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio);
   mic_img = loadPixmap("../assets/icons/microphone.png", QSize(30, 30));
+  link_img = loadPixmap("../assets/icons/link.png", QSize(60, 60));
 
   connect(this, &Sidebar::valueChanged, [=] { update(); });
 
@@ -150,7 +151,12 @@ void Sidebar::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event) {
   p.setFont(InterFont(35));
   p.setPen(QColor(0xff, 0xff, 0xff));
   const QRect r = QRect(58, 247, width() - 100, 50);
-  p.drawText(r, Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignVCenter, net_type);
+
+  if (net_type == "Hotspot") {
+    p.drawPixmap(r.x(), r.y() + (r.height() - link_img.height()) / 2, link_img);
+  } else {
+    p.drawText(r, Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignVCenter, net_type);
+  }
 
   // metrics
   drawMetric(p, temp_status.first, temp_status.second, 338);
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.h b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.h
index f05a4ab20..6a2b7b695 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.h
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ protected:
   void mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event) override;
   void drawMetric(QPainter &p, const QPair<QString, QString> &label, QColor c, int y);
 
-  QPixmap home_img, flag_img, settings_img, mic_img;
+  QPixmap home_img, flag_img, settings_img, mic_img, link_img;
   bool onroad, recording_audio, flag_pressed, settings_pressed, mic_indicator_pressed;
   const QMap<cereal::DeviceState::NetworkType, QString> network_type = {
     {cereal::DeviceState::NetworkType::NONE, tr("--")},