diff --git a/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp
index 37ff1b979..18d035849 100644
--- a/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp
@@ -3621,6 +3621,74 @@ void WalletImpl::setAllowMismatchedDaemonVersion(bool allow_mismatch)
     m_wallet->allow_mismatched_daemon_version(allow_mismatch);
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+bool WalletImpl::setDaemon(const std::string &daemon_address,
+        const std::string &daemon_username /* = "" */,
+        const std::string &daemon_password /* = "" */,
+        bool trusted_daemon /* = true */,
+        const std::string &ssl_support /* = "autodetect" */,
+        const std::string &ssl_private_key_path /* = "" */,
+        const std::string &ssl_certificate_path /* = "" */,
+        const std::string &ssl_ca_file_path /* = "" */,
+        const std::vector<std::string> &ssl_allowed_fingerprints_str /* = {} */,
+        bool ssl_allow_any_cert /* = false */,
+        const std::string &proxy /* = "" */)
+{
+    clearStatus();
+
+    // SSL allowed fingerprints
+    std::vector<std::vector<uint8_t>> ssl_allowed_fingerprints;
+    ssl_allowed_fingerprints.reserve(ssl_allowed_fingerprints_str.size());
+    for (const std::string &fp: ssl_allowed_fingerprints_str)
+    {
+        ssl_allowed_fingerprints.push_back({});
+        std::vector<uint8_t> &v = ssl_allowed_fingerprints.back();
+        for (auto c: fp)
+            v.push_back(c);
+    }
+
+    // SSL options
+    epee::net_utils::ssl_options_t ssl_options = epee::net_utils::ssl_support_t::e_ssl_support_enabled;
+    if (ssl_allow_any_cert)
+        ssl_options.verification = epee::net_utils::ssl_verification_t::none;
+    else if (!ssl_allowed_fingerprints.empty() || !ssl_ca_file_path.empty())
+        ssl_options = epee::net_utils::ssl_options_t{std::move(ssl_allowed_fingerprints), std::move(ssl_ca_file_path)};
+
+    if (!epee::net_utils::ssl_support_from_string(ssl_options.support, ssl_support))
+    {
+        setStatusError(string(tr("Invalid ssl support option (allowed options:`disabled` | `enabled` | `autodetect`), actual value: ")) + ssl_support);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    ssl_options.auth = epee::net_utils::ssl_authentication_t{
+        std::move(ssl_private_key_path), std::move(ssl_certificate_path)
+    };
+
+    const bool verification_required =
+        ssl_options.verification != epee::net_utils::ssl_verification_t::none &&
+        ssl_options.support == epee::net_utils::ssl_support_t::e_ssl_support_enabled;
+
+    if (verification_required && !ssl_options.has_strong_verification(boost::string_ref{}))
+    {
+        setStatusError(string(tr("SSL is enabled but no user certificate or fingerprints were provided")));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // daemon login
+    if(daemon_username != "")
+        m_daemon_login.emplace(daemon_username, daemon_password);
+
+    // set daemon
+    try
+    {
+        return m_wallet->set_daemon(daemon_address, m_daemon_login, trusted_daemon, ssl_options, proxy);
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception &e)
+    {
+        setStatusError(string(tr("Failed to set daemon: ")) + e.what());
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // PRIVATE
diff --git a/src/wallet/api/wallet.h b/src/wallet/api/wallet.h
index 6ce575f89..85e9579d9 100644
--- a/src/wallet/api/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/api/wallet.h
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ public:
     bool importKeyImages(std::vector<std::string> key_images, std::size_t offset = 0, std::unordered_set<std::size_t> selected_enotes_indices = {}) override;
     bool getAllowMismatchedDaemonVersion() const override;
     void setAllowMismatchedDaemonVersion(bool allow_mismatch) override;
+    bool setDaemon(const std::string &daemon_address, const std::string &daemon_username = "", const std::string &daemon_password = "", bool trusted_daemon = true, const std::string &ssl_support = "autodetect", const std::string &ssl_private_key_path = "", const std::string &ssl_certificate_path = "", const std::string &ssl_ca_file_path = "", const std::vector<std::string> &ssl_allowed_fingerprints_str = {}, bool ssl_allow_any_cert = false, const std::string &proxy = "") override;
 
 private:
     void clearStatus() const;
diff --git a/src/wallet/api/wallet2_api.h b/src/wallet/api/wallet2_api.h
index 928e76d23..1747aaed1 100644
--- a/src/wallet/api/wallet2_api.h
+++ b/src/wallet/api/wallet2_api.h
@@ -1541,6 +1541,33 @@ struct Wallet
     * param: allow_mismatch -
     */
     virtual void setAllowMismatchedDaemonVersion(bool allow_mismatch) = 0;
+    /**
+    * brief: setDaemon -
+    * param: daemon_address       -
+    * param: daemon_username      - for daemon login (default: empty string)
+    * param: daemon_password      - for daemon login (default: empty string)
+    * param: trusted_daemon       - (default: true)
+    * param: ssl_support          - "disabled" | "enabled" | "autodetect" (default: "autodetect")
+    * param: ssl_private_key_path - (default: empty string)
+    * param: ssl_certificate_path - (default: empty string)
+    * param: ssl_ca_file_path     - (default: empty string)
+    * param: ssl_allowed_fingerprints_str - (default: empty vector)
+    * param: ssl_allow_any_cert   - (default: false)
+    * param: proxy                - (default: empty string)
+    * return: true if succeeded
+    * note: sets status error on fail
+    */
+    virtual bool setDaemon(const std::string &daemon_address,
+        const std::string &daemon_username = "",
+        const std::string &daemon_password = "",
+        bool trusted_daemon = true,
+        const std::string &ssl_support = "autodetect",
+        const std::string &ssl_private_key_path = "",
+        const std::string &ssl_certificate_path = "",
+        const std::string &ssl_ca_file_path = "",
+        const std::vector<std::string> &ssl_allowed_fingerprints_str = {},
+        bool ssl_allow_any_cert = false,
+        const std::string &proxy = "") = 0;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wallet/api/wallet_manager.cpp b/src/wallet/api/wallet_manager.cpp
index 94886b727..97895990b 100644
--- a/src/wallet/api/wallet_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/api/wallet_manager.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ std::string WalletManagerImpl::errorString() const
     return m_errorString;
 }
 
-// TODO : figure out if we rather modify this to take daemon_login, trusted_daemon and ssl_options as arguments, so this function acts as a replacement for `wallet2::set_daemon()` or should we add a new `setDaemon()` to `WalletImpl`
 void WalletManagerImpl::setDaemonAddress(const std::string &address)
 {
     m_http_client.set_server(address, boost::none);