diff --git a/nym-api/nym-api-requests/src/models.rs b/nym-api/nym-api-requests/src/models.rs
index 3ab82c320a..e47ff33c68 100644
--- a/nym-api/nym-api-requests/src/models.rs
+++ b/nym-api/nym-api-requests/src/models.rs
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ pub struct NymNodeDescription {
     // TODO: do we really care about ALL build info or just the version?
     pub build_information: BinaryBuildInformationOwned,
 
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub network_requester: Option<NetworkRequesterDetails>,
+
     // for now we only care about their ws/wss situation, nothing more
     pub mixnet_websockets: WebSockets,
 }
@@ -381,3 +384,12 @@ impl From<GatewayBond> for DescribedGateway {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, schemars::JsonSchema)]
+pub struct NetworkRequesterDetails {
+    /// address of the embedded network requester
+    pub address: String,
+
+    /// flag indicating whether this network requester uses the exit policy rather than the deprecated allow list
+    pub uses_exit_policy: bool,
+}
diff --git a/nym-api/src/node_describe_cache/mod.rs b/nym-api/src/node_describe_cache/mod.rs
index fc1c697cac..e0acd12bf4 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/node_describe_cache/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/node_describe_cache/mod.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use crate::support::caching::refresher::{CacheItemProvider, CacheRefresher};
 use crate::support::config;
 use crate::support::config::DEFAULT_NODE_DESCRIBE_BATCH_SIZE;
 use futures_util::{stream, StreamExt};
-use nym_api_requests::models::NymNodeDescription;
-use nym_config::defaults::DEFAULT_NYM_NODE_HTTP_PORT;
+use nym_api_requests::models::{NetworkRequesterDetails, NymNodeDescription};
+use nym_config::defaults::{mainnet, DEFAULT_NYM_NODE_HTTP_PORT};
 use nym_contracts_common::IdentityKey;
 use nym_mixnet_contract_common::Gateway;
 use nym_node_requests::api::client::{NymNodeApiClientError, NymNodeApiClientExt};
@@ -152,9 +152,28 @@ async fn get_gateway_description(
                 source: err,
             })?;
 
+    let network_requester =
+        if let Ok(nr) = client.get_network_requester().await {
+            let exit_policy = client.get_exit_policy().await.map_err(|err| {
+                NodeDescribeCacheError::ApiFailure {
+                    gateway: gateway.identity_key.clone(),
+                    source: err,
+                }
+            })?;
+            let uses_nym_exit_policy = exit_policy.upstream_source == mainnet::EXIT_POLICY_URL;
+
+            Some(NetworkRequesterDetails {
+                address: nr.address,
+                uses_exit_policy: exit_policy.enabled && uses_nym_exit_policy,
+            })
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
     let description = NymNodeDescription {
         host_information: host_info.data,
         build_information: build_info,
+        network_requester,
         mixnet_websockets: websockets,
     };
 
diff --git a/nym-node/nym-node-requests/src/api/client.rs b/nym-node/nym-node-requests/src/api/client.rs
index 6815b1a023..c4e6dde33a 100644
--- a/nym-node/nym-node-requests/src/api/client.rs
+++ b/nym-node/nym-node-requests/src/api/client.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ use nym_bin_common::build_information::BinaryBuildInformationOwned;
 use nym_wireguard_types::{ClientMessage, ClientRegistrationResponse};
 
 use crate::api::v1::health::models::NodeHealth;
+use crate::api::v1::network_requester::exit_policy::models::UsedExitPolicy;
+use crate::api::v1::network_requester::models::NetworkRequester;
 pub use http_api_client::Client;
 
 pub type NymNodeApiClientError = HttpClientError<ErrorResponse>;
@@ -42,6 +44,16 @@ pub trait NymNodeApiClientExt: ApiClient {
         .await
     }
 
+    async fn get_network_requester(&self) -> Result<NetworkRequester, NymNodeApiClientError> {
+        self.get_json_from(routes::api::v1::network_requester_absolute())
+            .await
+    }
+
+    async fn get_exit_policy(&self) -> Result<UsedExitPolicy, NymNodeApiClientError> {
+        self.get_json_from(routes::api::v1::network_requester::exit_policy_absolute())
+            .await
+    }
+
     async fn post_gateway_register_client(
         &self,
         client_message: &ClientMessage,