diff --git a/app/src/components/GatewayPanel.tsx b/app/src/components/GatewayPanel.tsx
index 5cec834..1f2a5bc 100644
--- a/app/src/components/GatewayPanel.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/GatewayPanel.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { useMemo, useState } from "react"
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom"
-import { Globe, RefreshCw, FileText } from "lucide-react"
+import { Globe, RefreshCw, FileText, ShieldCheck } from "lucide-react"
 import type { GatewayInfo, HealthStatus } from "@/types"
 import { useGatewayReload, useCaddyfile } from "@/services/api/hooks"
+import { apiClient } from "@/services/api/client"
 import { HealthBadge } from "./HealthBadge"
 
 interface GatewayPanelProps {
@@ -33,6 +34,20 @@ export function GatewayPanel({ gateway, statuses }: GatewayPanelProps) {
           </span>
         </div>
         <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
+          {gateway.tls === "internal" && (
+            <a
+              href={apiClient.streamUrl("/gateway/ca.crt")}
+              download="castle-root.crt"
+              className="flex items-center gap-1 text-xs px-2.5 py-1 rounded bg-[var(--border)] hover:bg-[var(--border)]/80 text-[var(--muted)] hover:text-[var(--foreground)] transition-colors"
+              title={
+                "Download the gateway's root CA — install on other devices to trust *.lan HTTPS" +
+                (gateway.ca_fingerprint ? `\nSHA-256: ${gateway.ca_fingerprint}` : "")
+              }
+            >
+              <ShieldCheck size={12} />
+              CA cert
+            </a>
+          )}
           <button
             onClick={() => reload()}
             disabled={reloading}
diff --git a/app/src/types/index.ts b/app/src/types/index.ts
index 8fc9669..b4b12b8 100644
--- a/app/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/types/index.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ export interface GatewayInfo {
   service_count: number
   managed_count: number
   routes: GatewayRoute[]
+  tls?: string | null // "internal" → host routes served over HTTPS by Caddy's local CA
+  ca_fingerprint?: string | null // SHA-256 of the downloadable root CA
 }
 
 export interface ServiceActionResponse {
diff --git a/castle-api/src/castle_api/models.py b/castle-api/src/castle_api/models.py
index 92efced..8ee145e 100644
--- a/castle-api/src/castle_api/models.py
+++ b/castle-api/src/castle_api/models.py
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ class GatewayInfo(BaseModel):
     service_count: int
     managed_count: int
     routes: list[GatewayRoute] = []
+    # TLS mode (None/"off" → HTTP-only; "internal" → Caddy local-CA HTTPS for host
+    # routes). When "internal", ca_fingerprint is the SHA-256 of the root CA the
+    # dashboard offers for download so clients can trust *.lan HTTPS.
+    tls: str | None = None
+    ca_fingerprint: str | None = None
 
 
 class NodeSummary(BaseModel):
diff --git a/castle-api/src/castle_api/routes.py b/castle-api/src/castle_api/routes.py
index 1efefc3..de654b7 100644
--- a/castle-api/src/castle_api/routes.py
+++ b/castle-api/src/castle_api/routes.py
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+import hashlib
+import json
+import os
 import shutil
+import ssl
+import urllib.request
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, status
+from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, Response, status
 
 from castle_core.config import SPECS_DIR
 from castle_core.generators.caddyfile import generate_caddyfile_from_registry
@@ -894,6 +899,13 @@ def get_gateway() -> GatewayInfo:
     # Caddyfile order is precedence-sensitive; the displayed table is alphabetical.
     routes.sort(key=lambda r: r.address)
 
+    tls = registry.node.gateway_tls
+    ca_fingerprint = None
+    if (tls or "").lower() == "internal":
+        pem = _gateway_ca_pem(registry.node.gateway_tls)
+        if pem:
+            ca_fingerprint = _ca_fingerprint(pem)
+
     return GatewayInfo(
         port=registry.node.gateway_port,
         hostname=registry.node.hostname,
@@ -901,6 +913,8 @@ def get_gateway() -> GatewayInfo:
         service_count=service_count,
         managed_count=managed_count,
         routes=routes,
+        tls=tls,
+        ca_fingerprint=ca_fingerprint,
     )
 
 
@@ -911,6 +925,66 @@ def get_caddyfile() -> dict[str, str]:
     return {"content": generate_caddyfile_from_registry(registry)}
 
 
+# Caddy's admin API exposes the local CA's root cert — the authoritative source,
+# matching the running gateway (same endpoint `caddy trust` uses).
+_CADDY_ADMIN = "http://localhost:2019"
+
+
+def _gateway_ca_pem(gateway_tls: str | None) -> str | None:
+    """The gateway's local-CA root certificate (PEM), or None.
+
+    Only the public root cert — never the CA private key. Returns None unless
+    `gateway.tls` is "internal" and a CA exists. Prefers Caddy's admin API (the
+    running gateway's actual CA); falls back to the on-disk root.crt.
+    """
+    if (gateway_tls or "").lower() != "internal":
+        return None
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(f"{_CADDY_ADMIN}/pki/ca/local", timeout=2) as resp:
+            data = json.loads(resp.read())
+        pem = data.get("root_certificate")
+        if pem:
+            return pem
+    except Exception:
+        pass  # admin API down → try the file
+    base = os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or str(Path.home() / ".local" / "share")
+    root = Path(base) / "caddy" / "pki" / "authorities" / "local" / "root.crt"
+    if root.is_file():
+        return root.read_text()
+    return None
+
+
+def _ca_fingerprint(pem: str) -> str | None:
+    """Colon-separated uppercase SHA-256 of the cert DER, for out-of-band verify."""
+    try:
+        der = ssl.PEM_cert_to_DER_cert(pem)
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+    hexd = hashlib.sha256(der).hexdigest().upper()
+    return ":".join(hexd[i : i + 2] for i in range(0, len(hexd), 2))
+
+
+@router.get("/gateway/ca.crt")
+def get_gateway_ca() -> Response:
+    """Download the gateway's local-CA root cert so clients can trust *.lan HTTPS.
+
+    Public certificate only (the CA private key never leaves the host). 404 when
+    the gateway isn't serving internal-CA TLS or no cert has been issued yet.
+    """
+    registry = get_registry()
+    pem = _gateway_ca_pem(registry.node.gateway_tls)
+    if not pem:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=404,
+            detail="No gateway CA (gateway.tls is not 'internal', or no cert yet).",
+        )
+    return Response(
+        content=pem,
+        media_type="application/x-x509-ca-cert",
+        headers={"Content-Disposition": 'attachment; filename="castle-root.crt"'},
+    )
+
+
 @router.post("/gateway/reload")
 async def reload_gateway() -> dict[str, str]:
     """Regenerate Caddyfile and reload Caddy."""
diff --git a/castle-api/tests/test_health.py b/castle-api/tests/test_health.py
index b27083a..0997276 100644
--- a/castle-api/tests/test_health.py
+++ b/castle-api/tests/test_health.py
@@ -269,6 +269,17 @@ class TestGateway:
         for r in data["routes"]:
             assert r["kind"] in ("static", "proxy", "remote")
 
+    def test_gateway_tls_off_by_default(self, client: TestClient) -> None:
+        """No TLS configured → tls/ca_fingerprint are null (HTTP-only gateway)."""
+        data = client.get("/gateway").json()
+        assert data["tls"] is None
+        assert data["ca_fingerprint"] is None
+
+    def test_gateway_ca_404_without_internal_tls(self, client: TestClient) -> None:
+        """The CA download is unavailable unless gateway.tls is 'internal'."""
+        response = client.get("/gateway/ca.crt")
+        assert response.status_code == 404
+
 
 class TestConfigEditor:
     """Virtual castle.yaml aggregation/scatter endpoints."""
diff --git a/docs/registry.md b/docs/registry.md
index bd50699..0d27c60 100644
--- a/docs/registry.md
+++ b/docs/registry.md
@@ -355,9 +355,13 @@ Two operational requirements:
   lower the floor once: `net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start=80` (persist in
   `/etc/sysctl.d/`). This beats `setcap`, which `NoNewPrivileges=true` would void.
 - **Trust the local CA.** Run `caddy trust` on the gateway host, then distribute
-  `~/.local/share/caddy/pki/authorities/local/root.crt` to every other box's
-  system/browser trust store — `.lan` can't get a public cert, so clients trust
-  Caddy's root instead. (Firefox uses its own store; import it there too.)
+  the root CA to every other box's system/browser trust store — `.lan` can't get
+  a public cert, so clients trust Caddy's root instead. (Firefox uses its own
+  store; import it there too.) The dashboard's Gateway panel has a **CA cert**
+  download button (only shown when `tls: internal`), backed by
+  `GET /gateway/ca.crt` — the public root cert, sourced from Caddy's admin API,
+  with its SHA-256 shown for out-of-band verification. The on-disk copy is at
+  `~/.local/share/caddy/pki/authorities/local/root.crt`.
 
 Routing only moves bytes — it does **not** supply the proxied app's own auth.
 If a backend requires a token/credential (e.g. in the URL or a header), that