diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 334ae74f..65094773 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ SGLANG_BASE_URL="http://localhost:30000/v1" codewhale --provider sglang --model
 
 # Self-hosted vLLM
 VLLM_BASE_URL="http://localhost:8000/v1" codewhale --provider vllm --model deepseek-v4-flash
+# Trusted LAN vLLM over HTTP
+DEEPSEEK_ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP=1 VLLM_BASE_URL="http://192.168.0.110:8000/v1" codewhale --provider vllm --model deepseek-v4-flash
 
 # Self-hosted Ollama
 ollama pull codewhale-coder:1.3b
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/client.rs b/crates/tui/src/client.rs
index 025a8344..b89825ac 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/client.rs
@@ -2862,6 +2862,10 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn base_url_security_rejects_insecure_non_local_http() {
+        let _lock = ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP_ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let _guard = AllowInsecureHttpEnvGuard::capture();
+        unsafe { std::env::remove_var(ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP_ENV) };
+
         let err = validate_base_url_security("http://api.deepseek.com")
             .expect_err("non-local insecure HTTP should be rejected");
         assert!(err.to_string().contains("Refusing insecure base URL"));
@@ -2869,10 +2873,46 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn base_url_security_allows_localhost_http() {
+        let _lock = ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP_ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let _guard = AllowInsecureHttpEnvGuard::capture();
+        unsafe { std::env::remove_var(ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP_ENV) };
+
         assert!(validate_base_url_security("http://localhost:8080").is_ok());
         assert!(validate_base_url_security("http://127.0.0.1:8080").is_ok());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn base_url_security_allows_non_local_http_with_explicit_opt_in() {
+        let _lock = ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP_ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let _guard = AllowInsecureHttpEnvGuard::capture();
+        unsafe { std::env::set_var(ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP_ENV, "1") };
+
+        assert!(validate_base_url_security("http://192.168.0.110:8000/v1").is_ok());
+    }
+
+    /// Serialize tests that mutate `DEEPSEEK_ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP`; env vars are
+    /// process-global and would otherwise leak across security checks.
+    static ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP_ENV_LOCK: std::sync::Mutex<()> = std::sync::Mutex::new(());
+
+    struct AllowInsecureHttpEnvGuard {
+        prior: Option<std::ffi::OsString>,
+    }
+    impl AllowInsecureHttpEnvGuard {
+        fn capture() -> Self {
+            Self {
+                prior: std::env::var_os(ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP_ENV),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    impl Drop for AllowInsecureHttpEnvGuard {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            match &self.prior {
+                Some(v) => unsafe { std::env::set_var(ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP_ENV, v) },
+                None => unsafe { std::env::remove_var(ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP_ENV) },
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn connection_health_degrades_and_recovers() {
         let now = Instant::now();
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/config.rs b/crates/tui/src/config.rs
index 63fd1e80..46fb0023 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/config.rs
@@ -6445,6 +6445,35 @@ model = "qwen2.5-coder:7b"
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn vllm_env_resolves_reported_lan_http_endpoint_and_model() -> Result<()> {
+        let _lock = lock_test_env();
+        let nanos = SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_nanos();
+        let temp_root = env::temp_dir().join(format!(
+            "codewhale-tui-vllm-lan-http-test-{}-{}",
+            std::process::id(),
+            nanos
+        ));
+        fs::create_dir_all(&temp_root)?;
+        let _guard = EnvGuard::new(&temp_root);
+
+        // Safety: test-only environment mutation guarded by a global mutex.
+        unsafe {
+            env::set_var("DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER", "vllm");
+            env::set_var("VLLM_BASE_URL", "http://192.168.0.110:8000/v1");
+            env::set_var("DEEPSEEK_MODEL", "deepseek-v4-flash");
+        }
+
+        let config = Config::load(None, None)?;
+        assert_eq!(config.api_provider(), ApiProvider::Vllm);
+        assert_eq!(config.deepseek_base_url(), "http://192.168.0.110:8000/v1");
+        assert_eq!(config.default_model(), "deepseek-v4-flash");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn ollama_env_overrides_base_url_and_model() -> Result<()> {
         let _lock = lock_test_env();