diff --git a/pkg/vpn/management/event.go b/pkg/vpn/management/event.go
index c9e0267abba093e2f45c3e9a0f6b94b2857c5afc..96b2068d52883cdcc23dc410cc925127d8244a3e 100644
--- a/pkg/vpn/management/event.go
+++ b/pkg/vpn/management/event.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 var eventSep = []byte(":")
@@ -145,13 +146,22 @@ func (e *StateEvent) RemoteAddr() string {
 	return string(parts[4])
 }
 
+// RemotePort returns the port of the remote openvpn process.
+// This field is only populated for events whose NewState returns
+// CONNECTED.
+func (e *StateEvent) RemotePort() string {
+	parts := e.parts()
+	// parts[5] is "80,,,fd15:53b6:dead::2", 80 is the port
+	return strings.Split(string(parts[5]), ",")[0]
+}
+
 func (e *StateEvent) String() string {
 	newState := e.NewState()
 	switch newState {
 	case "ASSIGN_IP":
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", newState, e.LocalTunnelAddr())
 	case "CONNECTED":
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", newState, e.RemoteAddr())
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s:%s", newState, e.RemoteAddr(), e.RemotePort())
 	default:
 		desc := e.Description()
 		if desc != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/vpn/status.go b/pkg/vpn/status.go
index 731eddab1f6a155bac56f42261ac42370b6c688d..c220b363abfc8f434e07eeb2999c40b76b30ba84 100644
--- a/pkg/vpn/status.go
+++ b/pkg/vpn/status.go
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ func (b *Bitmask) eventHandler(eventCh <-chan management.Event) {
 		}
 
 		if statusName == "CONNECTED" {
-			ip := strings.Split(stateEvent.String(), ": ")[1]
+			state := strings.Split(stateEvent.String(), ":")
+			ip := strings.TrimSpace(state[1])
+			port := state[2]
+
 			if ip == "127.0.0.1" {
 				// we're using pluggable transports
 				b.onGateway = b.ptGateway
@@ -113,10 +116,12 @@ func (b *Bitmask) eventHandler(eventCh <-chan management.Event) {
 					b.onGateway = gw
 					log.Info().
 						Str("gateway", b.onGateway.Host).
+						Str("port", port).
 						Msg("Sucessfully connected to gateway")
 				} else {
 					log.Warn().
 						Str("ip", ip).
+						Str("port", port).
 						Msg("Connected to unknown gateway")
 				}
 			}