diff --git a/crates/goose-server/src/routes/providers_and_keys.json b/crates/goose-server/src/routes/providers_and_keys.json
index e4079e3d411e..5864f51076e3 100644
--- a/crates/goose-server/src/routes/providers_and_keys.json
+++ b/crates/goose-server/src/routes/providers_and_keys.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         "name": "Anthropic",
         "description": "Use Claude and other Anthropic models",
         "models": ["claude-3.5-sonnet-2"],
-        "required_keys": ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"]
+        "required_keys": ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY", "ANTHROPIC_HOST"]
     },
     "databricks": {
         "name": "Databricks",
diff --git a/crates/goose/src/providers/anthropic.rs b/crates/goose/src/providers/anthropic.rs
index 588642f8fb0e..4118c5982bc4 100644
--- a/crates/goose/src/providers/anthropic.rs
+++ b/crates/goose/src/providers/anthropic.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ impl Provider for AnthropicProvider {
                 ConfigKey::new("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY", true, true, None),
                 ConfigKey::new(
                     "ANTHROPIC_HOST",
-                    false,
+                    true,
                     false,
                     Some("https://api.anthropic.com"),
                 ),
diff --git a/documentation/docs/getting-started/providers.md b/documentation/docs/getting-started/providers.md
index a199e3841ee3..3328d51008e5 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/getting-started/providers.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/getting-started/providers.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Goose relies heavily on tool calling capabilities and currently works best with
 | Provider                                                                    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Parameters                                                                                                                                                                          |
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | [Amazon Bedrock](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/)                           | Offers a variety of foundation models, including Claude, Jurassic-2, and others. **AWS environment variables must be set in advance, not configured through `goose configure`**                                           | `AWS_PROFILE`, or `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`, `AWS_REGION`, ...                                                                                                   |
-| [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/)                                     | Offers Claude, an advanced AI model for natural language tasks.                                                                                                                                                           | `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`                                                                                                                                                                 |
+| [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/)                                     | Offers Claude, an advanced AI model for natural language tasks.                                                                                                                                                           | `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`, `ANTHROPIC_HOST` (optional)                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | [Azure OpenAI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/) | Access Azure-hosted OpenAI models, including GPT-4 and GPT-3.5.                                                                                                                                                           | `AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY`, `AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT`, `AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME`                                                                                                     |
 | [Databricks](https://www.databricks.com/)                                   | Unified data analytics and AI platform for building and deploying models.                                                                                                                                                 | `DATABRICKS_HOST`, `DATABRICKS_TOKEN`                                                                                                                                               |
 | [Gemini](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs)                             | Advanced LLMs by Google with multimodal capabilities (text, images).                                                                                                                                                      | `GOOGLE_API_KEY`                                                                                                                                                                    |
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/api_keys/utils.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/api_keys/utils.tsx
index 9477251266ee..da3be29eded4 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/api_keys/utils.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/api_keys/utils.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { default_key_value, required_keys } from '../models/hardcoded_stuff'; //
 export function isSecretKey(keyName: string): boolean {
   // Endpoints and hosts should not be stored as secrets
   const nonSecretKeys = [
+    'ANTHROPIC_HOST',
     'DATABRICKS_HOST',
     'OLLAMA_HOST',
     'OPENAI_HOST',
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx
index 94185b4e7589..751260eaf87b 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export const short_list = ['gpt-4o', 'claude-3-5-sonnet-latest'];
 
 export const required_keys = {
   OpenAI: ['OPENAI_API_KEY', 'OPENAI_HOST', 'OPENAI_BASE_PATH'],
-  Anthropic: ['ANTHROPIC_API_KEY'],
+  Anthropic: ['ANTHROPIC_API_KEY', 'ANTHROPIC_HOST'],
   Databricks: ['DATABRICKS_HOST'],
   Groq: ['GROQ_API_KEY'],
   Ollama: ['OLLAMA_HOST'],
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export const required_keys = {
 };
 
 export const default_key_value = {
+  ANTHROPIC_HOST: 'https://api.anthropic.com',
   OPENAI_HOST: 'https://api.openai.com',
   OPENAI_BASE_PATH: 'v1/chat/completions',
   OLLAMA_HOST: 'localhost',
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings_v2/providers/ProviderRegistry.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings_v2/providers/ProviderRegistry.tsx
index 0dd7aa16297a..059e2922688d 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings_v2/providers/ProviderRegistry.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings_v2/providers/ProviderRegistry.tsx
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ export const PROVIDER_REGISTRY: ProviderRegistry[] = [
           name: 'ANTHROPIC_API_KEY',
           is_secret: true,
         },
+        {
+          name: 'ANTHROPIC_HOST',
+          is_secret: false,
+          default: 'https://api.anthropic.com',
+        },
       ],
     },
   },