diff --git a/transmission/start.sh b/transmission/start.sh
index 12d28c811..b97734530 100755
--- a/transmission/start.sh
+++ b/transmission/start.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ elif [[ "${OPENVPN_PROVIDER^^}" = "PERFECTPRIVACY" ]]
 then
     echo "CONFIGURING PORT FORWARDING"
     exec /etc/transmission/updatePPPort.sh ${TRANSMISSION_BIND_ADDRESS_IPV4} &
+elif [[ "${OPENVPN_PROVIDER^^}" = "PRIVATEVPN" ]]
+then
+    echo "CONFIGURING PORT FORWARDING"
+    exec /etc/transmission/updatePrivateVPNPort.sh &
 else
     echo "NO PORT UPDATER FOR THIS PROVIDER"
 fi
diff --git a/transmission/updatePrivateVPNPort.sh b/transmission/updatePrivateVPNPort.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ef69b89e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transmission/updatePrivateVPNPort.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+# Source our persisted env variables from container startup
+. /etc/transmission/environment-variables.sh
+
+# Settings
+TRANSMISSION_PASSWD_FILE=/config/transmission-credentials.txt
+
+transmission_username=$(head -1 $TRANSMISSION_PASSWD_FILE)
+transmission_passwd=$(tail -1 $TRANSMISSION_PASSWD_FILE)
+transmission_settings_file=${TRANSMISSION_HOME}/settings.json
+
+#
+# Fetch forwarded port from PrivateVPN API
+#
+
+# Get the port
+tun_ip=$(ip address show dev tun0 | grep 'inet\b' | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d/ -f1)
+pvpn_get_port_url="https://xu515.pvdatanet.com/v3/mac/port?ip%5B%5D=$tun_ip"
+pvpn_response=$(curl -s -f "$pvpn_get_port_url")
+pvpn_curl_exit_code=$?
+
+if [[ -z "$pvpn_response" ]]; then
+    echo "PrivateVPN port forward API returned a bad response"
+fi
+
+# Check for curl error (curl will fail on HTTP errors with -f flag)
+if [[ ${pvpn_curl_exit_code} -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "curl encountered an error looking up forwarded port: $pvpn_curl_exit_code"
+    exit
+fi
+
+# Check for errors in curl response
+error=$(echo "$pvpn_response" | grep -o "\"Not supported\"")
+if [[ ! -z "$error" ]]; then
+    echo "PrivateVPN API returned an error: $error - not all PrivateVPN servers support port forwarding. Try 'SE Stockholm'."
+    exit
+fi
+
+# Get new port, check if empty
+new_port=$(echo "$pvpn_response" | grep -oe 'Port [0-9]*' | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d/ -f1)
+if [[ -z "$new_port" ]]; then
+    echo "Could not find new port from PrivateVPN API"
+    exit
+fi
+echo "Got new port $new_port from PrivateVPN API"
+
+#
+# Now, set port in Transmission
+#
+
+# Check if transmission remote is set up with authentication
+auth_enabled=$(grep 'rpc-authentication-required\"' $transmission_settings_file | grep -oE 'true|false')
+if [ "true" = "$auth_enabled" ]
+  then
+  echo "transmission auth required"
+  myauth="--auth $transmission_username:$transmission_passwd"
+else
+    echo "transmission auth not required"
+    myauth=""
+fi
+
+# get current listening port
+sleep 3
+transmission_peer_port=$(transmission-remote $myauth -si | grep Listenport | grep -oE '[0-9]+')
+if [ "$new_port" != "$transmission_peer_port" ]; then
+  if [ "true" = "$ENABLE_UFW" ]; then
+    echo "Update UFW rules before changing port in Transmission"
+
+    echo "denying access to $transmission_peer_port"
+    ufw deny ${transmission_peer_port}
+
+    echo "allowing $new_port through the firewall"
+    ufw allow ${new_port}
+  fi
+
+  transmission-remote ${myauth} -p "$new_port"
+
+  echo "Checking port..."
+  sleep 10
+  transmission-remote ${myauth} -pt
+else
+    echo "No action needed, port hasn't changed"
+fi