diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index cc6aa11..c5d297a 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package chizap
 
 import (
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -12,13 +13,19 @@ type AdditionalFieldExtractor func(r *http.Request) []zap.Field
 
 type config struct {
 	filters                   []Filter
+	ipFn                      func(r *http.Request) string
 	additionalFieldExtractors []AdditionalFieldExtractor
 }
 
 type Option func(*config)
 
 func newConfig(opts ...Option) *config {
-	cfg := &config{}
+	cfg := &config{
+		ipFn: func(r *http.Request) string {
+			ip, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+			return ip
+		},
+	}
 
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(cfg)
@@ -44,3 +51,12 @@ func WithAdditionalFieldExtractor(extractor AdditionalFieldExtractor) Option {
 		c.additionalFieldExtractors = append(c.additionalFieldExtractors, extractor)
 	}
 }
+
+// WithIPFn takes a function that will be called on every
+// request and the returned ip will be added to the log entry.
+// http.Request RemoteAddr is logged by default.
+func WithIPFn(fn func(r *http.Request) string) Option {
+	return func(c *config) {
+		c.ipFn = fn
+	}
+}
diff --git a/logger.go b/logger.go
index 7775229..6387a1f 100644
--- a/logger.go
+++ b/logger.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package chizap
 
 import (
-	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -31,12 +30,11 @@ func Logger(logger *zap.Logger, opts ...Option) func(next http.Handler) http.Han
 
 			end := time.Now()
 			statusCode := ww.Status()
-			ip, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
 
 			fields := []zap.Field{
 				zap.Int("statusCode", statusCode),
 				zap.Duration("duration", end.Sub(start)),
-				zap.String("ip", ip),
+				zap.String("ip", cfg.ipFn(r)),
 				zap.String("method", r.Method),
 				zap.String("query", query),
 				zap.String("path", path),
@@ -47,8 +45,8 @@ func Logger(logger *zap.Logger, opts ...Option) func(next http.Handler) http.Han
 				zap.String("routePattern", chi.RouteContext(r.Context()).RoutePattern()),
 			}
 
-			for _, fn := range cfg.additionalFieldExtractors {
-				fields = append(fields, fn(r)...)
+			for _, f := range cfg.additionalFieldExtractors {
+				fields = append(fields, f(r)...)
 			}
 
 			if statusCode >= http.StatusInternalServerError {
diff --git a/logger_test.go b/logger_test.go
index 807e12d..38cdee2 100644
--- a/logger_test.go
+++ b/logger_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ func TestLogger(t *testing.T) {
 		name                     string
 		req                      *http.Request
 		excluded                 bool
+		expectedIP               string
 		expectedLevel            zapcore.Level
 		expectedRoutePattern     string
 		expectedAdditionalFields []zap.Field
@@ -30,18 +31,21 @@ func TestLogger(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:                 "/info?test=true",
 			req:                  httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/info?test=true", nil),
+			expectedIP:           "192.0.2.1",
 			expectedLevel:        zap.InfoLevel,
 			expectedRoutePattern: "/info",
 		},
 		{
 			name:                 "/warn?test=true",
 			req:                  httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/warn?test=true", nil),
+			expectedIP:           "192.0.2.1",
 			expectedLevel:        zap.WarnLevel,
 			expectedRoutePattern: "/warn",
 		},
 		{
 			name:                 "/error?test=true",
 			req:                  httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/error?test=true", nil),
+			expectedIP:           "192.0.2.1",
 			expectedLevel:        zap.ErrorLevel,
 			expectedRoutePattern: "/error",
 		},
@@ -53,12 +57,24 @@ func TestLogger(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:                 "/delete/123",
 			req:                  httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, "/delete/123", nil),
+			expectedIP:           "192.0.2.1",
 			expectedLevel:        zap.InfoLevel,
 			expectedRoutePattern: "/delete/{id}",
 			expectedAdditionalFields: []zap.Field{
 				zap.String("id", "123"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "/x-forwarded-for",
+			req: func() *http.Request {
+				req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/x-forwarded-for", nil)
+				req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-For", "94.222.111.115")
+				return req
+			}(),
+			expectedIP:           "94.222.111.115",
+			expectedLevel:        zap.InfoLevel,
+			expectedRoutePattern: "/x-forwarded-for",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -84,8 +100,7 @@ func TestLogger(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.req.URL.Path, entry.Message)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedLevel, entry.Level)
 			require.Len(t, entry.Context, 11+len(tt.expectedAdditionalFields))
-			ip, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(tt.req.RemoteAddr)
-			assert.Contains(t, entry.Context, zap.String("ip", ip))
+			assert.Contains(t, entry.Context, zap.String("ip", tt.expectedIP))
 			assert.Contains(t, entry.Context, zap.Int("statusCode", rr.Code))
 			assert.Contains(t, entry.Context, zap.String("method", tt.req.Method))
 			assert.Contains(t, entry.Context, zap.String("path", tt.req.URL.Path))
@@ -128,6 +143,13 @@ func newRouter(logger *zap.Logger) *chi.Mux {
 					zap.String("id", chi.URLParam(r, "id")),
 				}
 			}),
+			chizap.WithIPFn(func(r *http.Request) string {
+				if r.URL.Path != "/x-forwarded-for" {
+					ip, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+					return ip
+				}
+				return r.Header.Get(http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Forwarded-For"))
+			}),
 		))
 		r.Get("/info", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
@@ -141,6 +163,9 @@ func newRouter(logger *zap.Logger) *chi.Mux {
 		r.Get("/excluded", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 		})
+		r.Get("/x-forwarded-for", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		})
 		r.Delete("/delete/{id}", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 		})