diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/RemoteAddrRoutePredicateFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/RemoteAddrRoutePredicateFactory.java
index b7706fc35f..ded4de718f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/RemoteAddrRoutePredicateFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/RemoteAddrRoutePredicateFactory.java
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate;
 
-import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.support.RoutePredicateFactoryUtils;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.SubnetUtils;
 import org.springframework.tuple.Tuple;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(Tuple args) {
 				addSource(sources, (String) arg);
 			}
 		}
-		return apply(sources);
+		return apply(sources, false);
 	}
 
 	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(String... addrs) {
@@ -56,14 +57,22 @@ public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(String... addrs) {
 		for (String addr : addrs) {
 			addSource(sources, addr);
 		}
-		return apply(sources);
+		return apply(sources, false);
 	}
 
-	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(List<SubnetUtils> sources) {
+	/**
+	 * @param respectForwardedHeader whether to check the `X-Forwarded-For` header for the
+	 * remote IP address.
+	 */
+	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(List<SubnetUtils> sources,
+			boolean respectForwardedHeader) {
+		Function<ServerWebExchange, String> remoteIpResolver = respectForwardedHeader
+				? RoutePredicateFactoryUtils::parseRemoteIpRespectingForwardedHeader
+				: RoutePredicateFactoryUtils::parseRemoteIpIgnoringForwardedHeader;
+
 		return exchange -> {
-			InetSocketAddress remoteAddress = exchange.getRequest().getRemoteAddress();
-			if (remoteAddress != null) {
-				String hostAddress = remoteAddress.getAddress().getHostAddress();
+			String hostAddress = remoteIpResolver.apply(exchange);
+			if (hostAddress != null) {
 				String host = exchange.getRequest().getURI().getHost();
 
 				if (!hostAddress.equals(host)) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/support/RoutePredicateFactoryUtils.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/support/RoutePredicateFactoryUtils.java
index a63dc0db31..5f3abf861f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/support/RoutePredicateFactoryUtils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/support/RoutePredicateFactoryUtils.java
@@ -17,14 +17,22 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.support;
 
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate.RoutePredicateFactory;
+import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
 
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
+ * @author Andrew Fitzgerald
  */
 public class RoutePredicateFactoryUtils {
+
+	public static final String X_FORWARDED_FOR = "X-Forwarded-For";
+
 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(RoutePredicateFactory.class);
 
 	public static void traceMatch(String prefix, Object desired, Object actual, boolean match) {
@@ -34,4 +42,22 @@ public static void traceMatch(String prefix, Object desired, Object actual, bool
 			logger.trace(message);
 		}
 	}
+
+
+	public static String parseRemoteIpRespectingForwardedHeader(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
+		List<String> xForwardedValues = exchange.getRequest().getHeaders().get(X_FORWARDED_FOR);
+		if (xForwardedValues != null && xForwardedValues.size() != 0) {
+			return xForwardedValues.get(0).split(", ")[0];
+		}
+		return parseRemoteIpIgnoringForwardedHeader(exchange);
+	}
+
+	public static String parseRemoteIpIgnoringForwardedHeader(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
+		InetSocketAddress remoteAddress = exchange.getRequest().getRemoteAddress();
+		if (remoteAddress != null) {
+			return remoteAddress.getAddress().getHostAddress();
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/support/RoutePredicateFactoryUtilsTest.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/support/RoutePredicateFactoryUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a8110aa98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/support/RoutePredicateFactoryUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.support;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.mock.http.server.reactive.MockServerHttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.server.MockServerWebExchange;
+
+public class RoutePredicateFactoryUtilsTest {
+
+	private InetSocketAddress getRemote0000Address() {
+		try {
+			return new InetSocketAddress(InetAddress.getByName("0.0.0.0"), 1234);
+		}
+		catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void parseRemoteIpPrioritizesFirstForwardedIp() {
+		MockServerHttpRequest request = MockServerHttpRequest.get("someUrl")
+				.remoteAddress(getRemote0000Address())
+				.header("X-Forwarded-For", "0.0.0.1, 0.0.0.2, 0.0.0.3").build();
+		MockServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(request);
+		String actualIp = RoutePredicateFactoryUtils
+				.parseRemoteIpRespectingForwardedHeader(exchange);
+
+		assertThat(actualIp).isEqualTo("0.0.0.1");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void parseRemoteIpFallsBackToRemoteIp() {
+		MockServerHttpRequest request = MockServerHttpRequest.get("someUrl")
+				.remoteAddress(getRemote0000Address()).build();
+		MockServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(request);
+		String actualIp = RoutePredicateFactoryUtils
+				.parseRemoteIpRespectingForwardedHeader(exchange);
+
+		assertThat(actualIp).isEqualTo("0.0.0.0");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void parseRemoteIpReturnsNullIfNoForwardedOrRemoteIp() {
+		MockServerHttpRequest request = MockServerHttpRequest.get("someUrl").build();
+		MockServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(request);
+		String actualIp = RoutePredicateFactoryUtils
+				.parseRemoteIpRespectingForwardedHeader(exchange);
+
+		assertThat(actualIp).isEqualTo(null);
+	}
+}
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