diff --git a/services/friendbot/main.go b/services/friendbot/main.go
index 22a04b0bed..d8f0b79b01 100644
--- a/services/friendbot/main.go
+++ b/services/friendbot/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/friendbot/internal"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/app"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/config"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	BaseFee                int64       `toml:"base_fee" valid:"optional"`
 	MinionBatchSize        int         `toml:"minion_batch_size" valid:"optional"`
 	SubmitTxRetriesAllowed int         `toml:"submit_tx_retries_allowed" valid:"optional"`
+	UseCloudflareIP        bool        `toml:"use_cloudflare_ip" valid:"optional"`
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		log.Error(err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	router := initRouter(fb)
+	router := initRouter(cfg, fb)
 	registerProblems()
 
 	addr := fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%d", cfg.Port)
@@ -84,8 +86,12 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	})
 }
 
-func initRouter(fb *internal.Bot) *chi.Mux {
-	mux := http.NewAPIMux(log.DefaultLogger)
+func initRouter(cfg Config, fb *internal.Bot) *chi.Mux {
+	mux := chi.NewRouter()
+	// first apply XFFMiddleware so we can have the real ip in the subsequent
+	// middlewares
+	mux.Use(http.XFFMiddleware(http.XFFMiddlewareConfig{BehindCloudflare: cfg.UseCloudflareIP}))
+	mux.Use(http.NewAPIMux(log.DefaultLogger).Middlewares()...)
 
 	handler := &internal.FriendbotHandler{Friendbot: fb}
 	mux.Get("/", handler.Handle)
diff --git a/support/http/logging_middleware.go b/support/http/logging_middleware.go
index 2cc957ac68..540dbd1243 100644
--- a/support/http/logging_middleware.go
+++ b/support/http/logging_middleware.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware"
+
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/http/mutil"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/log"
 )
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ func logEndOfRequest(
 		"subsys":   "http",
 		"path":     r.URL.String(),
 		"method":   r.Method,
+		"ip":       r.RemoteAddr,
 		"status":   mw.Status(),
 		"bytes":    mw.BytesWritten(),
 		"duration": duration,