diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57684e25..495080f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changed from version 0.12.0 to master
 
+- Added advertised endpoint to coordinators and active failover servers.
+
 - Database upgrade procedure has changed.
   It is now much more automated and can be triggered using
   an `arangodb upgrade --starter.endpoint=...` command.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cfd99f50..e8c4ca9c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ var (
 	logService          logging.Service
 	showVersion         bool
 	id                  string
+	advertisedEndpoint  string
 	agencySize          int
 	arangodPath         string
 	arangodJSPath       string
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ func init() {
 	pf.StringVar(&logDir, "log.dir", getEnvVar("LOG_DIR", ""), "Custom log file directory.")
 	f.IntVar(&logRotateFilesToKeep, "log.rotate-files-to-keep", defaultLogRotateFilesToKeep, "Number of files to keep when rotating log files")
 	f.DurationVar(&logRotateInterval, "log.rotate-interval", defaultLogRotateInterval, "Time between log rotations (0 disables log rotation)")
-
+	f.StringVar(&advertisedEndpoint, "cluster.advertised-endpoint", "", "An external endpoint for the servers started by this Starter")
 	f.IntVar(&agencySize, "cluster.agency-size", 3, "Number of agents in the cluster")
 	f.BoolSliceVar(&startAgent, "cluster.start-agent", nil, "should an agent instance be started")
 	f.BoolSliceVar(&startDBserver, "cluster.start-dbserver", nil, "should a dbserver instance be started")
@@ -568,6 +570,11 @@ func mustPrepareService(generateAutoKeyFile bool) (*service.Service, service.Boo
 		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msgf("Unsupport image pull policy '%s'", dockerImagePullPolicy)
 	}
 
+	// Sanity checking URL scheme on advertised endpoints
+	if _, err := url.Parse(advertisedEndpoint); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msgf("Advertised cluster endpoint %s does not meet URL standards", advertisedEndpoint)
+	}
+
 	// Expand home-dis (~) in paths
 	arangodPath = mustExpand(arangodPath)
 	arangodJSPath = mustExpand(arangodJSPath)
@@ -707,6 +714,7 @@ func mustPrepareService(generateAutoKeyFile bool) (*service.Service, service.Boo
 		ArangodPath:             arangodPath,
 		ArangoSyncPath:          arangoSyncPath,
 		ArangodJSPath:           arangodJSPath,
+		AdvertisedEndpoint:      advertisedEndpoint,
 		MasterPort:              masterPort,
 		RrPath:                  rrPath,
 		DataDir:                 dataDir,
diff --git a/service/arangod_config_builder.go b/service/arangod_config_builder.go
index 1e9cca56..86010de6 100644
--- a/service/arangod_config_builder.go
+++ b/service/arangod_config_builder.go
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
+var (
+	urlFixer = strings.NewReplacer(
+		"http://", "tcp://",
+		"https://", "ssl://",
+	)
+)
+
+// fixupEndpointURLSchemeForArangod changes endpoint URL schemes used by Starter to ones used by arangodb.
+// E.g. "http://localhost:8529" -> "tcp://localhost:8529"
+func fixupEndpointURLSchemeForArangod(u string) string {
+	return urlFixer.Replace(u)
+}
+
 // createArangodConf creates an arangod.conf file in the given host directory if it does not yet exists.
 // The arangod.conf file contains all settings that are considered static for the lifetime of the server.
 func createArangodConf(log zerolog.Logger, bsCfg BootstrapConfig, myHostDir, myContainerDir, myPort string, serverType ServerType, features DatabaseFeatures) ([]Volume, configFile, error) {
@@ -216,6 +229,13 @@ func createArangodArgs(log zerolog.Logger, config Config, clusterConfig ClusterC
 			optionPair{"--cluster.my-role", "SINGLE"},
 		)
 	}
+	if serverType == ServerTypeCoordinator || serverType == ServerTypeResilientSingle {
+		if config.AdvertisedEndpoint != "" {
+			options = append(options,
+				optionPair{"--cluster.my-advertised-endpoint", fixupEndpointURLSchemeForArangod(config.AdvertisedEndpoint)},
+			)
+		}
+	}
 	if serverType != ServerTypeAgent && serverType != ServerTypeSingle {
 		for _, p := range clusterConfig.AllAgents() {
 			options = append(options,
diff --git a/service/service.go b/service/service.go
index 8d55d2b1..87c450c8 100644
--- a/service/service.go
+++ b/service/service.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ArangodPath          string
 	ArangodJSPath        string
 	ArangoSyncPath       string
+	AdvertisedEndpoint   string
 	MasterPort           int
 	RrPath               string
 	DataDir              string