diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index dc5eac45e..903fe66c6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ ENV VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=pia \
     # Public IP
     PUBLICIP_FILE="/tmp/gluetun/ip" \
     PUBLICIP_PERIOD=12h \
+    PUBLICIP_API=ipinfo \
     PUBLICIP_API_TOKEN= \
     # Pprof
     PPROF_ENABLED=no \
diff --git a/cmd/gluetun/main.go b/cmd/gluetun/main.go
index 02ec772c9..5ee9694e1 100644
--- a/cmd/gluetun/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gluetun/main.go
@@ -396,7 +396,8 @@ func _main(ctx context.Context, buildInfo models.BuildInformation,
 	go unboundLooper.RunRestartTicker(dnsTickerCtx, dnsTickerDone)
 	controlGroupHandler.Add(dnsTickerHandler)
 
-	ipFetcher, err := pubipapi.New(pubipapi.IPInfo, httpClient, *allSettings.PublicIP.APIToken)
+	publicipAPI, _ := pubipapi.ParseProvider(allSettings.PublicIP.API)
+	ipFetcher, err := pubipapi.New(publicipAPI, httpClient, *allSettings.PublicIP.APIToken)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("creating public IP API client: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/configuration/settings/publicip.go b/internal/configuration/settings/publicip.go
index 3e34bc3e8..ed89db4ec 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/settings/publicip.go
+++ b/internal/configuration/settings/publicip.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/qdm12/gluetun/internal/publicip/api"
 	"github.com/qdm12/gosettings"
 	"github.com/qdm12/gotree"
 )
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ type PublicIP struct {
 	// to write to a file. It cannot be nil for the
 	// internal state
 	IPFilepath *string
+	// API is the API name to use to fetch public IP information.
+	// It can be ipinfo or ip2location. It defaults to ipinfo.
+	API string
 	// APIToken is the token to use for the IP data service
 	// such as ipinfo.io. It can be the empty string to
 	// indicate not to use a token. It cannot be nil for the
@@ -56,6 +60,11 @@ func (p PublicIP) validate() (err error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	_, err = api.ParseProvider(p.API)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("API name: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -63,6 +72,7 @@ func (p *PublicIP) copy() (copied PublicIP) {
 	return PublicIP{
 		Period:     gosettings.CopyPointer(p.Period),
 		IPFilepath: gosettings.CopyPointer(p.IPFilepath),
+		API:        p.API,
 		APIToken:   gosettings.CopyPointer(p.APIToken),
 	}
 }
@@ -70,12 +80,14 @@ func (p *PublicIP) copy() (copied PublicIP) {
 func (p *PublicIP) mergeWith(other PublicIP) {
 	p.Period = gosettings.MergeWithPointer(p.Period, other.Period)
 	p.IPFilepath = gosettings.MergeWithPointer(p.IPFilepath, other.IPFilepath)
+	p.API = gosettings.MergeWithString(p.API, other.API)
 	p.APIToken = gosettings.MergeWithPointer(p.APIToken, other.APIToken)
 }
 
 func (p *PublicIP) overrideWith(other PublicIP) {
 	p.Period = gosettings.OverrideWithPointer(p.Period, other.Period)
 	p.IPFilepath = gosettings.OverrideWithPointer(p.IPFilepath, other.IPFilepath)
+	p.API = gosettings.OverrideWithString(p.API, other.API)
 	p.APIToken = gosettings.OverrideWithPointer(p.APIToken, other.APIToken)
 }
 
@@ -83,6 +95,7 @@ func (p *PublicIP) setDefaults() {
 	const defaultPeriod = 12 * time.Hour
 	p.Period = gosettings.DefaultPointer(p.Period, defaultPeriod)
 	p.IPFilepath = gosettings.DefaultPointer(p.IPFilepath, "/tmp/gluetun/ip")
+	p.API = gosettings.DefaultString(p.API, "ipinfo")
 	p.APIToken = gosettings.DefaultPointer(p.APIToken, "")
 }
 
@@ -108,6 +121,8 @@ func (p PublicIP) toLinesNode() (node *gotree.Node) {
 		node.Appendf("IP file path: %s", *p.IPFilepath)
 	}
 
+	node.Appendf("Public IP data API: %s", p.API)
+
 	if *p.APIToken != "" {
 		node.Appendf("API token: %s", gosettings.ObfuscateKey(*p.APIToken))
 	}
diff --git a/internal/configuration/settings/settings_test.go b/internal/configuration/settings/settings_test.go
index 3bbaa24d6..c86947b0a 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/settings/settings_test.go
+++ b/internal/configuration/settings/settings_test.go
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ func Test_Settings_String(t *testing.T) {
 |   └── Process GID: 1000
 ├── Public IP settings:
 |   ├── Fetching: every 12h0m0s
-|   └── IP file path: /tmp/gluetun/ip
+|   ├── IP file path: /tmp/gluetun/ip
+|   └── Public IP data API: ipinfo
 └── Version settings:
     └── Enabled: yes`,
 		},
diff --git a/internal/configuration/sources/env/publicip.go b/internal/configuration/sources/env/publicip.go
index 50bec915f..934de70a2 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/sources/env/publicip.go
+++ b/internal/configuration/sources/env/publicip.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ func (s *Source) readPublicIP() (publicIP settings.PublicIP, err error) {
 	publicIP.IPFilepath = s.env.Get("PUBLICIP_FILE",
 		env.ForceLowercase(false), env.RetroKeys("IP_STATUS_FILE"))
 
+	publicIP.API = s.env.String("PUBLICIP_API")
+
 	publicIP.APIToken = s.env.Get("PUBLICIP_API_TOKEN")
 
 	return publicIP, nil
diff --git a/internal/publicip/api/api.go b/internal/publicip/api/api.go
index 9e86add01..e5e19252a 100644
--- a/internal/publicip/api/api.go
+++ b/internal/publicip/api/api.go
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ type API interface {
 type Provider string
 
 const (
-	IPInfo Provider = "ipinfo"
+	IPInfo      Provider = "ipinfo"
+	IP2Location Provider = "ip2location"
 )
 
 func New(provider Provider, client *http.Client, token string) ( //nolint:ireturn
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ func New(provider Provider, client *http.Client, token string) ( //nolint:iretur
 	switch provider {
 	case IPInfo:
 		return newIPInfo(client, token), nil
+	case IP2Location:
+		return newIP2Location(client, token), nil
 	default:
 		panic("provider not valid: " + provider)
 	}
@@ -40,6 +43,8 @@ func ParseProvider(s string) (provider Provider, err error) {
 	switch strings.ToLower(s) {
 	case "ipinfo":
 		return IPInfo, nil
+	case "ip2location":
+		return IP2Location, nil
 	default:
 		return "", fmt.Errorf(`%w: %q can only be "ipinfo" or "ip2location"`,
 			ErrProviderNotValid, s)
diff --git a/internal/publicip/api/ip2location.go b/internal/publicip/api/ip2location.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db3dc0832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/publicip/api/ip2location.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/netip"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/qdm12/gluetun/internal/models"
+)
+
+type ip2Location struct {
+	client *http.Client
+	token  string
+}
+
+func newIP2Location(client *http.Client, token string) *ip2Location {
+	return &ip2Location{
+		client: client,
+		token:  token,
+	}
+}
+
+// FetchInfo obtains information on the ip address provided
+// using the api.ip2location.io API. If the ip is the zero value,
+// the public IP address of the machine is used as the IP.
+func (i *ip2Location) FetchInfo(ctx context.Context, ip netip.Addr) (
+	result models.PublicIP, err error) {
+	url := "https://api.ip2location.io/"
+	if ip.IsValid() {
+		url += "?ip=" + ip.String()
+	}
+
+	if i.token != "" {
+		if !strings.Contains(url, "?") {
+			url += "?"
+		}
+		url += "&key=" + i.token
+	}
+
+	request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+
+	response, err := i.client.Do(request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+	defer response.Body.Close()
+
+	if i.token != "" && response.StatusCode == http.StatusUnauthorized {
+		return result, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrTokenNotValid, response.Status)
+	}
+
+	switch response.StatusCode {
+	case http.StatusOK:
+	case http.StatusTooManyRequests, http.StatusForbidden:
+		return result, fmt.Errorf("%w from %s: %d %s",
+			ErrTooManyRequests, url, response.StatusCode, response.Status)
+	default:
+		return result, fmt.Errorf("%w from %s: %d %s",
+			ErrBadHTTPStatus, url, response.StatusCode, response.Status)
+	}
+
+	decoder := json.NewDecoder(response.Body)
+	var data struct {
+		IP          netip.Addr `json:"ip,omitempty"`
+		CountryName string     `json:"country_name,omitempty"`
+		RegionName  string     `json:"region_name,omitempty"`
+		CityName    string     `json:"city_name,omitempty"`
+		Latitude    string     `json:"latitude,omitempty"`
+		Longitude   string     `json:"longitude,omitempty"`
+		ZipCode     string     `json:"zip_code,omitempty"`
+		// Timezone in the form -07:00
+		Timezone string `json:"time_zone,omitempty"`
+		As       string `json:"as,omitempty"`
+	}
+	if err := decoder.Decode(&data); err != nil {
+		return result, fmt.Errorf("decoding response: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	result = models.PublicIP{
+		IP:           data.IP,
+		Region:       data.RegionName,
+		Country:      data.CountryName,
+		City:         data.CityName,
+		Hostname:     "", // no hostname
+		Location:     fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", data.Latitude, data.Longitude),
+		Organization: data.As,
+		PostalCode:   data.ZipCode,
+		Timezone:     data.Timezone,
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}