diff --git a/defaults/application.ini b/defaults/application.ini
index f4ad98e75..712f0995b 100644
--- a/defaults/application.ini
+++ b/defaults/application.ini
@@ -83,8 +83,14 @@ EnableHttpMethodOverride=false
 # the client, if true.
 EnableForwardedForHeader=false
 
-# Specify IP addresses of the proxy servers to work the feature of
-# X-Forwarded-For header.
+# If false is specified, only the right-most IP address in X-Forwarded-For
+# request header is parsed, otherwise all IP addresses in header are parsed
+# from right side to left stopping at the last non-trusted IP address.
+ParseForwardedForHeaderRecursively=false
+
+# Specify trusted proxy servers to work the feature of X-Forwarded-For header.
+# Set to a quoted comma-delimited list of IP addresses or subnets,
+# for example: "192.168.1.10, 10.0.1.0/24, 10.0.2.0/255.255.255.0"
 TrustedProxyServers=
 
 # Sets the timeout in seconds during which a keep-alive HTTP connection
diff --git a/src/tappsettings.cpp b/src/tappsettings.cpp
index 148f9f191..ebf6c1b19 100644
--- a/src/tappsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/tappsettings.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class AttributeMap : public QMap<int, QString> {
         insert(Tf::EnableCsrfProtectionModule, "EnableCsrfProtectionModule");
         insert(Tf::EnableHttpMethodOverride, "EnableHttpMethodOverride");
         insert(Tf::EnableForwardedForHeader, "EnableForwardedForHeader");
+        insert(Tf::ParseForwardedForHeaderRecursively, "ParseForwardedForHeaderRecursively");
         insert(Tf::TrustedProxyServers, "TrustedProxyServers");
         insert(Tf::HttpKeepAliveTimeout, "HttpKeepAliveTimeout");
         insert(Tf::LDPreload, "LDPreload");
diff --git a/src/tfnamespace.h b/src/tfnamespace.h
index c464911c6..8f7702143 100644
--- a/src/tfnamespace.h
+++ b/src/tfnamespace.h
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ enum AppAttribute {
     SessionCookieSameSite,
     //
     EnableForwardedForHeader,
+    ParseForwardedForHeaderRecursively,
     TrustedProxyServers,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/thttprequest.cpp b/src/thttprequest.cpp
index 262e1f092..f5f251518 100644
--- a/src/thttprequest.cpp
+++ b/src/thttprequest.cpp
@@ -602,6 +602,18 @@ QList<THttpRequest> THttpRequest::generate(const QByteArray &byteArray, const QH
     return reqList;
 }
 
+typedef QPair<QHostAddress, int> NetworkSubnet;
+
+static bool isInAnySubnet(const QHostAddress &ip, const QList<NetworkSubnet> &subnets)
+{
+    for (const auto &subnet : subnets) {
+        if (ip.isInSubnet(subnet.first, subnet.second)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 /*!
  Returns a originating IP address of the client by parsing the 'X-Forwarded-For'
  header of the request. To enable this feature, edit application.ini and
@@ -611,44 +623,44 @@ QList<THttpRequest> THttpRequest::generate(const QByteArray &byteArray, const QH
 QHostAddress THttpRequest::originatingClientAddress() const
 {
     static const bool EnableForwardedForHeader = Tf::appSettings()->value(Tf::EnableForwardedForHeader, false).toBool();
-    static const QStringList TrustedProxyServers = []() {  // delimiter: comma or space
-        QStringList servers;
-        for (auto &s : Tf::appSettings()->value(Tf::TrustedProxyServers).toStringList()) {
-            servers << s.simplified().split(QLatin1Char(' '));
-        }
-
-        QHostAddress ip;
-        for (QMutableListIterator<QString> it(servers); it.hasNext();) {
-            auto &s = it.next();
-            if (!ip.setAddress(s)) {  // check IP address
-                it.remove();
+    static const bool ParseForwardedForHeaderRecursively = Tf::appSettings()->value(Tf::ParseForwardedForHeaderRecursively, false).toBool();
+    static const bool ListeningOnUnixDomainSocket = Tf::appSettings()->value(Tf::ListenPort).toString().trimmed().startsWith(QStringLiteral("unix:"));
+    static const bool TrustUnixDomainSocketProxy = true;
+    static const QList<NetworkSubnet> TrustProxyServersInSubnets = []() {
+        QList<NetworkSubnet> subnets;
+        for (const QString &s : Tf::appSettings()->value(Tf::TrustedProxyServers).toString().split(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("\\s*,\\s*")), QString::SkipEmptyParts)) {
+            NetworkSubnet subnet = QHostAddress::parseSubnet(s);
+            if (subnet.first.protocol() != QAbstractSocket::UnknownNetworkLayerProtocol) {
+                subnets.append(subnet);
+            } else {
+                tSystemWarn("Invalid IP address or subnet '%s' in TrustedProxyServers parameter", qPrintable(s));
             }
         }
-        return servers;
+        return subnets;
     }();
 
-    QString remoteHost;
-    if (EnableForwardedForHeader) {
-        if (TrustedProxyServers.isEmpty()) {
-            T_ONCE(tWarn("TrustedProxyServers parameter of config is empty!"));
-        }
+    QHostAddress remoteAddress = clientAddress();
 
-        auto hosts = QString::fromLatin1(header().rawHeader(QByteArrayLiteral("X-Forwarded-For"))).simplified().split(QRegularExpression("\\s?,\\s?"), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
-        if (hosts.isEmpty()) {
-            tWarn("'X-Forwarded-For' header is empty");
-        } else {
-            for (auto &proxy : TrustedProxyServers) {
-                hosts.removeAll(proxy);
-            }
-
-            if (!hosts.isEmpty()) {
-                remoteHost = hosts.last();
+    if (EnableForwardedForHeader) {
+        const QByteArray forwardedForHeader = header().rawHeader(QByteArrayLiteral("X-Forwarded-For"));
+        if (!forwardedForHeader.isEmpty()) {
+            QStringList hosts = QString::fromLatin1(forwardedForHeader).trimmed().split(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("\\s*,\\s*")));
+
+            bool trustProxy = (ListeningOnUnixDomainSocket && TrustUnixDomainSocketProxy) || isInAnySubnet(remoteAddress, TrustProxyServersInSubnets);
+            while (trustProxy && !hosts.isEmpty()) {
+                QHostAddress host;
+                if (!host.setAddress(hosts.takeLast()))
+                    break;
+                remoteAddress = host;
+                if (!ParseForwardedForHeaderRecursively)
+                    break;
+                trustProxy = isInAnySubnet(remoteAddress, TrustProxyServersInSubnets);
             }
         }
     }
-    return (remoteHost.isEmpty()) ? clientAddress() : QHostAddress(remoteHost);
-}
 
+    return remoteAddress;
+}
 
 QIODevice *THttpRequest::rawBody()
 {