diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_realip_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_realip_module.c
index f6731e780..ad68720dd 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_realip_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_realip_module.c
@@ -10,18 +10,20 @@
 #include <ngx_http.h>
 
 
-#define NGX_HTTP_REALIP_XREALIP  0
-#define NGX_HTTP_REALIP_XFWD     1
-#define NGX_HTTP_REALIP_HEADER   2
-#define NGX_HTTP_REALIP_PROXY    3
+#define NGX_HTTP_REALIP_XREALIP     0
+#define NGX_HTTP_REALIP_XFWD        1
+#define NGX_HTTP_REALIP_HEADER      2
+#define NGX_HTTP_REALIP_PROXY       3
+#define NGX_HTTP_REALIP_EXPRESSION  4
 
 
 typedef struct {
-    ngx_array_t       *from;     /* array of ngx_cidr_t */
-    ngx_uint_t         type;
-    ngx_uint_t         hash;
-    ngx_str_t          header;
-    ngx_flag_t         recursive;
+    ngx_array_t               *from;     /* array of ngx_cidr_t */
+    ngx_uint_t                 type;
+    ngx_uint_t                 hash;
+    ngx_str_t                  header;
+    ngx_http_complex_value_t  *addresses;
+    ngx_flag_t                 recursive;
 } ngx_http_realip_loc_conf_t;
 
 
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ ngx_http_realip_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 {
     u_char                      *p;
     size_t                       len;
-    ngx_str_t                   *value;
+    ngx_str_t                   *value, addrs_value;
     ngx_uint_t                   i, hash;
     ngx_addr_t                   addr;
     ngx_list_part_t             *part;
@@ -188,6 +190,23 @@ ngx_http_realip_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 
         break;
 
+    case NGX_HTTP_REALIP_EXPRESSION:
+
+        if (ngx_http_complex_value(r, rlcf->addresses, &addrs_value)
+            != NGX_OK)
+        {
+            return NGX_DECLINED;
+        }
+
+        if (addrs_value.len == 0) {
+            return NGX_DECLINED;
+        }
+
+        value = &addrs_value;
+        xfwd = NULL;
+
+        break;
+
     default: /* NGX_HTTP_REALIP_HEADER */
 
         part = &r->headers_in.headers.part;
@@ -418,7 +437,9 @@ ngx_http_realip(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf)
 {
     ngx_http_realip_loc_conf_t *rlcf = conf;
 
-    ngx_str_t  *value;
+    ngx_str_t                         *value;
+    ngx_http_complex_value_t           cv;
+    ngx_http_compile_complex_value_t   ccv;
 
     if (rlcf->type != NGX_CONF_UNSET_UINT) {
         return "is duplicate";
@@ -441,6 +462,29 @@ ngx_http_realip(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf)
         return NGX_CONF_OK;
     }
 
+    ngx_memzero(&ccv, sizeof(ngx_http_compile_complex_value_t));
+
+    ccv.cf = cf;
+    ccv.value = &value[1];
+    ccv.complex_value = &cv;
+
+    if (ngx_http_compile_complex_value(&ccv) != NGX_OK) {
+        return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (cv.lengths != NULL) {
+        rlcf->addresses = ngx_palloc(cf->pool,
+                                     sizeof(ngx_http_complex_value_t));
+        if (rlcf->addresses == NULL) {
+            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        *rlcf->addresses = cv;
+        rlcf->type = NGX_HTTP_REALIP_EXPRESSION;
+
+        return NGX_CONF_OK;
+    }
+
     rlcf->type = NGX_HTTP_REALIP_HEADER;
     rlcf->hash = ngx_hash_strlow(value[1].data, value[1].data, value[1].len);
     rlcf->header = value[1];
@@ -465,6 +509,7 @@ ngx_http_realip_create_loc_conf(ngx_conf_t *cf)
      *     conf->from = NULL;
      *     conf->hash = 0;
      *     conf->header = { 0, NULL };
+     *     conf->addresses = NULL;
      */
 
     conf->type = NGX_CONF_UNSET_UINT;
@@ -492,6 +537,10 @@ ngx_http_realip_merge_loc_conf(ngx_conf_t *cf, void *parent, void *child)
         conf->header = prev->header;
     }
 
+    if (conf->addresses == NULL) {
+        conf->addresses = prev->addresses;
+    }
+
     return NGX_CONF_OK;
 }