diff --git a/learn/parse_http.go b/learn/parse_http.go
index 7b37c0ef..e3511548 100644
--- a/learn/parse_http.go
+++ b/learn/parse_http.go
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ func ParseHTTP(elem akinet.ParsedNetworkContent) (*PartialWitness, error) {
 
 	var streamID uuid.UUID
 	var seq int
+	xForwardedFor := optionals.None[string]()
 
 	switch t := elem.(type) {
 	case akinet.HTTPRequest:
 		streamID = t.StreamID
 		seq = t.Seq
-
 		isRequest = true
-		methodMeta, datas = parseRequest(&t)
+		methodMeta, datas, xForwardedFor = parseRequest(&t)
 		rawBody = t.Body
 		bodyDecompressed = t.BodyDecompressed
 		headers = t.Header
@@ -187,8 +187,9 @@ func ParseHTTP(elem akinet.ParsedNetworkContent) (*PartialWitness, error) {
 	}
 
 	return &PartialWitness{
-		Witness: &pb.Witness{Method: method},
-		PairKey: toWitnessID(streamID, seq),
+		Witness:       &pb.Witness{Method: method},
+		PairKey:       toWitnessID(streamID, seq),
+		XForwardedFor: xForwardedFor,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -487,14 +488,14 @@ func parseMultipartBody(multipartType string, boundary string, bodyStream io.Rea
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func parseRequest(req *akinet.HTTPRequest) (*pb.MethodMeta, []*pb.Data) {
+func parseRequest(req *akinet.HTTPRequest) (*pb.MethodMeta, []*pb.Data, optionals.Optional[string]) {
 	datas := []*pb.Data{}
 	noStatusCode := optionals.None[int]()
 	datas = append(datas, parseQuery(req.URL)...)
 	datas = append(datas, parseHeader(req.Header, noStatusCode)...)
 	datas = append(datas, parseCookies(req.Cookies, noStatusCode)...)
 
-	return parseMethodMeta(req), datas
+	return parseMethodMeta(req), datas, parseLoadBalancer(req.Header)
 }
 
 func parseResponse(resp *akinet.HTTPResponse) []*pb.Data {
@@ -523,6 +524,19 @@ func parseCookies(cs []*http.Cookie, responseCodeOpt optionals.Optional[int]) []
 	return datas
 }
 
+// Extract the X-Forwarded-For header, if present
+func parseLoadBalancer(header http.Header) optionals.Optional[string] {
+	for k, vs := range header {
+		switch strings.ToLower(k) {
+		case "x-forwarded-for":
+			if len(vs) > 0 {
+				return optionals.Some(vs[0])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return optionals.None[string]()
+}
+
 // Translate headers to data objects.  optionals.None indicates that the header
 // is in a request.
 func parseHeader(header http.Header, responseCodeOpt optionals.Optional[int]) []*pb.Data {
@@ -551,11 +565,14 @@ func parseHeader(header http.Header, responseCodeOpt optionals.Optional[int]) []
 
 		switch strings.ToLower(k) {
 		case "cookie", "set-cookie":
-			// Cookies are parsed by parseHeader.
+			// Cookies are parsed by parseCookies.
 			continue
 		case "content-type":
 			// Handled by parseBody.
 			continue
+		case "x-forwarded-for":
+			// Handled by parseLoadBalancer
+			continue
 		case "authorization":
 			// If the authorization header is in the request, create an
 			// HTTPAuth object.  Treat authorization headers in the response
diff --git a/learn/types.go b/learn/types.go
index 0853bf15..ef482f05 100644
--- a/learn/types.go
+++ b/learn/types.go
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
-	"github.com/akitasoftware/akita-libs/akid"
 	pb "github.com/akitasoftware/akita-ir/go/api_spec"
+	"github.com/akitasoftware/akita-libs/akid"
+	"github.com/akitasoftware/go-utils/optionals"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ type PartialWitness struct {
 
 	// Key used to pair this PartialWitness up with its counterpart.
 	PairKey akid.WitnessID
+
+	// Request header's X-forwarded-for header, the real client address
+	XForwardedFor optionals.Optional[string]
 }
 
 // Generates a v5 UUID as witness ID based on stream ID and seq.
diff --git a/trace/backend_collector.go b/trace/backend_collector.go
index 3174cc5c..11012a3e 100644
--- a/trace/backend_collector.go
+++ b/trace/backend_collector.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package trace
 import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"net"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ type witnessWithInfo struct {
 	requestEnd      time.Time
 	responseStart   time.Time
 
-	witness *pb.Witness
+	witness       *pb.Witness
+	xForwardedFor optionals.Optional[string]
 }
 
 func (r witnessWithInfo) toReport() (*kgxapi.WitnessReport, error) {
@@ -64,6 +66,13 @@ func (r witnessWithInfo) toReport() (*kgxapi.WitnessReport, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to marshal witness proto")
 	}
 
+	if header, ok := r.xForwardedFor.Get(); ok {
+		printer.Infof("Real source IP %v, X-Forwarded-For header %v\n", r.srcIP, header)
+		addrs := strings.Split(header, ",")
+		// Replace with the leftmost IP, which is the closest to the original (???)
+		r.srcIP = net.ParseIP(addrs[0])
+	}
+
 	return &kgxapi.WitnessReport{
 		Direction:       kgxapi.Inbound,
 		OriginAddr:      r.srcIP,
@@ -207,6 +216,8 @@ func (c *BackendCollector) Process(t akinet.ParsedNetworkTraffic) error {
 		if isRequest {
 			pair.srcIP, pair.dstIP = pair.dstIP, pair.srcIP
 			pair.srcPort, pair.dstPort = pair.dstPort, pair.srcPort
+
+			pair.xForwardedFor = partial.XForwardedFor
 		}
 
 		c.queueUpload(pair)
@@ -225,6 +236,7 @@ func (c *BackendCollector) Process(t akinet.ParsedNetworkTraffic) error {
 			witness:         partial.Witness,
 			observationTime: t.ObservationTime,
 			id:              partial.PairKey,
+			xForwardedFor:   partial.XForwardedFor,
 		}
 		// Store whichever timestamp brackets the processing interval.
 		w.recordTimestamp(isRequest, t)