diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index abc14166..19703bcb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - [#2755](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/2755) feat: add X-Envoy-External-Address as supported header (@bjencks)
 - [#1985](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1985) Add support for systemd socket (@isodude)
 - [#2300](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/2300) Add fix for websocket path rewrite (@rekup)
+- [#2821](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/2821) feat: add CF-Connecting-IP as supported real ip header
 
 # V7.7.1
 
diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/overview.md b/docs/docs/configuration/overview.md
index 32ea71ad..511e2b59 100644
--- a/docs/docs/configuration/overview.md
+++ b/docs/docs/configuration/overview.md
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Provider specific options can be found on their respective subpages.
 | flag: `--htpasswd-file`<br/>toml: `htpasswd_file`                         | string         | additionally authenticate against a htpasswd file. Entries must be created with `htpasswd -B` for bcrypt encryption                                                                                                           |             |
 | flag: `--htpasswd-user-group`<br/>toml: `htpasswd_user_groups`            | string \| list | the groups to be set on sessions for htpasswd users                                                                                                                                                                           |             |
 | flag: `--proxy-prefix`<br/>toml: `proxy_prefix`                           | string         | the url root path that this proxy should be nested under (e.g. /`<oauth2>/sign_in`)                                                                                                                                           | `"/oauth2"` |
-| flag: `--real-client-ip-header`<br/>toml: `real_client_ip_header`         | string         | Header used to determine the real IP of the client, requires `--reverse-proxy` to be set (one of: X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP, X-ProxyUser-IP, or X-Envoy-External-Address)                                                    | X-Real-IP   |
+| flag: `--real-client-ip-header`<br/>toml: `real_client_ip_header`         | string         | Header used to determine the real IP of the client, requires `--reverse-proxy` to be set (one of: X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP, X-ProxyUser-IP, X-Envoy-External-Address, or CF-Connecting-IP)                                                    | X-Real-IP   |
 | flag: `--redirect-url`<br/>toml: `redirect_url`                           | string         | the OAuth Redirect URL, e.g. `"https://internalapp.yourcompany.com/oauth2/callback"`                                                                                                                                          |             |
 | flag: `--relative-redirect-url`<br/>toml: `relative_redirect_url`         | bool           | allow relative OAuth Redirect URL.`                                                                                                                                                                                           | false       |
 | flag: `--reverse-proxy`<br/>toml: `reverse_proxy`                         | bool           | are we running behind a reverse proxy, controls whether headers like X-Real-IP are accepted and allows X-Forwarded-\{Proto,Host,Uri\} headers to be used on redirect selection                                                | false       |
diff --git a/pkg/apis/options/options.go b/pkg/apis/options/options.go
index 4dff5c62..2982ca74 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/options/options.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func NewFlagSet() *pflag.FlagSet {
 	flagSet := pflag.NewFlagSet("oauth2-proxy", pflag.ExitOnError)
 
 	flagSet.Bool("reverse-proxy", false, "are we running behind a reverse proxy, controls whether headers like X-Real-Ip are accepted")
-	flagSet.String("real-client-ip-header", "X-Real-IP", "Header used to determine the real IP of the client (one of: X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP, X-ProxyUser-IP, or X-Envoy-External-Address)")
+	flagSet.String("real-client-ip-header", "X-Real-IP", "Header used to determine the real IP of the client (one of: X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP, X-ProxyUser-IP, X-Envoy-External-Address, or CF-Connecting-IP)")
 	flagSet.StringSlice("trusted-ip", []string{}, "list of IPs or CIDR ranges to allow to bypass authentication. WARNING: trusting by IP has inherent security flaws, read the configuration documentation for more information.")
 	flagSet.Bool("force-https", false, "force HTTPS redirect for HTTP requests")
 	flagSet.String("redirect-url", "", "the OAuth Redirect URL. ie: \"https://internalapp.yourcompany.com/oauth2/callback\"")
diff --git a/pkg/ip/realclientip.go b/pkg/ip/realclientip.go
index d2d941dd..8bfc7ea3 100644
--- a/pkg/ip/realclientip.go
+++ b/pkg/ip/realclientip.go
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ func GetRealClientIPParser(headerKey string) (ipapi.RealClientIPParser, error) {
 	case http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Forwarded-For"),
 		http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Real-IP"),
 		http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-ProxyUser-IP"),
-		http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Envoy-External-Address"):
+		http.CanonicalHeaderKey("X-Envoy-External-Address"),
+		// Cloudflare specific Real-IP header
+		http.CanonicalHeaderKey("CF-Connecting-IP"):
 		return &xForwardedForClientIPParser{header: headerKey}, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/ip/realclientip_test.go b/pkg/ip/realclientip_test.go
index 8e053f97..c56e0170 100644
--- a/pkg/ip/realclientip_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ip/realclientip_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func TestGetRealClientIPParser(t *testing.T) {
 		{"X-REAL-IP", "", forwardedForType},
 		{"x-proxyuser-ip", "", forwardedForType},
 		{"x-envoy-external-address", "", forwardedForType},
+		{"cf-connecting-ip", "", forwardedForType},
 		{"", "the http header key () is either invalid or unsupported", nil},
 		{"Forwarded", "the http header key (Forwarded) is either invalid or unsupported", nil},
 		{"2#* @##$$:kd", "the http header key (2#* @##$$:kd) is either invalid or unsupported", nil},