diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index dcc1a412df..c67ba1d5e5 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ AWS_BUCKET=null
 APP_LOG=single
 APP_LOCKED=false
 FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
+APP_TRUSTED_PROXIES=192.168.1.1,10.0.0.1
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diff --git a/app/Http/Kernel.php b/app/Http/Kernel.php
index 6ae3870c11..2e650bc671 100644
--- a/app/Http/Kernel.php
+++ b/app/Http/Kernel.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
         \App\Http\Middleware\XssProtectHeader::class,
         \App\Http\Middleware\NosniffGuard::class,
         \App\Http\Middleware\CheckForSetup::class,
+        \Fideloper\Proxy\TrustProxies::class,
     ];
 
     /**
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index b43fb683a7..e0901225c5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       "league/csv": "~7.0",
       "maknz/slack": "dev-master",
       "erusev/parsedown": "dev-master",
-      "fideloper/proxy": "2.1.1",
+      "fideloper/proxy": "^3.1",
       "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "5.3.0",
       "aws/aws-sdk-php-laravel": "~3.0",
       "tecnickcom/tc-lib-barcode": "dev-master",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index f161f88ee6..3bfc40846d 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "hash": "abd2bfc01b3565b7dd1f6aac9e9311b1",
-    "content-hash": "21294a0f9fd03e194e64084844a1d380",
+    "hash": "11dadd0d32641538b6855a62bc083aa2",
+    "content-hash": "dd7dd05440de96bf23863dec984217af",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "aws/aws-sdk-php",
@@ -792,31 +792,35 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "fideloper/proxy",
-            "version": "2.1.1",
+            "version": "3.1.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/fideloper/TrustedProxy.git",
-                "reference": "a0ec0f35c82dceecc0d8975f29e6e8e85acbd419"
+                "reference": "ec4dd30141e2515e307aea3539ff242e85c3f120"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/fideloper/TrustedProxy/zipball/a0ec0f35c82dceecc0d8975f29e6e8e85acbd419",
-                "reference": "a0ec0f35c82dceecc0d8975f29e6e8e85acbd419",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/fideloper/TrustedProxy/zipball/ec4dd30141e2515e307aea3539ff242e85c3f120",
+                "reference": "ec4dd30141e2515e307aea3539ff242e85c3f120",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
-                "illuminate/support": "~4.0|~5.0",
-                "php": ">=5.3.0"
+                "illuminate/contracts": "~5.0",
+                "php": ">=5.4.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "illuminate/http": "~5.0",
+                "mockery/mockery": "~0.9.3"
             },
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
                 "branch-alias": {
-                    "dev-master": "2.0-dev"
+                    "dev-master": "3.1-dev"
                 }
             },
             "autoload": {
-                "psr-0": {
-                    "Fideloper\\Proxy": "src/"
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Fideloper\\Proxy\\": "src/"
                 }
             },
             "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
@@ -835,7 +839,7 @@
                 "proxy",
                 "trusted proxy"
             ],
-            "time": "2014-11-20 02:20:43"
+            "time": "2015-12-24 15:02:55"
         },
         {
             "name": "guzzlehttp/guzzle",
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index 4841c56507..a55ce60c0a 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ return [
         Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider::class,
         Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,
         Spatie\Backup\BackupServiceProvider::class,
+        Fideloper\Proxy\TrustedProxyServiceProvider::class,
 
         /*
          * Custom service provider
diff --git a/config/trustedproxy.php b/config/trustedproxy.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4026962719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/trustedproxy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+
+    /*
+     * Set trusted proxy IP addresses.
+     *
+     * Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are
+     * supported, along with CIDR notation.
+     *
+     * The "*" character is syntactic sugar
+     * within TrustedProxy to trust any proxy;
+     * a requirement when you cannot know the address
+     * of your proxy (e.g. if using Rackspace balancers).
+     */
+    'proxies' => env('APP_TRUSTED_PROXIES') !== null ? explode(env('APP_TRUSTED_PROXIES'), ',') : '*',
+
+    /*
+     * Or, to trust all proxies, uncomment this:
+     */
+     # 'proxies' => '*',
+
+];
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