diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
index e43d8a5af..7447270aa 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
   @Expose private final Advanced advanced;
   @Expose private final Query query;
   private final Metrics metrics;
+  @Expose private boolean enablePlayerAddressLogging = true;
   private net.kyori.adventure.text.@MonotonicNonNull Component motdAsComponent;
   private @Nullable Favicon favicon;
 
@@ -88,8 +89,9 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
   private VelocityConfiguration(String bind, String motd, int showMaxPlayers, boolean onlineMode,
       boolean preventClientProxyConnections, boolean announceForge,
       PlayerInfoForwarding playerInfoForwardingMode, byte[] forwardingSecret,
-      boolean onlineModeKickExistingPlayers, PingPassthroughMode pingPassthrough, Servers servers,
-      ForcedHosts forcedHosts, Advanced advanced, Query query, Metrics metrics) {
+      boolean onlineModeKickExistingPlayers, PingPassthroughMode pingPassthrough,
+      boolean enablePlayerAddressLogging, Servers servers,ForcedHosts forcedHosts,
+      Advanced advanced, Query query, Metrics metrics) {
     this.bind = bind;
     this.motd = motd;
     this.showMaxPlayers = showMaxPlayers;
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
     this.forwardingSecret = forwardingSecret;
     this.onlineModeKickExistingPlayers = onlineModeKickExistingPlayers;
     this.pingPassthrough = pingPassthrough;
+    this.enablePlayerAddressLogging = enablePlayerAddressLogging;
     this.servers = servers;
     this.forcedHosts = forcedHosts;
     this.advanced = advanced;
@@ -351,6 +354,10 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
     return pingPassthrough;
   }
 
+  public boolean isPlayerAddressLoggingEnabled() {
+    return enablePlayerAddressLogging;
+  }
+
   public boolean isBungeePluginChannelEnabled() {
     return advanced.isBungeePluginMessageChannel();
   }
@@ -386,6 +393,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
         .add("advanced", advanced)
         .add("query", query)
         .add("favicon", favicon)
+        .add("enablePlayerAddressLogging", enablePlayerAddressLogging)
         .toString();
   }
 
@@ -459,6 +467,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
     Boolean preventClientProxyConnections = config.getOrElse("prevent-client-proxy-connections",
         true);
     Boolean kickExisting = config.getOrElse("kick-existing-players", false);
+    Boolean enablePlayerAddressLogging = config.getOrElse("enable-player-address-logging", true);
 
     return new VelocityConfiguration(
         bind,
@@ -471,6 +480,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
         forwardingSecret,
         kickExisting,
         pingPassthroughMode,
+        enablePlayerAddressLogging,
         new Servers(serversConfig),
         new ForcedHosts(forcedHostsConfig),
         new Advanced(advancedConfig),
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
index 7a9146787..0851f1139 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
@@ -830,7 +830,9 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player {
 
   @Override
   public String toString() {
-    return "[connected player] " + profile.getName() + " (" + getRemoteAddress() + ")";
+    boolean isPlayerAddressLoggingEnabled = server.getConfiguration().isPlayerAddressLoggingEnabled();
+    String playerIp = isPlayerAddressLoggingEnabled ? getRemoteAddress().toString() : "<ip address withheld>";
+    return "[connected player] " + profile.getName() + " (" + playerIp + ")";
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/resources/default-velocity.toml b/proxy/src/main/resources/default-velocity.toml
index 4a8447336..0c1705721 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/resources/default-velocity.toml
+++ b/proxy/src/main/resources/default-velocity.toml
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ kick-existing-players = false
 #                  configuration is used if no servers could be contacted.
 ping-passthrough = "DISABLED"
 
+# If not enabled (default is true) player IP addresses will be replaced by <ip address withheld> in logs
+enable-player-address-logging = true
+
 [servers]
 # Configure your servers here. Each key represents the server's name, and the value
 # represents the IP address of the server to connect to.