diff --git a/library/Zend/Session/Validator/RemoteAddr.php b/library/Zend/Session/Validator/RemoteAddr.php
index 8dd93033252..300ace61b6e 100644
--- a/library/Zend/Session/Validator/RemoteAddr.php
+++ b/library/Zend/Session/Validator/RemoteAddr.php
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ class RemoteAddr implements SessionValidator
      */
     protected static $trustedProxies = array();
 
+    /**
+     * HTTP header to introspect for proxies
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected static $proxyHeader = 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR';
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      * get the current user IP and store it in the session as 'valid data'
@@ -103,6 +110,17 @@ public static function setTrustedProxies(array $trustedProxies)
         static::$trustedProxies = $trustedProxies;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the header to introspect for proxy IPs
+     *
+     * @param  string $header
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public static function setProxyHeader($header = 'X-Forwarded-For')
+    {
+        static::$proxyHeader = static::normalizeProxyHeader($header);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns client IP address.
      *
@@ -134,13 +152,14 @@ protected function getIpAddressFromProxy()
             return false;
         }
 
-        // Only ever look at X-Forwarded-For header; Client-IP is unreliable
-        if (!isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']) || empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
+        $header = static::$proxyHeader;
+
+        if (!isset($_SERVER[$header]) || empty($_SERVER[$header])) {
             return false;
         }
 
         // Extract IPs
-        $ips = explode(',', $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']);
+        $ips = explode(',', $_SERVER[$header]);
         // trim, so we can compare against trusted proxies properly
         $ips = array_map('trim', $ips);
         // remove trusted proxy IPs
@@ -175,4 +194,23 @@ public function getName()
     {
         return __CLASS__;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Normalize a header string
+     *
+     * Normalizes a header string to a format that is compatible with
+     * $_SERVER
+     *
+     * @param  string $header
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected static function normalizeProxyHeader($header)
+    {
+        $header = strtoupper($header);
+        $header = str_replace('-', '_', $header);
+        if (0 !== strpos($header, 'HTTP_')) {
+            $header = 'HTTP_' . $header;
+        }
+        return $header;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ZendTest/Session/Validator/RemoteAddrTest.php b/tests/ZendTest/Session/Validator/RemoteAddrTest.php
index 449c6f237bd..fc8a8a3d7c9 100644
--- a/tests/ZendTest/Session/Validator/RemoteAddrTest.php
+++ b/tests/ZendTest/Session/Validator/RemoteAddrTest.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ protected function backup()
         );
         RemoteAddr::setUseProxy(false);
         RemoteAddr::setTrustedProxies(array());
+        RemoteAddr::setProxyHeader();
     }
 
     protected function restore()
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ protected function restore()
         $_SERVER = $this->backup;
         RemoteAddr::setUseProxy(false);
         RemoteAddr::setTrustedProxies(array());
+        RemoteAddr::setProxyHeader();
     }
 
     public function testGetData()
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ public function testUsesRightMostAddressWhenMultipleHttpXForwardedForAddressesPr
         $this->restore();
     }
 
-    public function testShouldNotUseClientIpHeaderToTestProxyCapabilities()
+    public function testShouldNotUseClientIpHeaderToTestProxyCapabilitiesByDefault()
     {
         $this->backup();
         $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = '0.1.2.3';
@@ -138,4 +140,17 @@ public function testWillOmitTrustedProxyIpsFromXForwardedForMatching()
         $this->assertEquals('2.1.2.3', $validator->getData());
         $this->restore();
     }
+
+    public function testCanSpecifyWhichHeaderToUseStatically()
+    {
+        $this->backup();
+        $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = '0.1.2.3';
+        $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] = '2.1.2.3, 1.1.2.3';
+        $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'] = '0.1.2.4';
+        RemoteAddr::setUseProxy(true);
+        RemoteAddr::setProxyHeader('Client-Ip');
+        $validator = new RemoteAddr();
+        $this->assertEquals('0.1.2.4', $validator->getData());
+        $this->restore();
+    }
 }