diff --git a/lib/falcon/middleware/proxy.rb b/lib/falcon/middleware/proxy.rb
index aafd1a70..8bc185d2 100644
--- a/lib/falcon/middleware/proxy.rb
+++ b/lib/falcon/middleware/proxy.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ class Proxy < Protocol::HTTP::Middleware
 			FORWARDED = "forwarded"
 			X_FORWARDED_FOR = "x-forwarded-for"
 			X_FORWARDED_PROTO = "x-forwarded-proto"
+			X_FORWARDED_HOST = "x-forwarded-host"
+			X_FORWARDED_PORT = "x-forwarded-port"
+			X_FORWARDED_SCHEME = "x-forwarded-scheme"
+			X_FORWARDED_SSL = "x-forwarded-ssl"
+			X_REAL_IP = "x-real-ip"
+			CLIENT_IP = "client-ip"
 			
 			VIA = "via"
 			CONNECTION = "connection"
@@ -48,6 +54,19 @@ class Proxy < Protocol::HTTP::Middleware
 				"upgrade",
 			]
 			
+			# Headers which disclose client/proxy provenance across a trust boundary.
+			FORWARDED_HEADERS = [
+				FORWARDED,
+				X_FORWARDED_FOR,
+				X_FORWARDED_PROTO,
+				X_FORWARDED_HOST,
+				X_FORWARDED_PORT,
+				X_FORWARDED_SCHEME,
+				X_FORWARDED_SSL,
+				X_REAL_IP,
+				CLIENT_IP,
+			]
+			
 			# Initialize the proxy middleware.
 			# @parameter app [Protocol::HTTP::Middleware] The middleware to use if a request can't be proxied.
 			# @parameter hosts [Hash(String, Service::Proxy)] The host applications to proxy to.
@@ -99,6 +118,12 @@ def prepare_headers(headers)
 				headers.extract(HOP_HEADERS)
 			end
 			
+			# Prepare forwarded headers before adding the proxy's own provenance.
+			# Override this method to preserve or transform trusted upstream headers.
+			def prepare_forwarded_headers(headers)
+				headers.extract(FORWARDED_HEADERS)
+			end
+			
 			# Prepare the request to be proxied to the specified host.
 			# In particular, we set appropriate {VIA}, {FORWARDED}, {X_FORWARDED_FOR} and {X_FORWARDED_PROTO} headers.
 			def prepare_request(request, host)
@@ -114,6 +139,8 @@ def prepare_request(request, host)
 				# The authority of the request must match the authority of the endpoint we are proxying to, otherwise SNI and other things won't work correctly.
 				request.authority = host.authority
 				
+				self.prepare_forwarded_headers(request.headers)
+				
 				if address = request.remote_address
 					request.headers.add(X_FORWARDED_FOR, address.ip_address)
 					forwarded << "for=#{address.ip_address}"
diff --git a/test/falcon/middleware/proxy.rb b/test/falcon/middleware/proxy.rb
index 2444ffc3..a19c5a31 100644
--- a/test/falcon/middleware/proxy.rb
+++ b/test/falcon/middleware/proxy.rb
@@ -93,4 +93,57 @@ def proxy_for(**options)
 			message: be(:include?, "Request authority: www.google.com"),
 		)
 	end
+	
+	it "strips forwarded headers before preparing requests" do
+		headers = Protocol::HTTP::Headers[
+			"forwarded" => "for=203.0.113.1;proto=http",
+			"x-forwarded-for" => "203.0.113.1",
+			"x-forwarded-proto" => "http",
+			"x-forwarded-host" => "example.com",
+			"x-forwarded-port" => "80",
+			"x-forwarded-scheme" => "http",
+			"x-forwarded-ssl" => "off",
+			"x-real-ip" => "203.0.113.1",
+			"client-ip" => "203.0.113.1",
+		]
+		request = Protocol::HTTP::Request.new("https", "www.google.com", "GET", "/", "HTTP/1.1", headers, nil)
+		host = proxy_for(authority: "www.google.com", endpoint: Async::HTTP::Endpoint.parse("https://www.google.com"))
+		
+		expect(request).to receive(:remote_address).and_return(Addrinfo.ip("127.0.0.1"))
+		
+		proxy.prepare_request(request, host)
+		
+		expect(request.headers["forwarded"]).to be == ["for=127.0.0.1;proto=https"]
+		expect(request.headers["x-forwarded-for"]).to be == ["127.0.0.1"]
+		expect(request.headers["x-forwarded-proto"]).to be == ["https"]
+		expect(request.headers["x-forwarded-host"]).to be_nil
+		expect(request.headers["x-forwarded-port"]).to be_nil
+		expect(request.headers["x-forwarded-scheme"]).to be_nil
+		expect(request.headers["x-forwarded-ssl"]).to be_nil
+		expect(request.headers["x-real-ip"]).to be_nil
+		expect(request.headers["client-ip"]).to be_nil
+	end
+	
+	it "allows forwarded header preparation to be overridden" do
+		klass = Class.new(subject) do
+			def prepare_forwarded_headers(headers)
+			end
+		end
+		proxy = klass.new(Falcon::Middleware::BadRequest, {})
+		headers = Protocol::HTTP::Headers[
+			"forwarded" => "for=203.0.113.1;proto=http",
+			"x-forwarded-for" => "203.0.113.1",
+			"x-forwarded-proto" => "http",
+		]
+		request = Protocol::HTTP::Request.new("https", "www.google.com", "GET", "/", "HTTP/1.1", headers, nil)
+		host = proxy_for(authority: "www.google.com", endpoint: Async::HTTP::Endpoint.parse("https://www.google.com"))
+		
+		expect(request).to receive(:remote_address).and_return(Addrinfo.ip("127.0.0.1"))
+		
+		proxy.prepare_request(request, host)
+		
+		expect(request.headers["forwarded"]).to be == ["for=203.0.113.1;proto=http", "for=127.0.0.1;proto=https"]
+		expect(request.headers["x-forwarded-for"]).to be == ["203.0.113.1", "127.0.0.1"]
+		expect(request.headers["x-forwarded-proto"]).to be == ["http", "https"]
+	end
 end