diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.4.3.3
+
+* `fixReqHeaders` may create weird `x-real-ip` header [#19](https://github.com/fpco/http-reverse-proxy/issues/19)
+
 ## 0.4.3.2
 
 * Minor doc cleanup
diff --git a/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs b/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs
@@ -58,13 +58,15 @@
 import           Data.Default.Class             (Default (..), def)
 import           Data.Functor.Identity          (Identity (..))
 import           Data.IORef
-import           Data.Maybe                     (fromMaybe)
+import           Data.Maybe                     (fromMaybe, listToMaybe)
 import           Data.Monoid                    (mappend, mconcat, (<>))
 import           Data.Set                       (Set)
 import qualified Data.Set                       as Set
 import           Data.Streaming.Network         (AppData, readLens)
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy                 as TL
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Encoding        as TLE
+import qualified Data.Text                      as T
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding             as TE
 import           Data.Word8                     (isSpace, _colon, _cr)
 import           Network.HTTP.Client            (BodyReader, brRead)
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Client            as HC
@@ -319,11 +321,14 @@
                $ WAI.requestHeaders req
   where
     fromSocket = (("X-Real-IP", S8.pack $ showSockAddr $ WAI.remoteHost req):)
+    fromForwardedFor = do
+      h <- lookup "x-forwarded-for" (WAI.requestHeaders req)
+      listToMaybe $ map (TE.encodeUtf8 . T.strip) $ T.splitOn "," $ TE.decodeUtf8 h
     addXRealIP =
         case wpsSetIpHeader wps of
             SIHFromSocket -> fromSocket
             SIHFromHeader ->
-                case lookup "x-real-ip" (WAI.requestHeaders req) <|> lookup "X-Forwarded-For" (WAI.requestHeaders req) of
+                case lookup "x-real-ip" (WAI.requestHeaders req) <|> fromForwardedFor of
                     Nothing -> fromSocket
                     Just ip -> (("X-Real-IP", ip):)
             SIHNone -> id
diff --git a/http-reverse-proxy.cabal b/http-reverse-proxy.cabal
--- a/http-reverse-proxy.cabal
+++ b/http-reverse-proxy.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                http-reverse-proxy
-version:             0.4.3.2
+version:             0.4.3.3
 synopsis:            Reverse proxy HTTP requests, either over raw sockets or with WAI
 description:         Provides a simple means of reverse-proxying HTTP requests. The raw approach uses the same technique as leveraged by keter, whereas the WAI approach performs full request/response parsing via WAI and http-conduit.
 homepage:            https://github.com/fpco/http-reverse-proxy
diff --git a/test/main.hs b/test/main.hs
--- a/test/main.hs
+++ b/test/main.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings   #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
 import           Blaze.ByteString.Builder     (fromByteString)
+import           Control.Applicative          ((<$>))
 import           Control.Concurrent           (forkIO, killThread, newEmptyMVar,
                                                putMVar, takeMVar, threadDelay)
 import           Control.Exception            (IOException, bracket,
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 import           Control.Monad                (forever, unless)
 import           Control.Monad.IO.Class       (liftIO)
 import           Control.Monad.Trans.Resource (runResourceT)
+import           Data.Maybe                   (fromMaybe)
 import qualified Data.ByteString              as S
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8        as S8
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8   as L8
@@ -27,11 +29,15 @@
 import           Network.HTTP.ReverseProxy    (ProxyDest (..),
                                                WaiProxyResponse (..),
                                                defaultOnExc, rawProxyTo,
+                                               WaiProxySettings (..),
+                                               SetIpHeader (..),
+                                               def,
+                                               waiProxyToSettings,
                                                waiProxyTo)
 import           Network.HTTP.Types           (status200, status500)
 import           Network.Socket               (sClose)
 import           Network.Wai                  (rawPathInfo, responseLBS,
-                                               responseStream)
+                                               responseStream, requestHeaders)
 import qualified Network.Wai
 import           Network.Wai.Handler.Warp     (defaultSettings, runSettings,
                                                setBeforeMainLoop, setPort)
@@ -155,6 +161,48 @@
                         yield "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nUpgrade: websockET\r\n\r\n" $$ appSink ad
                         yield "hello" $$ appSink ad
                         (appSource ad $$ CB.take 5) >>= (`shouldBe` "HELLO")
+        it "get real ip" $
+            let getRealIp req = L8.fromStrict $ fromMaybe "" $ lookup "x-real-ip" (requestHeaders req)
+                httpWithForwardedFor url = liftIO $ do
+                  man <- HC.newManager HC.tlsManagerSettings
+                  oreq <- liftIO $ HC.parseUrl url
+                  let req = oreq { HC.requestHeaders = [("X-Forwarded-For", "127.0.1.1, 127.0.0.1"), ("Connection", "close")] }
+                  HC.responseBody <$> HC.httpLbs req man
+                waiProxyTo' getDest onError = waiProxyToSettings getDest def { wpsOnExc = onError, wpsSetIpHeader = SIHFromHeader }
+             in withMan $ \manager ->
+                withWApp (\r f -> f $ responseLBS status200 [] $ getRealIp r ) $ \port1 ->
+                withWApp (waiProxyTo' (const $ return $ WPRProxyDest $ ProxyDest "127.0.0.1" port1) defaultOnExc manager) $ \port2 ->
+                withCApp (rawProxyTo (const $ return $ Right $ ProxyDest "127.0.0.1" port2)) $ \port3 -> do
+                    lbs <- httpWithForwardedFor $ "http://127.0.0.1:" ++ show port3
+                    lbs `shouldBe` "127.0.1.1"
+        it "get real ip 2" $
+            let getRealIp req = L8.fromStrict $ fromMaybe "" $ lookup "x-real-ip" (requestHeaders req)
+                httpWithForwardedFor url = liftIO $ do
+                  man <- HC.newManager HC.tlsManagerSettings
+                  oreq <- liftIO $ HC.parseUrl url
+                  let req = oreq { HC.requestHeaders = [("X-Forwarded-For", "127.0.1.1"), ("Connection", "close")] }
+                  HC.responseBody <$> HC.httpLbs req man
+                waiProxyTo' getDest onError = waiProxyToSettings getDest def { wpsOnExc = onError, wpsSetIpHeader = SIHFromHeader }
+             in withMan $ \manager ->
+                withWApp (\r f -> f $ responseLBS status200 [] $ getRealIp r ) $ \port1 ->
+                withWApp (waiProxyTo' (const $ return $ WPRProxyDest $ ProxyDest "127.0.0.1" port1) defaultOnExc manager) $ \port2 ->
+                withCApp (rawProxyTo (const $ return $ Right $ ProxyDest "127.0.0.1" port2)) $ \port3 -> do
+                    lbs <- httpWithForwardedFor $ "http://127.0.0.1:" ++ show port3
+                    lbs `shouldBe` "127.0.1.1"
+        it "get real ip 3" $
+            let getRealIp req = L8.fromStrict $ fromMaybe "" $ lookup "x-real-ip" (requestHeaders req)
+                httpWithForwardedFor url = liftIO $ do
+                  man <- HC.newManager HC.tlsManagerSettings
+                  oreq <- liftIO $ HC.parseUrl url
+                  let req = oreq { HC.requestHeaders = [("Connection", "close")] }
+                  HC.responseBody <$> HC.httpLbs req man
+                waiProxyTo' getDest onError = waiProxyToSettings getDest def { wpsOnExc = onError, wpsSetIpHeader = SIHFromHeader }
+             in withMan $ \manager ->
+                withWApp (\r f -> f $ responseLBS status200 [] $ getRealIp r ) $ \port1 ->
+                withWApp (waiProxyTo' (const $ return $ WPRProxyDest $ ProxyDest "127.0.0.1" port1) defaultOnExc manager) $ \port2 ->
+                withCApp (rawProxyTo (const $ return $ Right $ ProxyDest "127.0.0.1" port2)) $ \port3 -> do
+                    lbs <- httpWithForwardedFor $ "http://127.0.0.1:" ++ show port3
+                    lbs `shouldBe` "127.0.0.1"
     {- FIXME
     describe "waiToRaw" $ do
         it "works" $ do
