diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl.java
index 625b198318..7d850757b5 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl.java
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ public class ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl implements ElasticSearchLoggerServic
                 }
             }
 
+            if (!isUseProxies() && request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-For") != null){
+                log.warn("X-Forwarded-For header detected but useProxies is not enabled. If your dspace is behind a proxy set it to true");
+            }
+
             XContentBuilder docBuilder = null;
 
 
@@ -330,6 +334,10 @@ public class ElasticSearchLoggerServiceImpl implements ElasticSearchLoggerServic
                 }
             }
 
+            if (!isUseProxies() && xforwardedfor != null){
+                log.warn("X-Forwarded-For header detected but useProxies is not enabled. If your dspace is behind a proxy set it to true");
+            }
+
             XContentBuilder docBuilder = null;
 
 
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
index 55adc561e6..69e23051ca 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/SolrLoggerServiceImpl.java
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ public class SolrLoggerServiceImpl implements SolrLoggerService, InitializingBea
                     }
                 }
             }
+            if (!isUseProxies() && request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-For") != null){
+                log.warn("X-Forwarded-For header detected but useProxies is not enabled. If your dspace is behind a proxy set it to true");
+            }
 
             doc1.addField("ip", ip);
 
@@ -382,7 +385,9 @@ public class SolrLoggerServiceImpl implements SolrLoggerService, InitializingBea
         SolrInputDocument doc1 = new SolrInputDocument();
         // Save our basic info that we already have
 
-
+			if (!isUseProxies() && xforwardedfor != null){
+				log.warn("X-Forwarded-For header detected but useProxies is not enabled. If your dspace is behind a proxy set it to true");
+			}
             if (isUseProxies() && xforwardedfor != null) {
                 /* This header is a comma delimited list */
                 for (String xfip : xforwardedfor.split(",")) {