diff --git a/linkerd/http-access-log/src/lib.rs b/linkerd/http-access-log/src/lib.rs
index 8a785d64fd..c0ec70d379 100644
--- a/linkerd/http-access-log/src/lib.rs
+++ b/linkerd/http-access-log/src/lib.rs
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ where
             processing_ns = field::Empty,
             user_agent = get_header(http::header::USER_AGENT),
             host = get_header(http::header::HOST),
+            x_forwarded_for = get_header(http::header::HeaderName::from_static("x-forwarded-for"))
         );
 
         // The access log span is only enabled by the `tracing` subscriber if