diff --git a/templates/audiobookshelf/docker-compose.yml b/templates/audiobookshelf/docker-compose.yml
index e817654..9507ffd 100644
--- a/templates/audiobookshelf/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/audiobookshelf/docker-compose.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ services:
     labels:
       - "traefik.enable=true"
       - "traefik.http.routers.audiobookshelf.rule=Host(`${SUBDOMAIN}.${DOMAIN}`)"
+      # R-753: this app reads the LEFTMOST X-Forwarded-For entry, which a stranger writes once traefik keeps the
+      # tunnel's chain — so its chain is removed here (it then reads traefik's X-Real-Ip or peer; never forgeable).
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.audiobookshelf-xff.headers.customrequestheaders.X-Forwarded-For="
+      - "traefik.http.routers.audiobookshelf.middlewares=audiobookshelf-xff"
       - "traefik.http.routers.audiobookshelf.entrypoints=websecure"
       - "traefik.http.routers.audiobookshelf.tls=true"
       - "traefik.http.routers.audiobookshelf.tls.certresolver=letsencrypt"