diff --git a/templates/ghost/docker-compose.yml b/templates/ghost/docker-compose.yml
index a92f943..a535a10 100644
--- a/templates/ghost/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/templates/ghost/docker-compose.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ services:
     labels:
       - "traefik.enable=true"
       - "traefik.http.routers.ghost.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.ghost-xff.headers.customrequestheaders.X-Forwarded-For="
+      - "traefik.http.routers.ghost.middlewares=ghost-xff"
       - "traefik.http.routers.ghost.entrypoints=websecure"
       - "traefik.http.routers.ghost.tls=true"
       - "traefik.http.routers.ghost.tls.certresolver=letsencrypt"