diff --git a/real_ip.go b/real_ip.go
index 3caf724..2ce948d 100644
--- a/real_ip.go
+++ b/real_ip.go
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 package middleware
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 )
 
+var (
+	RealIPCtxKey = &CtxKey{Pkg: "go.pkg.cx/middleware", Name: "RealIP"}
+)
+
 // RealIP is a middleware that sets a http.Request's RemoteAddr to the results
 // of parsing either the X-Forwarded-For header or the X-Real-IP header (in that
 // order).
@@ -26,7 +31,8 @@ func RealIP(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 			r.RemoteAddr = rip
 		}
 
-		next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		ctx := context.WithValue(r.Context(), RealIPCtxKey, strings.Split(r.RemoteAddr, ":")[0])
+		next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/real_ip_test.go b/real_ip_test.go
index eedab6b..ffd31b1 100644
--- a/real_ip_test.go
+++ b/real_ip_test.go
@@ -98,3 +98,21 @@ func TestRealIPNoHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	defer res.Body.Close()
 	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode)
 }
+
+func TestRealIPContext(t *testing.T) {
+	handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		assert.Equal(t, strings.Split(r.RemoteAddr, ":")[0], "127.0.0.1")
+		assert.Equal(t, r.Context().Value(RealIPCtxKey), "127.0.0.1")
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte("resp"))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	server := httptest.NewServer(RealIP(handler))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	res, err := http.Get(server.URL)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode)
+}