diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 7faa83b..abfd1d4 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ reportlab==2.7
 requests==2.8.1
 six==1.10.0
 djangorestframework==2.4.8
+django-ipware==1.1.6
diff --git a/sigi/apps/whois/views.py b/sigi/apps/whois/views.py
index 4115b1e..aad3675 100644
--- a/sigi/apps/whois/views.py
+++ b/sigi/apps/whois/views.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from rest_framework import status, permissions
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.decorators import api_view, permission_classes
+from ipware.ip import get_ip
 
 import re
 from urlparse import urlparse
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class WhitelistPermission(permissions.BasePermission):
     """
 
     def has_permission(self, request, view):
-        ip_addr = request.META['REMOTE_ADDR']
+        ip_addr = get_ip(request)
         if ip_addr in WHOIS_WHITELIST:
             return True
         else: