diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8909f3e29..00518764d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # Changes
 
-## [1.0.0-alpha.7] - 2019-04-xx
+## [1.0.0-beta.1] - 2019-04-xx
 
 ### Added
 
-* Added helper functions for reading test response body,
+* Add helper functions for reading test response body,
  `test::read_response()` and test::read_response_json()`
 
+* Add `.peer_addr()` #744
+
 ### Changed
 
 * Rename `RouterConfig` to `ServiceConfig`
diff --git a/src/info.rs b/src/info.rs
index ece17bf04..e9b375875 100644
--- a/src/info.rs
+++ b/src/info.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl ConnectionInfo {
         let mut host = None;
         let mut scheme = None;
         let mut remote = None;
-        let peer = None;
+        let mut peer = None;
 
         // load forwarded header
         for hdr in req.headers.get_all(&header::FORWARDED) {
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ impl ConnectionInfo {
                     remote = h.split(',').next().map(|v| v.trim());
                 }
             }
-            // if remote.is_none() {
-            // get peeraddr from socketaddr
-            // peer = req.peer_addr().map(|addr| format!("{}", addr));
-            // }
+            if remote.is_none() {
+                // get peeraddr from socketaddr
+                peer = req.peer_addr.map(|addr| format!("{}", addr));
+            }
         }
 
         ConnectionInfo {
diff --git a/src/middleware/logger.rs b/src/middleware/logger.rs
index d5fca526b..43893bc0f 100644
--- a/src/middleware/logger.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/logger.rs
@@ -363,13 +363,6 @@ impl FormatText {
                 let rt = (rt.num_nanoseconds().unwrap_or(0) as f64) / 1_000_000.0;
                 fmt.write_fmt(format_args!("{:.6}", rt))
             }
-            // FormatText::RemoteAddr => {
-            //     if let Some(remote) = req.connection_info().remote() {
-            //         return remote.fmt(fmt);
-            //     } else {
-            //         "-".fmt(fmt)
-            //     }
-            // }
             FormatText::EnvironHeader(ref name) => {
                 if let Ok(val) = env::var(name) {
                     fmt.write_fmt(format_args!("{}", val))
@@ -441,6 +434,14 @@ impl FormatText {
                 };
                 *self = FormatText::Str(s.to_string());
             }
+            FormatText::RemoteAddr => {
+                let s = if let Some(remote) = req.connection_info().remote() {
+                    FormatText::Str(remote.to_string())
+                } else {
+                    FormatText::Str("-".to_string())
+                };
+                *self = s;
+            }
             _ => (),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index 5823c08ca..ad5b2488f 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::cell::{Ref, RefCell, RefMut};
-use std::fmt;
 use std::rc::Rc;
+use std::{fmt, net};
 
 use actix_http::http::{HeaderMap, Method, Uri, Version};
 use actix_http::{Error, Extensions, HttpMessage, Message, Payload, RequestHead};
@@ -170,6 +170,17 @@ impl HttpRequest {
         self.url_for(name, &NO_PARAMS)
     }
 
+    /// Peer socket address
+    ///
+    /// Peer address is actual socket address, if proxy is used in front of
+    /// actix http server, then peer address would be address of this proxy.
+    ///
+    /// To get client connection information `.connection_info()` should be used.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn peer_addr(&self) -> Option<net::SocketAddr> {
+        self.head().peer_addr
+    }
+
     /// Get *ConnectionInfo* for the current request.
     #[inline]
     pub fn connection_info(&self) -> Ref<ConnectionInfo> {
diff --git a/src/service.rs b/src/service.rs
index 8bc2ff9a5..5303436ce 100644
--- a/src/service.rs
+++ b/src/service.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::cell::{Ref, RefMut};
-use std::fmt;
+use std::{fmt, net};
 
 use actix_http::body::{Body, MessageBody, ResponseBody};
 use actix_http::http::{HeaderMap, Method, StatusCode, Uri, Version};
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use futures::future::{ok, FutureResult, IntoFuture};
 
 use crate::config::{AppConfig, AppService};
 use crate::data::Data;
+use crate::info::ConnectionInfo;
 use crate::request::HttpRequest;
 
 pub trait HttpServiceFactory {
@@ -134,6 +135,23 @@ impl ServiceRequest {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Peer socket address
+    ///
+    /// Peer address is actual socket address, if proxy is used in front of
+    /// actix http server, then peer address would be address of this proxy.
+    ///
+    /// To get client connection information `ConnectionInfo` should be used.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn peer_addr(&self) -> Option<net::SocketAddr> {
+        self.head().peer_addr
+    }
+
+    /// Get *ConnectionInfo* for the current request.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn connection_info(&self) -> Ref<ConnectionInfo> {
+        ConnectionInfo::get(self.head(), &*self.app_config())
+    }
+
     /// Get a reference to the Path parameters.
     ///
     /// Params is a container for url parameters.