diff --git a/src/Electricity.Api/AllowedAccessMiddleware.cs b/src/Electricity.Api/AllowedAccessMiddleware.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90f0146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Electricity.Api/AllowedAccessMiddleware.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+using System.Net;
+using Electricity.Api.Options;
+
+namespace Electricity.Api;
+
+internal class AllowedAccessMiddleware(
+    RequestDelegate next,
+    ILogger<AllowedAccessMiddleware> logger,
+    AllowedAccessOptions options
+)
+{
+    private readonly RequestDelegate next = next;
+    private readonly ILogger<AllowedAccessMiddleware> logger = logger;
+    private readonly AllowedAccessOptions options = options;
+
+    public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
+    {
+        if (
+            !context.Request.Headers.TryGetValue(
+                options.HttpIpAddressHeaderName,
+                out var headerValue
+            )
+        )
+        {
+            logger.LogDebug(
+                "Rejecting request missing the expected HTTP header {HeaderName}",
+                options.HttpIpAddressHeaderName
+            );
+            context.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.Forbidden;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (headerValue.Count != 1)
+        {
+            logger.LogDebug(
+                "Rejecting request with malformed HTTP header {HeaderName}",
+                options.HttpIpAddressHeaderName
+            );
+            context.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.Forbidden;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(headerValue[0]))
+        {
+            logger.LogDebug(
+                "Rejecting request with malformed value {HeaderValue} in HTTP header {HeaderName}",
+                headerValue[0],
+                options.HttpIpAddressHeaderName
+            );
+            context.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.Forbidden;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!options.HttpIpAddressHeaderValues.Contains(headerValue[0]))
+        {
+            logger.LogInformation(
+                "Rejecting request with disallowed header value {HeaderValue} in HTTP header {HeaderName}",
+                headerValue[0],
+                options.HttpIpAddressHeaderName
+            );
+            context.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.Forbidden;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        logger.LogDebug(
+            "Accepting request with allowed value {HeaderValue} in HTTP header {HeaderName}",
+            headerValue[0],
+            options.HttpIpAddressHeaderName
+        );
+        await next.Invoke(context);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Electricity.Api/Options/AllowedAccessOptions.cs b/src/Electricity.Api/Options/AllowedAccessOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..692cae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Electricity.Api/Options/AllowedAccessOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+namespace Electricity.Api.Options;
+
+internal class AllowedAccessOptions(IConfiguration configuration)
+{
+    public string HttpIpAddressHeaderName { get; } = ResolveHttpIpAddressHeaderName(configuration);
+    public string[] HttpIpAddressHeaderValues { get; } =
+        ResolveHttpIpAddressHeaderValues(configuration);
+
+    private static string ResolveHttpIpAddressHeaderName(IConfiguration configuration)
+    {
+        const string configurationKey = "AllowedAccess:HttpIpAddressHeaderName";
+        var value = configuration["AllowedAccess:HttpIpAddressHeaderName"];
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException($"The app setting {configurationKey} cannot be empty");
+        }
+
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    private static string[] ResolveHttpIpAddressHeaderValues(IConfiguration configuration)
+    {
+        const string configurationKey = "AllowedAccess:HttpIpAddressHeaderValues";
+        var values = configuration.GetSection(configurationKey).Get<List<string>>();
+        if (values == null || values.Count == 0)
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException(
+                $"The app setting {configurationKey} must be an string array with at least 1 value"
+            );
+        }
+
+        List<string> validatedValues = [];
+        foreach (var value in values)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+            {
+                throw new NotSupportedException(
+                    $"The value \"{value}\" from app setting {configurationKey} cannot be empty"
+                );
+            }
+
+            validatedValues.Add(value);
+        }
+
+        return validatedValues.ToArray();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Electricity.Api/Program.cs b/src/Electricity.Api/Program.cs
index 500a6d0..78b0e9d 100644
--- a/src/Electricity.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Electricity.Api/Program.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.CommandLine;
 using Electricity.Api;
+using Electricity.Api.Options;
 using Electricity.Api.Services;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ internal class Program
                 config.JsonSerializerOptions.WriteIndented = true;
             });
         builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen();
+
+        builder.Services.AddSingleton(sp => new AllowedAccessOptions(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IConfiguration>()
+        ));
+
         builder.Services.AddScoped<ElectricityService>();
 
         var app = builder.Build();
@@ -79,6 +85,9 @@ internal class Program
             app.UseCors("default");
         }
 
+        app.UseMiddleware<AllowedAccessMiddleware>(
+            app.Services.GetRequiredService<AllowedAccessOptions>()
+        );
         app.MapControllers();
 
         app.Run();
diff --git a/src/Electricity.Api/appsettings.Development.json b/src/Electricity.Api/appsettings.Development.json
index ff66ba6..fb8cd2d 100644
--- a/src/Electricity.Api/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/src/Electricity.Api/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 {
+  "AllowedAccess": {
+    "HttpIpAddressHeaderName": "Host",
+    "HttpIpAddressHeaderValues": ["localhost:7290"]
+  },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {
-      "Default": "Information",
+      "Default": "Trace",
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/Electricity.Api/appsettings.json b/src/Electricity.Api/appsettings.json
index 3865fae..655a2c6 100644
--- a/src/Electricity.Api/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/Electricity.Api/appsettings.json
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
+  "AllowedAccess": {
+    "HttpIpAddressHeaderName": "X-Real-IP",
+    "HttpIpAddressHeaderValues": ["213.233.220.64", "86.83.136.215"]
+  },
   "Logging": {
     "LogLevel": {
       "Default": "Information",