diff --git a/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/middleware.py b/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/middleware.py
index 4a9d287dc9..034c1a7838 100644
--- a/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/middleware.py
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ class XForwardedForMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
             # Give some observability into IP chain length and composition. Useful
             # for monitoring in case of unexpected network config changes, etc.
             ip_chain = ip.get_raw_ip_chain(request)
+
+            # .. custom_attribute_name: ip_chain.raw
+            # .. custom_attribute_description: The actual contents of the raw IP chain. Could
+            #      be used to correlate authenticated and unauthenticated requests for the same
+            #      user.
+            set_custom_attribute('ip_chain.raw', ', '.join(ip_chain))
             set_custom_attribute('ip_chain.count', len(ip_chain))
             set_custom_attribute('ip_chain.types', '-'.join(_ip_type(s) for s in ip_chain))
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/tests/test_middleware.py b/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/tests/test_middleware.py
index fae3840a26..5b5d28bc92 100644
--- a/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/lib/x_forwarded_for/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ class TestXForwardedForMiddleware(TestCase):
 
     @ddt.unpack
     @ddt.data(
-        (None, 1, 'priv'),
-        ('1.2.3.4', 2, 'pub-priv'),
-        ('XXXXXXXX, 1.2.3.4, 5.5.5.5', 4, 'unknown-pub-pub-priv'),
+        (None, '127.0.0.1', 1, 'priv'),
+        ('1.2.3.4', '1.2.3.4, 127.0.0.1', 2, 'pub-priv'),
+        ('XXXXXXXX, 1.2.3.4, 5.5.5.5', 'XXXXXXXX, 1.2.3.4, 5.5.5.5, 127.0.0.1', 4, 'unknown-pub-pub-priv'),
     )
     @patch("openedx.core.lib.x_forwarded_for.middleware.set_custom_attribute")
-    def test_xff_metrics(self, xff, expected_count, expected_types, mock_set_custom_attribute):
+    def test_xff_metrics(self, xff, expected_raw, expected_count, expected_types, mock_set_custom_attribute):
         request = RequestFactory().get('/somewhere')
         if xff is not None:
             request.META['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] = xff
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class TestXForwardedForMiddleware(TestCase):
         XForwardedForMiddleware().process_request(request)
 
         mock_set_custom_attribute.assert_has_calls([
+            call('ip_chain.raw', expected_raw),
             call('ip_chain.count', expected_count),
             call('ip_chain.types', expected_types),
         ])