diff --git a/backend/internal/bootstrap/router_bootstrap.go b/backend/internal/bootstrap/router_bootstrap.go
index c8cb5c81..2ea0e162 100644
--- a/backend/internal/bootstrap/router_bootstrap.go
+++ b/backend/internal/bootstrap/router_bootstrap.go
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ func initEngine() (*gin.Engine, error) {
 
 	r := gin.New()
 	initLogger(r)
-	configureEngine(r)
+	err := configureEngine(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	registerGlobalMiddleware(r)
 
 	return r, nil
@@ -86,9 +89,10 @@ func setGinMode() {
 	}
 }
 
-func configureEngine(r *gin.Engine) {
-	if !common.EnvConfig.TrustProxy {
-		_ = r.SetTrustedProxies(nil)
+func configureEngine(r *gin.Engine) error {
+	err := r.SetTrustedProxies(common.EnvConfig.TrustProxy)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to configure trusted proxies: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if common.EnvConfig.TrustedPlatform != "" {
@@ -99,6 +103,8 @@ func configureEngine(r *gin.Engine) {
 		common.Name,
 		otelgin.WithFilter(shouldTraceRequest)),
 	)
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 // shouldTraceRequest reports whether an incoming request should be traced.
diff --git a/backend/internal/common/env_config.go b/backend/internal/common/env_config.go
index 1f040596..601f92da 100644
--- a/backend/internal/common/env_config.go
+++ b/backend/internal/common/env_config.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/caarlos0/env/v11"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 type AppEnv string
 type DbProvider string
+type TrustProxyConfig []string
 
 const (
 	// TracerName should be passed to otel.Tracer, trace.SpanFromContext when creating custom spans.
@@ -42,18 +44,18 @@ type EnvConfigSchema struct {
 	EncryptionKey             []byte `env:"ENCRYPTION_KEY" options:"file"`
 	AppURL                    string `env:"APP_URL" options:"toLower,trimTrailingSlash"`
 	DbProvider                DbProvider
-	DbConnectionString        string `env:"DB_CONNECTION_STRING" options:"file"`
-	TrustProxy                bool   `env:"TRUST_PROXY"`
-	TrustedPlatform           string `env:"TRUSTED_PLATFORM"`
-	AuditLogRetentionDays     int    `env:"AUDIT_LOG_RETENTION_DAYS"`
-	AnalyticsDisabled         bool   `env:"ANALYTICS_DISABLED"`
-	AllowDowngrade            bool   `env:"ALLOW_DOWNGRADE"`
-	AllowInsecureCallbackURLs bool   `env:"ALLOW_INSECURE_CALLBACK_URLS"`
-	InternalAppURL            string `env:"INTERNAL_APP_URL"`
-	UiConfigDisabled          bool   `env:"UI_CONFIG_DISABLED"`
-	DisableRateLimiting       bool   `env:"DISABLE_RATE_LIMITING"`
-	VersionCheckDisabled      bool   `env:"VERSION_CHECK_DISABLED"`
-	StaticApiKey              string `env:"STATIC_API_KEY" options:"file"`
+	DbConnectionString        string           `env:"DB_CONNECTION_STRING" options:"file"`
+	TrustProxy                TrustProxyConfig `env:"TRUST_PROXY"`
+	TrustedPlatform           string           `env:"TRUSTED_PLATFORM"`
+	AuditLogRetentionDays     int              `env:"AUDIT_LOG_RETENTION_DAYS"`
+	AnalyticsDisabled         bool             `env:"ANALYTICS_DISABLED"`
+	AllowDowngrade            bool             `env:"ALLOW_DOWNGRADE"`
+	AllowInsecureCallbackURLs bool             `env:"ALLOW_INSECURE_CALLBACK_URLS"`
+	InternalAppURL            string           `env:"INTERNAL_APP_URL"`
+	UiConfigDisabled          bool             `env:"UI_CONFIG_DISABLED"`
+	DisableRateLimiting       bool             `env:"DISABLE_RATE_LIMITING"`
+	VersionCheckDisabled      bool             `env:"VERSION_CHECK_DISABLED"`
+	StaticApiKey              string           `env:"STATIC_API_KEY" options:"file"`
 
 	FileBackend                     string `env:"FILE_BACKEND" options:"toLower"`
 	UploadPath                      string `env:"UPLOAD_PATH"`
@@ -392,3 +394,29 @@ func (a AppEnv) IsProduction() bool {
 func (a AppEnv) IsTest() bool {
 	return a == AppEnvTest
 }
+
+func (config *TrustProxyConfig) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
+	value := strings.TrimSpace(string(text))
+
+	// Support boolean values for completely enabling or disabling trust proxy
+	enabled, err := strconv.ParseBool(value)
+	if err == nil {
+		if enabled {
+			*config = TrustProxyConfig{"0.0.0.0/0", "::/0"}
+		} else {
+			*config = nil
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Normalize and validate each explicit proxy before the server starts
+	proxies := strings.Split(value, ",")
+	for i, proxy := range proxies {
+		proxy = strings.TrimSpace(proxy)
+		proxies[i] = proxy
+	}
+
+	*config = proxies
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/backend/internal/common/env_config_test.go b/backend/internal/common/env_config_test.go
index a28c13ce..2eabdbcc 100644
--- a/backend/internal/common/env_config_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/common/env_config_test.go
@@ -124,11 +124,33 @@ func TestParseEnvConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		err := parseAndValidateEnvConfig(t)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.True(t, EnvConfig.UiConfigDisabled)
-		assert.True(t, EnvConfig.TrustProxy)
+		assert.Equal(t, TrustProxyConfig{"0.0.0.0/0", "::/0"}, EnvConfig.TrustProxy)
 		assert.False(t, EnvConfig.AnalyticsDisabled)
 		assert.False(t, EnvConfig.AllowInsecureCallbackURLs)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("should parse trusted proxy IP addresses and CIDR ranges", func(t *testing.T) {
+		EnvConfig = defaultConfig()
+		t.Setenv("TRUST_PROXY", "10.0.0.0/8, 192.168.1.10, ::1/128")
+
+		err := parseAndValidateEnvConfig(t)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, TrustProxyConfig{"10.0.0.0/8", "192.168.1.10", "::1/128"}, EnvConfig.TrustProxy)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("should disable trusted proxies when set to false", func(t *testing.T) {
+		EnvConfig = defaultConfig()
+		t.Setenv("TRUST_PROXY", "false")
+
+		err := parseAndValidateEnvConfig(t)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Nil(t, EnvConfig.TrustProxy)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("should allow insecure callback URLs by default", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.True(t, defaultConfig().AllowInsecureCallbackURLs)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("should default audit log retention days to 90", func(t *testing.T) {
 		EnvConfig = defaultConfig()
 		t.Setenv("DB_PROVIDER", "sqlite")