diff --git a/netbox/utilities/request.py b/netbox/utilities/request.py
index 0f8ee9cae..a5ca145e9 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/request.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/request.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from netaddr import IPAddress
+from netaddr import AddrFormatError, IPAddress
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 __all__ = (
     'get_client_ip',
@@ -17,11 +18,18 @@ def get_client_ip(request, additional_headers=()):
     )
     for header in HTTP_HEADERS:
         if header in request.META:
-            client_ip = request.META[header].split(',')[0].partition(':')[0]
+            ip = request.META[header].split(',')[0].strip()
             try:
-                return IPAddress(client_ip)
-            except ValueError:
-                raise ValueError(f"Invalid IP address set for {header}: {client_ip}")
+                return IPAddress(ip)
+            except AddrFormatError:
+                # Parse the string with urlparse() to remove port number or any other cruft
+                ip = urlparse(f'//{ip}').hostname
+
+            try:
+                return IPAddress(ip)
+            except AddrFormatError:
+                # We did our best
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid IP address set for {header}: {ip}")
 
     # Could not determine the client IP address from request headers
     return None
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/tests/test_request.py b/netbox/utilities/tests/test_request.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69f677323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbox/utilities/tests/test_request.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
+
+from netaddr import IPAddress
+from utilities.request import get_client_ip
+
+
+class GetClientIPTests(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.factory = RequestFactory()
+
+    def test_ipv4_address(self):
+        request = self.factory.get('/', HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR='192.168.1.1')
+        self.assertEqual(get_client_ip(request), IPAddress('192.168.1.1'))
+        request = self.factory.get('/', HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR='192.168.1.1:8080')
+        self.assertEqual(get_client_ip(request), IPAddress('192.168.1.1'))
+
+    def test_ipv6_address(self):
+        request = self.factory.get('/', HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR='2001:db8::8a2e:370:7334')
+        self.assertEqual(get_client_ip(request), IPAddress('2001:db8::8a2e:370:7334'))
+        request = self.factory.get('/', HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR='[2001:db8::8a2e:370:7334]')
+        self.assertEqual(get_client_ip(request), IPAddress('2001:db8::8a2e:370:7334'))
+        request = self.factory.get('/', HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR='[2001:db8::8a2e:370:7334]:8080')
+        self.assertEqual(get_client_ip(request), IPAddress('2001:db8::8a2e:370:7334'))
+
+    def test_invalid_ip_address(self):
+        request = self.factory.get('/', HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR='invalid_ip')
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            get_client_ip(request)