diff --git a/netclient/cli_options/flags.go b/netclient/cli_options/flags.go
index 9830e281..50ec8725 100644
--- a/netclient/cli_options/flags.go
+++ b/netclient/cli_options/flags.go
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ func GetFlags(hostname string) []cli.Flag {
 			Value:   "",
 			Usage:   "Identifiable name for machine within Netmaker network.",
 		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:    "publicipservice",
+			Aliases: []string{"ip-service"},
+			EnvVars: []string{"NETCLIENT_IP_SERVICE"},
+			Value:   "",
+			Usage:   "The service to call to obtain the public IP of the machine that is running netclient.",
+		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:    "name",
 			EnvVars: []string{"NETCLIENT_NAME"},
diff --git a/netclient/config/config.go b/netclient/config/config.go
index d5e6e6ed..0bf5ef80 100644
--- a/netclient/config/config.go
+++ b/netclient/config/config.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/logger"
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/models"
+	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/global_settings"
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/ncutils"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 	Daemon          string              `yaml:"daemon"`
 	OperatingSystem string              `yaml:"operatingsystem"`
 	AccessKey       string              `yaml:"accesskey"`
+	PublicIPService string              `yaml:"publicipservice"`
 }
 
 // RegisterRequest - struct for registation with netmaker server
@@ -231,6 +233,10 @@ func GetCLIConfig(c *cli.Context) (ClientConfig, string, error) {
 		cfg.Server.CoreDNSAddr = c.String("corednsaddr")
 		cfg.Server.API = c.String("apiserver")
 	}
+	cfg.PublicIPService = c.String("publicipservice")
+	// populate the map as we're not running as a daemon so won't be building the map otherwise
+	// (and the map will be used by GetPublicIP()).
+	global_settings.PublicIPServices[cfg.Network] = cfg.PublicIPService
 	cfg.Node.Name = c.String("name")
 	cfg.Node.Interface = c.String("interface")
 	cfg.Node.Password = c.String("password")
diff --git a/netclient/functions/daemon.go b/netclient/functions/daemon.go
index ee71bbc1..1d277402 100644
--- a/netclient/functions/daemon.go
+++ b/netclient/functions/daemon.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/auth"
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/config"
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/daemon"
+	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/global_settings"
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/local"
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/ncutils"
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/wireguard"
@@ -96,6 +97,10 @@ func startGoRoutines(wg *sync.WaitGroup) context.CancelFunc {
 		if err := wireguard.ApplyConf(&cfg.Node, cfg.Node.Interface, ncutils.GetNetclientPathSpecific()+cfg.Node.Interface+".conf"); err != nil {
 			logger.Log(0, "failed to start ", cfg.Node.Interface, "wg interface", err.Error())
 		}
+		if cfg.PublicIPService != "" {
+			global_settings.PublicIPServices[network] = cfg.PublicIPService
+		}
+
 		server := cfg.Server.Server
 		if !serverSet[server] {
 			// == subscribe to all nodes for each on machine ==
diff --git a/netclient/global_settings/globalsettings.go b/netclient/global_settings/globalsettings.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..192c884f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netclient/global_settings/globalsettings.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package global_settings
+
+// globalsettings - settings that are global in nature.  Avoids circular dependencies between config loading and usage.
+
+// PublicIPServices - the list of user-specified IP services to use to obtain the node's public IP
+var PublicIPServices map[string]string = make(map[string]string)
diff --git a/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils.go b/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils.go
index cbe39a00..2833d22b 100644
--- a/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils.go
+++ b/netclient/ncutils/netclientutils.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/c-robinson/iplib"
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/logger"
 	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/models"
+	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/netclient/global_settings"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -128,10 +129,19 @@ func IsEmptyRecord(err error) bool {
 // GetPublicIP - gets public ip
 func GetPublicIP() (string, error) {
 
-	iplist := []string{"https://ip.client.gravitl.com", "https://ifconfig.me", "https://api.ipify.org", "https://ipinfo.io/ip"}
+	iplist := []string{"https://ip.server.gravitl.com", "https://ifconfig.me", "https://api.ipify.org", "https://ipinfo.io/ip"}
+
+	for network, ipService := range global_settings.PublicIPServices {
+		logger.Log(3, "User provided public IP service defined for network", network, "is", ipService)
+
+		// prepend the user-specified service so it's checked first
+		iplist = append([]string{ipService}, iplist...)
+	}
+
 	endpoint := ""
 	var err error
 	for _, ipserver := range iplist {
+		logger.Log(3, "Running public IP check with service", ipserver)
 		client := &http.Client{
 			Timeout: time.Second * 10,
 		}
@@ -146,6 +156,7 @@ func GetPublicIP() (string, error) {
 				continue
 			}
 			endpoint = string(bodyBytes)
+			logger.Log(3, "Public IP address is", endpoint)
 			break
 		}
 	}