diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/service/GeoIpService.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/service/GeoIpService.java
index f7aeaedc..9c43ee17 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/service/GeoIpService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/service/GeoIpService.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.maxmind.geoip.LookupService;
 import fr.xephi.authme.ConsoleLogger;
 import fr.xephi.authme.initialization.DataFolder;
 import fr.xephi.authme.util.FileUtils;
+import fr.xephi.authme.util.InternetProtocolUtils;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ public class GeoIpService {
      * @return two-character ISO 3166-1 alpha code for the country.
      */
     public String getCountryCode(String ip) {
-        if (!"127.0.0.1".equals(ip) && isDataAvailable()) {
+        if (!InternetProtocolUtils.isLocalAddress(ip) && isDataAvailable()) {
             return lookupService.getCountry(ip).getCode();
         }
         return "--";
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ public class GeoIpService {
      * @return The name of the country.
      */
     public String getCountryName(String ip) {
-        if (!"127.0.0.1".equals(ip) && isDataAvailable()) {
+        if (!InternetProtocolUtils.isLocalAddress(ip) && isDataAvailable()) {
             return lookupService.getCountry(ip).getName();
         }
         return "N/A";
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/InternetProtocolUtils.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/InternetProtocolUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33ab451e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/InternetProtocolUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package fr.xephi.authme.util;
+
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class about the InternetProtocol
+ */
+public class InternetProtocolUtils {
+
+    private final static Pattern LOCAL_ADDRESS_PATTERN =
+        Pattern.compile("(^127\\.)|(^(0)?10\\.)|(^172\\.(0)?1[6-9]\\.)|(^172\\.(0)?2[0-9]\\.)" +
+            "|(^172\\.(0)?3[0-1]\\.)|(^169\\.254\\.)|(^192\\.168\\.)");
+
+    // Utility class
+    private InternetProtocolUtils() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the specified address is a private or loopback address
+     *
+     * @param address address to check
+     *
+     * @return true if the address is a local or loopback address, false otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean isLocalAddress(String address) {
+        return LOCAL_ADDRESS_PATTERN.matcher(address).find();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/InternetProtocolUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/InternetProtocolUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e71f69c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/InternetProtocolUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package fr.xephi.authme.util;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+/**
+ * Test for {@link InternetProtocolUtils}
+ */
+public class InternetProtocolUtilsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldCheckLocalAddress() {
+        assertThat(InternetProtocolUtils.isLocalAddress("127.0.0.1"), equalTo(true));
+        assertThat(InternetProtocolUtils.isLocalAddress("10.0.0.1"), equalTo(true));
+        assertThat(InternetProtocolUtils.isLocalAddress("172.0.0.1"), equalTo(false));
+        assertThat(InternetProtocolUtils.isLocalAddress("172.16.0.1"), equalTo(true));
+        assertThat(InternetProtocolUtils.isLocalAddress("192.168.0.1"), equalTo(true));
+        assertThat(InternetProtocolUtils.isLocalAddress("94.32.34.5"), equalTo(false));
+    }
+}