diff --git a/hook-worker/src/config.rs b/hook-worker/src/config.rs
index ceb690f..51b23b7 100644
--- a/hook-worker/src/config.rs
+++ b/hook-worker/src/config.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ pub struct Config {
 
     #[envconfig(default = "1")]
     pub dequeue_batch_size: u32,
+
+    #[envconfig(default = "false")]
+    pub allow_internal_ips: bool,
 }
 
 impl Config {
diff --git a/hook-worker/src/dns.rs b/hook-worker/src/dns.rs
index e69de29..b69c91b 100644
--- a/hook-worker/src/dns.rs
+++ b/hook-worker/src/dns.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+use std::error::Error as StdError;
+use std::io;
+use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr, ToSocketAddrs};
+
+use futures::FutureExt;
+use reqwest::dns::{Addrs, Name, Resolve, Resolving};
+use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+
+/// Internal reqwest type, copied here as part of Resolving
+pub(crate) type BoxError = Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>;
+
+/// Returns [`true`] if the address appears to be a globally reachable IPv4.
+///
+/// Trimmed down version of the unstable IpAddr::is_global, move to it when it's stable.
+fn is_global_ipv4(addr: &SocketAddr) -> bool {
+    match addr.ip() {
+        IpAddr::V4(ip) => {
+            !(ip.octets()[0] == 0 // "This network"
+            || ip.is_private()
+            || ip.is_loopback()
+            || ip.is_link_local()
+            || ip.is_broadcast())
+        }
+        IpAddr::V6(_) => false, // Our network does not currently support ipv6, let's ignore for now
+    }
+}
+
+/// DNS resolver using the stdlib resolver, but filtering results to only pass public IPv4 results.
+///
+/// Private and broadcast addresses are filtered out, so are IPv6 results for now (as our infra
+/// does not currently support IPv6 routing anyway).
+/// This is adapted from the GaiResolver in hyper and reqwest.
+pub struct PublicIPv4Resolver {}
+
+impl Resolve for PublicIPv4Resolver {
+    fn resolve(&self, name: Name) -> Resolving {
+        // Invokes the ToSocketAddrs trait to call the system's resolver. Blocking call.
+        let resolve_host = move || (name.as_str(), 0).to_socket_addrs();
+
+        let future_result = spawn_blocking(resolve_host).map(|result| match result {
+            Ok(Ok(addr)) => {
+                // Resolution succeeded, pass the IPs in a Box after filtering
+                let addrs: Addrs = Box::new(addr.filter(is_global_ipv4));
+                Ok(addrs)
+            }
+            Ok(Err(err)) => {
+                // Resolution failed, pass error through in a Box
+                let err: BoxError = Box::new(err);
+                Err(err)
+            }
+            Err(join_err) => {
+                // The tokio task failed, error handled copied from hyper's GaiResolver
+                if join_err.is_cancelled() {
+                    let err: BoxError =
+                        Box::new(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Interrupted, join_err));
+                    Err(err)
+                } else {
+                    panic!("background task failed: {:?}", join_err)
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        // Box the Future to satisfy the Resolving interface.
+        Box::pin(future_result)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hook-worker/src/lib.rs b/hook-worker/src/lib.rs
index 8488d15..94a0758 100644
--- a/hook-worker/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hook-worker/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod config;
+pub mod dns;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod util;
 pub mod worker;
diff --git a/hook-worker/src/main.rs b/hook-worker/src/main.rs
index 8a6eeb3..050e2b9 100644
--- a/hook-worker/src/main.rs
+++ b/hook-worker/src/main.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), WorkerError> {
         config.request_timeout.0,
         config.max_concurrent_jobs,
         retry_policy_builder.provide(),
+        config.allow_internal_ips,
         worker_liveness,
     );
 
diff --git a/hook-worker/src/worker.rs b/hook-worker/src/worker.rs
index 824f1e2..9a42a90 100644
--- a/hook-worker/src/worker.rs
+++ b/hook-worker/src/worker.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use reqwest::header;
 use tokio::sync;
 use tracing::error;
 
+use crate::dns::PublicIPv4Resolver;
 use crate::error::{WebhookError, WebhookParseError, WebhookRequestError, WorkerError};
 use crate::util::first_n_bytes_of_response;
 
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ impl<'p> WebhookWorker<'p> {
         request_timeout: time::Duration,
         max_concurrent_jobs: usize,
         retry_policy: RetryPolicy,
+        allow_internal_ips: bool,
         liveness: HealthHandle,
     ) -> Self {
         let mut headers = header::HeaderMap::new();
@@ -92,10 +94,14 @@ impl<'p> WebhookWorker<'p> {
             header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/json"),
         );
 
-        let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
+        let mut client_builder = reqwest::Client::builder()
             .default_headers(headers)
             .user_agent("PostHog Webhook Worker")
-            .timeout(request_timeout)
+            .timeout(request_timeout);
+        if !allow_internal_ips {
+            client_builder = client_builder.dns_resolver(Arc::new(PublicIPv4Resolver {}))
+        }
+        let client = client_builder
             .build()
             .expect("failed to construct reqwest client for webhook worker");
 
@@ -569,6 +575,7 @@ mod tests {
             time::Duration::from_millis(5000),
             10,
             RetryPolicy::default(),
+            false,
             liveness,
         );