diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index fea683cb49c..a8542fe41ce 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -7689,6 +7689,12 @@ local0.*    /var/log/postgresql
              <entry>Remote host name or IP address</entry>
              <entry>yes</entry>
             </row>
+            <row>
+             <entry><literal>%L</literal></entry>
+             <entry>Local address (the IP address on the server that the
+             client connected to)</entry>
+             <entry>yes</entry>
+            </row>
             <row>
              <entry><literal>%b</literal></entry>
              <entry>Backend type</entry>
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
index 8a6b6905079..d6299633ab7 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "access/xact.h"
+#include "common/ip.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq.h"
 #include "libpq/pqformat.h"
 #include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
@@ -3084,6 +3085,38 @@ log_status_format(StringInfo buf, const char *format, ErrorData *edata)
 					appendStringInfoSpaces(buf,
 										   padding > 0 ? padding : -padding);
 				break;
+			case 'L':
+				{
+					const char *local_host;
+
+					if (MyProcPort)
+					{
+						if (MyProcPort->local_host[0] == '\0')
+						{
+							/*
+							 * First time through: cache the lookup, since it
+							 * might not have trivial cost.
+							 */
+							(void) pg_getnameinfo_all(&MyProcPort->laddr.addr,
+													  MyProcPort->laddr.salen,
+													  MyProcPort->local_host,
+													  sizeof(MyProcPort->local_host),
+													  NULL, 0,
+													  NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV);
+						}
+						local_host = MyProcPort->local_host;
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						/* Background process, or connection not yet made */
+						local_host = "[none]";
+					}
+					if (padding != 0)
+						appendStringInfo(buf, "%*s", padding, local_host);
+					else
+						appendStringInfoString(buf, local_host);
+				}
+				break;
 			case 'r':
 				if (MyProcPort && MyProcPort->remote_host)
 				{
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index ff56a1f0732..f154906c2fa 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@
 					#   %d = database name
 					#   %r = remote host and port
 					#   %h = remote host
+					#   %L = local address
 					#   %b = backend type
 					#   %p = process ID
 					#   %P = process ID of parallel group leader
diff --git a/src/include/libpq/libpq-be.h b/src/include/libpq/libpq-be.h
index 0d1f1838f73..d6e671a6382 100644
--- a/src/include/libpq/libpq-be.h
+++ b/src/include/libpq/libpq-be.h
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ typedef struct Port
 	int			remote_hostname_errcode;	/* see above */
 	char	   *remote_port;	/* text rep of remote port */
 
+	/* local_host is filled only if needed (see log_status_format) */
+	char		local_host[64]; /* ip addr of local socket for client conn */
+
 	/*
 	 * Information that needs to be saved from the startup packet and passed
 	 * into backend execution.  "char *" fields are NULL if not set.