diff --git a/server/routers/auditLogs/queryRequestAuditLog.ts b/server/routers/auditLogs/queryRequestAuditLog.ts
index 7f4a0ec16..24116aa31 100644
--- a/server/routers/auditLogs/queryRequestAuditLog.ts
+++ b/server/routers/auditLogs/queryRequestAuditLog.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,27 @@ export const queryAccessAuditLogsQuery = z.strictObject({
         .optional()
         .default("0")
         .transform(Number)
-        .pipe(z.int().nonnegative())
+        .pipe(z.int().nonnegative()),
+    ips: z
+        .preprocess((val) => {
+            if (val === undefined || val === null || val === "") {
+                return undefined;
+            }
+            if (Array.isArray(val)) {
+                return val;
+            }
+            // the array is returned as this
+            if (typeof val === "string") {
+                return val.split(",");
+            }
+            return undefined;
+        }, z.array(z.string()))
+        .optional()
+        .catch([])
+        .openapi({
+            type: "array",
+            description: "Filter by IP adresses"
+        })
 });
 
 export const queryRequestAuditLogsParams = z.object({