diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
index 3ea9a8272f..c09acbd3c9 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 				{
 					Name = OpenRA.Settings.SanitizedPlayerName(handshake.Client.Name),
 					IPAddress = ipAddress.ToString(),
-					AnonymizedIPAddress = Settings.ShareAnonymizedIPs ? Session.AnonymizeIP(ipAddress) : null,
+					AnonymizedIPAddress = Type != ServerType.Local && Settings.ShareAnonymizedIPs ? Session.AnonymizeIP(ipAddress) : null,
 					Location = GeoIP.LookupCountry(ipAddress),
 					Index = newConn.PlayerIndex,
 					PreferredColor = handshake.Client.PreferredColor,