diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
index d44c38dc4dd..63d97b4f8c0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
@@ -489,7 +489,10 @@ class Admin::UsersController < Admin::AdminController
 
   def anonymize
     guardian.ensure_can_anonymize_user!(@user)
-    if user = UserAnonymizer.new(@user, current_user).make_anonymous
+    opts = {}
+    opts[:anonymize_ip] = params[:anonymize_ip] if params[:anonymize_ip].present?
+
+    if user = UserAnonymizer.new(@user, current_user, opts).make_anonymous
       render json: success_json.merge(username: user.username)
     else
       render json: failed_json.merge(user: AdminDetailedUserSerializer.new(user, root: false).as_json)
diff --git a/spec/requests/admin/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/admin/users_controller_spec.rb
index 06219ebebc5..6115c878e81 100644
--- a/spec/requests/admin/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/admin/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1103,4 +1103,21 @@ RSpec.describe Admin::UsersController do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#anonymize" do
+    it "will make the user anonymous" do
+      put "/admin/users/#{user.id}/anonymize.json"
+      expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+      expect(response.parsed_body['username']).to be_present
+    end
+
+    it "supports `anonymize_ip`" do
+      Jobs.run_immediately!
+      sl = Fabricate(:search_log, user_id: user.id)
+      put "/admin/users/#{user.id}/anonymize.json?anonymize_ip=127.0.0.2"
+      expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+      expect(response.parsed_body['username']).to be_present
+      expect(sl.reload.ip_address).to eq('127.0.0.2')
+    end
+  end
+
 end