diff --git a/java/test/src/main/java/io/ray/test/NodeIpTest.java b/java/test/src/main/java/io/ray/test/NodeIpTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4aee086ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/test/src/main/java/io/ray/test/NodeIpTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package io.ray.test;
+
+import io.ray.api.Ray;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.SkipException;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+@Test(groups = {"cluster"})
+public class NodeIpTest extends BaseTest {
+
+  private static final String NODE_IP = "127.0.0.2";
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public void setUp() {
+    if (SystemUtils.IS_OS_MAC) {
+      throw new SkipException("Skip NodeIpTest on Mac OS");
+    }
+    System.setProperty("ray.head-args.0", "--node-ip-address=127.0.0.2");
+    System.setProperty("ray.node-ip", "127.0.0.2");
+  }
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public void tearDown() {
+    if (!SystemUtils.IS_OS_MAC) {
+      System.clearProperty("ray.head-args.0");
+      System.clearProperty("ray.node-ip");
+    }
+  }
+
+  static String getNodeIp() {
+    return TestUtils.getRuntime().getRayConfig().nodeIp;
+  }
+
+  public void testNodeIp() {
+    // this is on the driver node, and it should be equal with ray.node-ip
+    String nodeIP = TestUtils.getRuntime().getRayConfig().nodeIp;
+    Assert.assertEquals(nodeIP, NODE_IP);
+
+    // this is on the worker node, and it should be equal with node-ip-address
+    nodeIP = Ray.task(NodeIpTest::getNodeIp).remote().get();
+    Assert.assertEquals(nodeIP, NODE_IP);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/python/ray/_private/services.py b/python/ray/_private/services.py
index 4ae4fed17..c3144c05f 100644
--- a/python/ray/_private/services.py
+++ b/python/ray/_private/services.py
@@ -1370,6 +1370,7 @@ def start_raylet(redis_address,
             raylet_name,
             redis_password,
             session_dir,
+            node_ip_address,
         )
     else:
         java_worker_command = []
@@ -1508,7 +1509,8 @@ def get_ray_jars_dir():
 
 def build_java_worker_command(java_worker_options, redis_address,
                               node_manager_port, plasma_store_name,
-                              raylet_name, redis_password, session_dir):
+                              raylet_name, redis_password, session_dir,
+                              node_ip_address):
     """This method assembles the command used to start a Java worker.
 
     Args:
@@ -1519,6 +1521,7 @@ def build_java_worker_command(java_worker_options, redis_address,
         raylet_name (str): The name of the raylet socket to create.
         redis_password (str): The password of connect to redis.
         session_dir (str): The path of this session.
+        node_ip_address (str): The ip address for this node.
     Returns:
         The command string for starting Java worker.
     """
@@ -1536,6 +1539,9 @@ def build_java_worker_command(java_worker_options, redis_address,
     if redis_password is not None:
         pairs.append(("ray.redis.password", redis_password))
 
+    if node_ip_address is not None:
+        pairs.append(("ray.node-ip", node_ip_address))
+
     pairs.append(("ray.home", RAY_HOME))
     pairs.append(("ray.logging.dir", os.path.join(session_dir, "logs")))
     pairs.append(("ray.session-dir", session_dir))