diff --git a/src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp b/src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp
index 3ad397bebc..2a2018395f 100644
--- a/src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp
+++ b/src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp
@@ -746,7 +746,8 @@ bool MQTT::isPrivateIpAddress(const char address[])
     }
 
     // Check the easy ones first.
-    if (strcmp(address, "127.0.0.1") == 0 || strncmp(address, "10.", 3) == 0 || strncmp(address, "192.168", 7) == 0) {
+    if (strcmp(address, "127.0.0.1") == 0 || strncmp(address, "10.", 3) == 0 || strncmp(address, "192.168", 7) == 0 ||
+        strncmp(address, "169.254", 7) == 0) {
         return true;
     }