diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/ConvertProcessor.java b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/ConvertProcessor.java
index f32e2c746eba1..35f1728822acf 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/ConvertProcessor.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/ConvertProcessor.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.ingest.common;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.common.network.InetAddresses;
 import org.elasticsearch.ingest.AbstractProcessor;
 import org.elasticsearch.ingest.ConfigurationUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.ingest.IngestDocument;
@@ -83,6 +84,13 @@ public Object convert(Object value) {
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException("[" + value + "] is not a boolean value, cannot convert to boolean");
                 }
             }
+        }, IP {
+            @Override
+            public Object convert(Object value) {
+                // IllegalArgumentException is thrown if unable to convert
+                InetAddresses.forString((String) value);
+                return value;
+            }
         }, STRING {
             @Override
             public Object convert(Object value) {
diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/ConvertProcessorTests.java b/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/ConvertProcessorTests.java
index 10d1df1418110..8712b88d6438d 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/ConvertProcessorTests.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/ConvertProcessorTests.java
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.ingest.common;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.ingest.IngestDocument;
+import org.elasticsearch.ingest.Processor;
+import org.elasticsearch.ingest.RandomDocumentPicks;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -15,11 +20,6 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.ingest.IngestDocument;
-import org.elasticsearch.ingest.Processor;
-import org.elasticsearch.ingest.RandomDocumentPicks;
-import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
-
 import static org.elasticsearch.ingest.IngestDocumentMatcher.assertIngestDocument;
 import static org.elasticsearch.ingest.common.ConvertProcessor.Type;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
@@ -307,6 +307,77 @@ public void testConvertBooleanError() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testConvertIpV4() throws Exception {
+        // valid ipv4 address
+        IngestDocument ingestDocument = RandomDocumentPicks.randomIngestDocument(random(), new HashMap<>());
+        String fieldName = RandomDocumentPicks.randomFieldName(random());
+        String targetField = randomValueOtherThan(fieldName, () -> RandomDocumentPicks.randomFieldName(random()));
+        String validIpV4 = "192.168.1.1";
+        ingestDocument.setFieldValue(fieldName, validIpV4);
+
+        Processor processor = new ConvertProcessor(randomAlphaOfLength(10), null, fieldName, targetField, Type.IP, false);
+        processor.execute(ingestDocument);
+        assertThat(ingestDocument.getFieldValue(targetField, String.class), equalTo(validIpV4));
+
+        // invalid ipv4 address
+        IngestDocument ingestDocument2 = RandomDocumentPicks.randomIngestDocument(random(), new HashMap<>());
+        fieldName = RandomDocumentPicks.randomFieldName(random());
+        targetField = randomValueOtherThan(fieldName, () -> RandomDocumentPicks.randomFieldName(random()));
+        String invalidIpV4 = "192.168.1.256";
+        ingestDocument2.setFieldValue(fieldName, invalidIpV4);
+
+        Processor processor2 = new ConvertProcessor(randomAlphaOfLength(10), null, fieldName, targetField, Type.IP, false);
+        IllegalArgumentException e = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> processor2.execute(ingestDocument2));
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString("'" + invalidIpV4 + "' is not an IP string literal."));
+    }
+
+    public void testConvertIpV6() throws Exception {
+        // valid ipv6 address
+        IngestDocument ingestDocument = RandomDocumentPicks.randomIngestDocument(random(), new HashMap<>());
+        String fieldName = RandomDocumentPicks.randomFieldName(random());
+        String targetField = randomValueOtherThan(fieldName, () -> RandomDocumentPicks.randomFieldName(random()));
+        String validIpV6 = "2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:7777:8888";
+        ingestDocument.setFieldValue(fieldName, validIpV6);
+
+        Processor processor = new ConvertProcessor(randomAlphaOfLength(10), null, fieldName, targetField, Type.IP, false);
+        processor.execute(ingestDocument);
+        assertThat(ingestDocument.getFieldValue(targetField, String.class), equalTo(validIpV6));
+
+        // invalid ipv6 address
+        IngestDocument ingestDocument2 = RandomDocumentPicks.randomIngestDocument(random(), new HashMap<>());
+        fieldName = RandomDocumentPicks.randomFieldName(random());
+        targetField = randomValueOtherThan(fieldName, () -> RandomDocumentPicks.randomFieldName(random()));
+        String invalidIpV6 = "2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:7777:88888";
+        ingestDocument2.setFieldValue(fieldName, invalidIpV6);
+
+        Processor processor2 = new ConvertProcessor(randomAlphaOfLength(10), null, fieldName, targetField, Type.IP, false);
+        IllegalArgumentException e = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> processor2.execute(ingestDocument2));
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString("'" + invalidIpV6 + "' is not an IP string literal."));
+    }
+
+    public void testConvertIpList() throws Exception {
+        IngestDocument ingestDocument = RandomDocumentPicks.randomIngestDocument(random());
+        int numItems = randomIntBetween(1, 10);
+        List<String> fieldValue = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<String> expectedList = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int j = 0; j < numItems; j++) {
+            String value;
+            if (randomBoolean()) {
+                // ipv4 value
+                value = "192.168.1." + randomIntBetween(0, 255);
+            } else {
+                // ipv6 value
+                value = "2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:7777:" + Long.toString(randomLongBetween(0, 65535), 16);
+            }
+            fieldValue.add(value);
+            expectedList.add(value);
+        }
+        String fieldName = RandomDocumentPicks.addRandomField(random(), ingestDocument, fieldValue);
+        Processor processor = new ConvertProcessor(randomAlphaOfLength(10), null, fieldName, fieldName, Type.IP, false);
+        processor.execute(ingestDocument);
+        assertThat(ingestDocument.getFieldValue(fieldName, List.class), equalTo(expectedList));
+    }
+
     public void testConvertString() throws Exception {
         IngestDocument ingestDocument = RandomDocumentPicks.randomIngestDocument(random());
         Object fieldValue;