diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 891c147..cd5d361 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ If you want to define your custom variables see [Define custom variables](#defin
 | RABBITMQ_IP_WHITELIST        | 123.456.123.422, 423.534.223.234 | IP Addresses (separated by comma) for which is the RabbitMQ Management accessible                                           |              All |
 | USING_CLOUDFLARE             | _1_ OR _0_                       | Set to 1 if your site is using Cloudflare (enables IP whitelisting)                                                         | production/devel |
 | MCP_INGRESS_ENABLED          | _1_ OR _0_                       | Set to 0 to disable the separate ingress publishing the MCP endpoints without HTTP basic auth (default: 1)                  | production/devel |
+| MCP_IP_WHITELIST             | 203.0.113.0/24, 198.51.100.10/32 | VPN egress IP ranges allowed to access MCP; when empty, MCP access is not restricted by source IP                           | production/devel |
 
 *1) Credentials can be generated in Gitlab (Settings -> Repository -> Deploy Tokens) with `read_registry` scope only 
 
diff --git a/UPGRADE.md b/UPGRADE.md
index 80e09aa..ad454a0 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.md
+++ b/UPGRADE.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 2. Run `composer update shopsys/deployment`
 3. Check files in mentioned pull requests and if you have any of them extended in your project, apply changes manually
 
+## Upgrade from v5.2.0 to v5.3.0
+
+- set `MCP_IP_WHITELIST` to a comma-separated list of VPN egress IP addresses or CIDR ranges to restrict access to the MCP ingress; an empty value preserves the current publicly reachable MCP ingress
+
 ## Upgrade from v5.1.0 to v5.2.0
 
 - the MCP server endpoints (`/_mcp`, `/mcp/oauth`, `/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server`, `/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource`) are now published through a separate `eshop-mcp` ingress without HTTP basic auth, so external MCP clients (e.g. Claude Code) can authenticate with their own Bearer token
diff --git a/deploy/parts/domains.sh b/deploy/parts/domains.sh
index 0354926..4ddae97 100644
--- a/deploy/parts/domains.sh
+++ b/deploy/parts/domains.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ USING_CLOUDFLARE=${USING_CLOUDFLARE:-0}
 # Global switch to disable publishing of the MCP ingress without HTTP basic auth (default: enabled)
 MCP_INGRESS_ENABLED=${MCP_INGRESS_ENABLED:-1}
 
+# IP ranges allowed to access the MCP ingress, typically VPN egress ranges.
+# An empty value keeps the MCP ingress publicly reachable as before.
+MCP_IP_WHITELIST=$(echo "${MCP_IP_WHITELIST:-}" | tr -d ' ' | sed 's/,\+/,/g;s/^,//;s/,$//')
+
 # Domains to exclude from Cloudflare IP whitelisting
 if [ -z "${CLOUDFLARE_EXCLUDED_DOMAINS}" ]; then
   CLOUDFLARE_EXCLUDED_DOMAINS=()
@@ -213,8 +217,18 @@ done
 # - server-scoped nginx settings of the main ingress (e.g. the Cloudflare
 #   real_ip_header server-snippet) apply to the MCP locations automatically, because
 #   ingress-nginx merges all ingresses of the same hostname into a single server block.
+function configure_mcp_ingress() {
+    local TARGET_FILEPATH="${1}"
+
+    if [ -n "${MCP_IP_WHITELIST}" ]; then
+        MCP_IP_WHITELIST="${MCP_IP_WHITELIST}" yq e -i '
+          .metadata.annotations."nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/whitelist-source-range" = strenv(MCP_IP_WHITELIST)
+        ' "${TARGET_FILEPATH}"
+    fi
+}
+
 if [ "${MCP_INGRESS_ENABLED}" = "1" ]; then
-    render_ingress ".ingress-mcp.yaml" "ingress-mcp.yaml" "eshop-mcp" 0
+    render_ingress ".ingress-mcp.yaml" "ingress-mcp.yaml" "eshop-mcp" 0 configure_mcp_ingress
 fi
 
 echo -e "[${GREEN}OK${NO_COLOR}]"
diff --git a/tests/scenarios/basic-production/deploy-project.sh b/tests/scenarios/basic-production/deploy-project.sh
index 65c8654..b86c4f3 100644
--- a/tests/scenarios/basic-production/deploy-project.sh
+++ b/tests/scenarios/basic-production/deploy-project.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ source "$(dirname "$0")/../../lib/scenario-base.sh"
 # Scenario-specific configuration
 DOMAINS=(DOMAIN_HOSTNAME_1 DOMAIN_HOSTNAME_2)
 export RUNNING_PRODUCTION=1
+export MCP_IP_WHITELIST="203.0.113.0/24,198.51.100.10/32"
 ENABLE_AUTOSCALING=true
 
 declare -A CRON_INSTANCES=(
diff --git a/tests/scenarios/basic-production/expected/webserver.yaml b/tests/scenarios/basic-production/expected/webserver.yaml
index 0fa67f2..84fc3c1 100644
--- a/tests/scenarios/basic-production/expected/webserver.yaml
+++ b/tests/scenarios/basic-production/expected/webserver.yaml
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true"
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: 32m
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/whitelist-source-range: 203.0.113.0/24,198.51.100.10/32
   name: eshop-mcp
   namespace: myproject-production
 spec: