diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 5e76dd4..87c5fc9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ MOCK_MODULES = [
     "lxml.html", "lxml.cssselect", "lxml",
     "praw",
     "gi", "gi.repository", "dbus.mainloop.glib", "dbus",
+    "GeoIP",
     "pywapi", "basiciw",
     "i3pystatus.pulseaudio.pulse",
     "notmuch",
diff --git a/i3pystatus/external_ip.py b/i3pystatus/external_ip.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..359fd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i3pystatus/external_ip.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+from i3pystatus import IntervalModule, formatp
+from i3pystatus.core.util import internet, require
+
+import GeoIP
+import urllib.request
+
+
+class ExternalIP(IntervalModule):
+    """
+    Shows the external IP with the country code/name.
+
+    Requires the PyPI package `GeoIP`.
+
+    .. rubric:: Available formatters
+
+    * {country_name} the full name of the country from the IP (eg. 'United States')
+    * {country_code} the country code of the country from the IP (eg. 'US')
+    * {ip} the ip
+    """
+    interval = 15
+
+    settings = (
+        "format",
+        "color",
+        ("color_down", "color when the http request failed"),
+        ("color_hide", "color when the user has decide to switch to the hide format"),
+        ("format_down", "format when the http request failed"),
+        ("format_hide", "format when the user has decide to switch to the hide format"),
+        ("ip_website", "http website where the IP is directly available as raw"),
+        ("timeout", "timeout in seconds when the http request is taking too much time"),
+    )
+
+    format = "{country_name} {country_code} {ip}"
+    format_hide = "{country_code}"
+    format_down = "Timeout"
+
+    ip_website = "https://api.ipify.org"
+    timeout = 5
+    color = "#FFFFFF"
+    color_hide = "#FFFF00"
+    color_down = "#FF0000"
+
+    on_leftclick = "switch_hide"
+    on_rightclick = "run"
+
+    @require(internet)
+    def get_external_ip(self):
+        try:
+            request = urllib.request.urlopen(self.ip_website,
+                                             timeout=self.timeout)
+            return request.read().decode().strip()
+        except Exception:
+            return None
+
+    def run(self):
+        ip = self.get_external_ip()
+        if not ip:
+            return self.disable()
+
+        gi = GeoIP.GeoIP(GeoIP.GEOIP_STANDARD)
+        country_code = gi.country_code_by_addr(ip)
+        country_name = gi.country_name_by_addr(ip)
+
+        if not country_code:
+            return self.disable()  # fail here in the case of a bad IP
+
+        fdict = {
+            "country_name": country_name,
+            "country_code": country_code,
+            "ip": ip
+        }
+
+        self.output = {
+            "full_text": formatp(self.format, **fdict).strip(),
+            "color": self.color
+        }
+
+    def disable(self):
+        self.output = {
+            "full_text": self.format_down,
+            "color": self.color_down
+        }
+
+    def switch_hide(self):
+        self.format, self.format_hide = self.format_hide, self.format
+        self.color, self.color_hide = self.color_hide, self.color
+        self.run()