diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 75bc49c7d..0d381e7d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermi
 ### FEATURES
 
 - [#9083] backport cli command to reindex missed events (@cmwaters)
+- [cli] \#9107 Add the `p2p.external-address` argument to set the node P2P external address (@amimart)
 
 ### IMPROVEMENTS
 
diff --git a/cmd/tendermint/commands/run_node.go b/cmd/tendermint/commands/run_node.go
index fd4408c5a..7773f8daa 100644
--- a/cmd/tendermint/commands/run_node.go
+++ b/cmd/tendermint/commands/run_node.go
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ func AddNodeFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		"p2p.laddr",
 		config.P2P.ListenAddress,
 		"node listen address. (0.0.0.0:0 means any interface, any port)")
+	cmd.Flags().String("p2p.external-address",
+		config.P2P.ExternalAddress, "ip:port address to advertise to peers for them to dial")
 	cmd.Flags().String("p2p.seeds", config.P2P.Seeds, "comma-delimited ID@host:port seed nodes")
 	cmd.Flags().String("p2p.persistent_peers", config.P2P.PersistentPeers, "comma-delimited ID@host:port persistent peers")
 	cmd.Flags().String("p2p.unconditional_peer_ids",