diff --git a/module/sources/check_redfish/config.py b/module/sources/check_redfish/config.py
index 2c21fff..a4f99be 100644
--- a/module/sources/check_redfish/config.py
+++ b/module/sources/check_redfish/config.py
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ def __init__(self):
                          via check_redfish if False only data which is not preset in NetBox will be added""",
                          default_value=False),
 
+            ConfigOption("skip_fhrp_group_ips",
+                         bool,
+                         description="""define if an IP address assigned to a FHRP group (like HSRP, VRRP, GLBP) will be skipped.
+                         If True this IP address will be skipped and not synced to NetBox to prevent incorrect syncing.""",
+                         default_value=False),
+
             ConfigOption(**config_option_ip_tenant_inheritance_order_definition),
         ]
 
diff --git a/module/sources/common/source_base.py b/module/sources/common/source_base.py
index 0e95e5c..7611668 100644
--- a/module/sources/common/source_base.py
+++ b/module/sources/common/source_base.py
@@ -443,6 +443,12 @@ def add_update_interface(self, interface_object, device_object, interface_data,
             this_ip_object = None
             skip_this_ip = False
             for ip in self.inventory.get_all_items(NBIPAddress):
+                # stops fhrp group assigned ip addresses from being overridden and assigned to another object type
+                # if the config skip_fhrp_group_ips is set to True
+                if grab(ip, "data.assigned_object_type", fallback="") == "ipam.fhrpgroup" and self.settings.skip_fhrp_group_ips:
+                    log.info(f"Ip address {grab(ip, "data.address")} is assigned to an FHRP Group and skip_fhrp_group_ips is set to {self.settings.skip_fhrp_group_ips}, skipping.")
+                    skip_this_ip = True
+                    continue
 
                 # check if address matches (without prefix length)
                 ip_address_string = grab(ip, "data.address", fallback="")
diff --git a/module/sources/vmware/config.py b/module/sources/vmware/config.py
index 7e448a2..3e5c731 100644
--- a/module/sources/vmware/config.py
+++ b/module/sources/vmware/config.py
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ def __init__(self):
                          description="""If the VMware Site Recovery Manager is used to can skip syncing
                          placeholder/replicated VMs from fail-over site to NetBox.""",
                          default_value=False),
+            ConfigOption("skip_fhrp_group_ips",
+                         bool,
+                         description="""If an IP address is assigned to a FHRP group (like HSRP, VRRP, GLBP)
+                         then this IP address will be skipped and not synced to NetBox to prevent incorrect syncing.""",
+                         default_value=False),
             ConfigOption("strip_host_domain_name",
                          bool,
                          description="strip domain part from host name before syncing device to NetBox",