diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/370_ip_field_doc_values.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/370_ip_field_doc_values.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..33419c5bb223c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/370_ip_field_doc_values.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+setup:
+  - skip:
+      features: [ "headers" ]
+      version: " - 2.11.99"
+      reason: "searching with only doc_values was added in 2.12.0"
+
+---
+"search on ip fields with doc_values enabled":
+  - do:
+      indices.create:
+        index:  test-iodvq
+        body:
+          mappings:
+            dynamic: false
+            properties:
+              ip_index:
+                type: ip
+                doc_values: false
+              ip_doc_values:
+                type: ip
+                index: false
+              ip_both:
+                type: ip
+                index: true
+                doc_values: true
+
+
+  - do:
+      headers:
+        Content-Type: application/json
+      index:
+        index:  "test-iodvq"
+        id:     1
+        body:
+          ip_index: "192.168.0.1"
+          ip_doc_values: "192.168.0.2"
+          ip_both: "192.168.0.3"
+
+  - do:
+      headers:
+        Content-Type: application/json
+      index:
+        index:  "test-iodvq"
+        id:     2
+        body:
+          ip_index: "192.168.1.1"
+          ip_doc_values: "192.168.1.2"
+          ip_both: "192.168.1.3"
+
+
+  - do:
+      headers:
+        Content-Type: application/json
+      index:
+        index:  "test-iodvq"
+        id:     3
+        body:
+          ip_index: "192.168.2.1"
+          ip_doc_values: "192.168.2.2"
+          ip_both: "192.168.2.3"
+
+
+  - do:
+      indices.refresh: {}
+
+  - do:
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test-iodvq
+        body:
+          query:
+            term:
+              ip_index: "192.168.0.1"
+
+  - match: {hits.total: 1}
+
+  - do:
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test-iodvq
+        body:
+          query:
+            term:
+              ip_doc_values: "192.168.0.2"
+
+  - match: { hits.total: 1 }
+
+  - do:
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test-iodvq
+        body:
+          query:
+            term:
+              ip_both: "192.168.0.3"
+
+  - match: { hits.total: 1 }
+
+  - do:
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test-iodvq
+        body:
+          query:
+            terms:
+              ip_index: ["192.168.0.1", "192.168.1.1"]
+
+  - match: { hits.total: 2 }
+
+  - do:
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test-iodvq
+        body:
+          query:
+            range:
+              ip_doc_values:
+                gte: "192.168.0.2"
+
+  - match: { hits.total: 3 }
+
+
+  - do:
+      search:
+        rest_total_hits_as_int: true
+        index: test-iodvq
+        body:
+          query:
+            range:
+              ip_both:
+                gte: "192.168.0.2"
+                lte: "192.168.2.2"
+
+  - match: { hits.total: 2 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/IpFieldMapper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/IpFieldMapper.java
index 2a677d8bc1352..4f1f703585fb0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/IpFieldMapper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/mapper/IpFieldMapper.java
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.document.SortedSetDocValuesField;
 import org.apache.lucene.document.StoredField;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.SortedSetDocValues;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.IndexOrDocValuesQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.MatchNoDocsQuery;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.PointRangeQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.ArrayUtil;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
@@ -222,9 +224,10 @@ protected Object parseSourceValue(Object value) {
 
         @Override
         public Query termQuery(Object value, @Nullable QueryShardContext context) {
-            failIfNotIndexed();
+            failIfNotIndexedAndNoDocValues();
+            Query query;
             if (value instanceof InetAddress) {
-                return InetAddressPoint.newExactQuery(name(), (InetAddress) value);
+                query = InetAddressPoint.newExactQuery(name(), (InetAddress) value);
             } else {
                 if (value instanceof BytesRef) {
                     value = ((BytesRef) value).utf8ToString();
@@ -232,15 +235,39 @@ public Query termQuery(Object value, @Nullable QueryShardContext context) {
                 String term = value.toString();
                 if (term.contains("/")) {
                     final Tuple<InetAddress, Integer> cidr = InetAddresses.parseCidr(term);
-                    return InetAddressPoint.newPrefixQuery(name(), cidr.v1(), cidr.v2());
+                    query = InetAddressPoint.newPrefixQuery(name(), cidr.v1(), cidr.v2());
                 }
                 InetAddress address = InetAddresses.forString(term);
-                return InetAddressPoint.newExactQuery(name(), address);
+                query = InetAddressPoint.newExactQuery(name(), address);
             }
+            if (isSearchable() && hasDocValues()) {
+                return new IndexOrDocValuesQuery(
+                    query,
+                    SortedSetDocValuesField.newSlowRangeQuery(
+                        ((PointRangeQuery) query).getField(),
+                        new BytesRef(((PointRangeQuery) query).getLowerPoint()),
+                        new BytesRef(((PointRangeQuery) query).getUpperPoint()),
+                        true,
+                        true
+                    )
+                );
+            }
+            if (hasDocValues()) {
+                // InetAddressPoint uses a rangeQuery internally for terms
+                return SortedSetDocValuesField.newSlowRangeQuery(
+                    ((PointRangeQuery) query).getField(),
+                    new BytesRef(((PointRangeQuery) query).getLowerPoint()),
+                    new BytesRef(((PointRangeQuery) query).getUpperPoint()),
+                    true,
+                    true
+                );
+            }
+            return query;
         }
 
         @Override
         public Query termsQuery(List<?> values, QueryShardContext context) {
+            failIfNotIndexedAndNoDocValues();
             InetAddress[] addresses = new InetAddress[values.size()];
             int i = 0;
             for (Object value : values) {
@@ -265,14 +292,32 @@ public Query termsQuery(List<?> values, QueryShardContext context) {
 
         @Override
         public Query rangeQuery(Object lowerTerm, Object upperTerm, boolean includeLower, boolean includeUpper, QueryShardContext context) {
-            failIfNotIndexed();
-            return rangeQuery(
-                lowerTerm,
-                upperTerm,
-                includeLower,
-                includeUpper,
-                (lower, upper) -> InetAddressPoint.newRangeQuery(name(), lower, upper)
-            );
+            failIfNotIndexedAndNoDocValues();
+            return rangeQuery(lowerTerm, upperTerm, includeLower, includeUpper, (lower, upper) -> {
+                Query query = InetAddressPoint.newRangeQuery(name(), lower, upper);
+                if (isSearchable() && hasDocValues()) {
+                    return new IndexOrDocValuesQuery(
+                        query,
+                        SortedSetDocValuesField.newSlowRangeQuery(
+                            ((PointRangeQuery) query).getField(),
+                            new BytesRef(((PointRangeQuery) query).getLowerPoint()),
+                            new BytesRef(((PointRangeQuery) query).getUpperPoint()),
+                            true,
+                            true
+                        )
+                    );
+                }
+                if (hasDocValues()) {
+                    return SortedSetDocValuesField.newSlowRangeQuery(
+                        ((PointRangeQuery) query).getField(),
+                        new BytesRef(((PointRangeQuery) query).getLowerPoint()),
+                        new BytesRef(((PointRangeQuery) query).getUpperPoint()),
+                        true,
+                        true
+                    );
+                }
+                return query;
+            });
         }
 
         /**