diff --git a/doc/esp8266wifi/station-class.rst b/doc/esp8266wifi/station-class.rst
index 464f4a4d65..2697159df3 100644
--- a/doc/esp8266wifi/station-class.rst
+++ b/doc/esp8266wifi/station-class.rst
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ The following IP configuration may be provided:
       Serial.println();
 
       Serial.printf("Connecting to %s\n", ssid);
-      WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
       WiFi.config(staticIP, gateway, subnet);
+      WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
       while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
       {
         delay(500);
diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiSTA.cpp b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiSTA.cpp
index 5c77f97998..58daa5114c 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiSTA.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiSTA.cpp
@@ -247,6 +247,27 @@ wl_status_t ESP8266WiFiSTAClass::begin() {
  * @param dns1       Static DNS server 1
  * @param dns2       Static DNS server 2
  */
+
+#if LWIP_VERSION_MAJOR != 1
+/*
+  About the following call in the end of ESP8266WiFiSTAClass::config():
+      netif_set_addr(eagle_lwip_getif(STATION_IF), &info.ip, &info.netmask, &info.gw);
+
+  With lwip2, it is needed to trigger IP address change.
+      Recall: when lwip2 is enabled, lwip1 api is still used by espressif firmware
+          https://github.com/d-a-v/esp82xx-nonos-linklayer/tree/25d5e8186f710a230221021cba97727dbfdfd953#how-it-works
+
+  We need first to disable the lwIP API redirection for netif_set_addr() so lwip1's call will be linked:
+      https://github.com/d-a-v/esp82xx-nonos-linklayer/blob/25d5e8186f710a230221021cba97727dbfdfd953/glue-lwip/arch/cc.h#L122
+
+  We also need to declare its prototype using ip4_addr_t instead of ip_addr_t because lwIP-1.x never has IPv6.
+  No need to worry about this #undef, this call is only needed in lwip2, and never used in arduino core code.
+ */
+#undef netif_set_addr // need to call lwIP-v1.4 netif_set_addr()
+extern "C" struct netif* eagle_lwip_getif (int netif_index);
+extern "C" void netif_set_addr (struct netif* netif, ip4_addr_t* ip, ip4_addr_t* netmask, ip4_addr_t* gw);
+#endif
+
 bool ESP8266WiFiSTAClass::config(IPAddress local_ip, IPAddress arg1, IPAddress arg2, IPAddress arg3, IPAddress dns2) {
 
   if(!WiFi.enableSTA(true)) {
@@ -310,6 +331,12 @@ bool ESP8266WiFiSTAClass::config(IPAddress local_ip, IPAddress arg1, IPAddress a
       dns_setserver(1, dns2);
   }
 
+#if LWIP_VERSION_MAJOR != 1
+  // trigger address change by calling lwIP-v1.4 api
+  // (see explanation above)
+  netif_set_addr(eagle_lwip_getif(STATION_IF), &info.ip, &info.netmask, &info.gw);
+#endif
+
   return true;
 }