diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/object/nodes.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/object/nodes.go
index d04cf6f0..42ae7324 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/object/nodes.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/object/nodes.go
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	verifyPresenceAllFlag = "verify-presence-all"
+	verifyPresenceAllFlag       = "verify-presence-all"
+	preferInternalAddressesFlag = "prefer-internal-addresses"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ func initObjectNodesCmd() {
 
 	flags.Bool(verifyPresenceAllFlag, false, "Verify the actual presence of the object on all netmap nodes.")
 	flags.Bool(commonflags.JSON, false, "Print information about the object placement as json.")
+	flags.Bool(preferInternalAddressesFlag, false, "Use internal addresses first to get object info.")
 }
 
 func objectNodes(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
@@ -449,11 +451,20 @@ func getNodesToCheckObjectExistance(cmd *cobra.Command, netmap *netmapSDK.NetMap
 func createClient(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, candidate netmapSDK.NodeInfo, pk *ecdsa.PrivateKey) (*client.Client, error) {
 	var cli *client.Client
 	var addresses []string
-	candidate.IterateNetworkEndpoints(func(s string) bool {
-		addresses = append(addresses, s)
-		return false
-	})
-	addresses = append(addresses, candidate.ExternalAddresses()...)
+	if preferInternal, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(preferInternalAddressesFlag); preferInternal {
+		candidate.IterateNetworkEndpoints(func(s string) bool {
+			addresses = append(addresses, s)
+			return false
+		})
+		addresses = append(addresses, candidate.ExternalAddresses()...)
+	} else {
+		addresses = append(addresses, candidate.ExternalAddresses()...)
+		candidate.IterateNetworkEndpoints(func(s string) bool {
+			addresses = append(addresses, s)
+			return false
+		})
+	}
+
 	var lastErr error
 	for _, address := range addresses {
 		var networkAddr network.Address