diff --git a/examples/websocket/example_ws.cpp b/examples/websocket/example_ws.cpp
index 0543c0eec..7ad0d5d12 100644
--- a/examples/websocket/example_ws.cpp
+++ b/examples/websocket/example_ws.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ int main()
     CROW_ROUTE(app, "/ws")
         .websocket()
         .onopen([&](crow::websocket::connection& conn){
-                CROW_LOG_INFO << "new websocket connection";
+                CROW_LOG_INFO << "new websocket connection from " << conn.get_remote_ip();
                 std::lock_guard<std::mutex> _(mtx);
                 users.insert(&conn);
                 })
diff --git a/include/crow/websocket.h b/include/crow/websocket.h
index ece71b6d3..86120735f 100644
--- a/include/crow/websocket.h
+++ b/include/crow/websocket.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace crow
             virtual void send_ping(const std::string& msg) = 0;
             virtual void send_pong(const std::string& msg) = 0;
             virtual void close(const std::string& msg = "quit") = 0;
+            virtual std::string get_remote_ip() = 0;
             virtual ~connection(){}
 
             void userdata(void* u) { userdata_ = u; }
@@ -185,6 +186,11 @@ namespace crow
                     });
                 }
 
+                std::string get_remote_ip() override
+                {
+                    return adaptor_.remote_endpoint().address().to_string();
+                }
+
             protected:
 
                 /// Generate the websocket headers using an opcode and the message size (in bytes).