diff --git a/tests/middleware/test_proxy_headers.py b/tests/middleware/test_proxy_headers.py
index 7dba44f6b..11960b062 100644
--- a/tests/middleware/test_proxy_headers.py
+++ b/tests/middleware/test_proxy_headers.py
@@ -3,9 +3,22 @@
 import httpx
 import pytest
 
+from tests.protocols.test_http import HTTP_PROTOCOLS
 from tests.response import Response
+from tests.utils import run_server
 from uvicorn._types import ASGIReceiveCallable, ASGISendCallable, Scope
+from uvicorn.config import Config
 from uvicorn.middleware.proxy_headers import ProxyHeadersMiddleware
+from uvicorn.protocols.websockets.wsproto_impl import WSProtocol
+
+try:
+    import websockets.client
+
+    from uvicorn.protocols.websockets.websockets_impl import WebSocketProtocol
+
+    WS_PROTOCOLS = [WSProtocol, WebSocketProtocol]
+except ImportError:  # pragma: nocover
+    WS_PROTOCOLS = []
 
 
 async def app(
@@ -103,3 +116,34 @@ async def test_proxy_headers_invalid_x_forwarded_for() -> None:
         response = await client.get("/", headers=headers)
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert response.text == "Remote: https://1.2.3.4:0"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("ws_protocol_cls", WS_PROTOCOLS)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("http_protocol_cls", HTTP_PROTOCOLS)
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not WS_PROTOCOLS, reason="websockets module not installed.")
+async def test_proxy_headers_websocket_x_forwarded_proto(
+    ws_protocol_cls, http_protocol_cls, unused_tcp_port: int
+) -> None:
+    async def websocket_app(scope, receive, send):
+        scheme = scope["scheme"]
+        host, port = scope["client"]
+        addr = "%s://%s:%d" % (scheme, host, port)
+        await send({"type": "websocket.accept"})
+        await send({"type": "websocket.send", "text": addr})
+
+    app_with_middleware = ProxyHeadersMiddleware(websocket_app, trusted_hosts="*")
+    config = Config(
+        app=app_with_middleware,
+        ws=ws_protocol_cls,
+        http=http_protocol_cls,
+        lifespan="off",
+        port=unused_tcp_port,
+    )
+
+    async with run_server(config):
+        url = f"ws://127.0.0.1:{unused_tcp_port}"
+        headers = {"X-Forwarded-Proto": "https", "X-Forwarded-For": "1.2.3.4"}
+        async with websockets.client.connect(url, extra_headers=headers) as websocket:
+            data = await websocket.recv()
+            assert data == "wss://1.2.3.4:0"
diff --git a/uvicorn/middleware/proxy_headers.py b/uvicorn/middleware/proxy_headers.py
index 3a1e53399..28277e1d6 100644
--- a/uvicorn/middleware/proxy_headers.py
+++ b/uvicorn/middleware/proxy_headers.py
@@ -59,8 +59,15 @@ async def __call__(
                 if b"x-forwarded-proto" in headers:
                     # Determine if the incoming request was http or https based on
                     # the X-Forwarded-Proto header.
-                    x_forwarded_proto = headers[b"x-forwarded-proto"].decode("latin1")
-                    scope["scheme"] = x_forwarded_proto.strip()
+                    x_forwarded_proto = (
+                        headers[b"x-forwarded-proto"].decode("latin1").strip()
+                    )
+                    if scope["type"] == "websocket":
+                        scope["scheme"] = (
+                            "wss" if x_forwarded_proto == "https" else "ws"
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        scope["scheme"] = x_forwarded_proto
 
                 if b"x-forwarded-for" in headers:
                     # Determine the client address from the last trusted IP in the