diff --git a/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/HttpRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/HttpRequest.java
index f952327a..a99f60ad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/HttpRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/HttpRequest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 public interface HttpRequest extends DataHolder {
 
-    String COOKIE_HEADER = "Cookie";
+    public String COOKIE_HEADER = "Cookie";
 
     String uri();
 
@@ -155,5 +155,4 @@ public interface HttpRequest extends DataHolder {
      * Timestamp (millis since epoch) of when this request was first received by the server.
      */
     long timestamp();
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/netty/NettyHttpRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/netty/NettyHttpRequest.java
index c39a5123..6b036658 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/netty/NettyHttpRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/netty/NettyHttpRequest.java
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@
 import java.net.HttpCookie;
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.*;
 
 public class NettyHttpRequest implements org.webbitserver.HttpRequest {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/netty/WebSocketClient.java b/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/netty/WebSocketClient.java
index 8871c76a..1bbe1669 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/netty/WebSocketClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/webbitserver/netty/WebSocketClient.java
@@ -33,16 +33,20 @@
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.HttpCookie;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask;
 
+import static java.util.concurrent.Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor;
 import static org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.pipeline;
 
 public class WebSocketClient implements WebSocket {
@@ -74,12 +78,13 @@ public class WebSocketClient implements WebSocket {
     private Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler exceptionHandler;
     private Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler ioExceptionHandler;
     private SslFactory sslFactory;
+    private final List<HttpCookie> cookies = new ArrayList<HttpCookie>();
 
     public WebSocketClient(URI uri, WebSocketHandler webSocketHandler) {
-        this(uri, webSocketHandler, Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor());
+        this(uri, webSocketHandler, newSingleThreadExecutor());
     }
 
-    public WebSocketClient(URI uri, WebSocketHandler webSocketHandler, Executor executor) {
+    public WebSocketClient(URI uri, WebSocketHandler webSocketHandler, Executor executor){
         this.uri = uri;
         this.webSocketHandler = webSocketHandler;
         this.executor = executor;
@@ -102,6 +107,11 @@ public WebSocketClient(URI uri, WebSocketHandler webSocketHandler, Executor exec
         connectionExceptionHandler(new SilentExceptionHandler());
     }
 
+    public WebSocketClient cookie(HttpCookie httpCookie){
+        cookies.add(httpCookie);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     private String getPath(URI uri) {
         String path = uri.getPath();
         return "".equals(path) ? "/" : path;
@@ -200,6 +210,18 @@ private HttpRequest createNettyHttpRequest(String uri, String host) {
         request.setHeader(HttpHeaders.Names.UPGRADE, "websocket");
         request.setHeader(HttpHeaders.Names.ACCEPT_ENCODING, HttpHeaders.Values.GZIP);
         request.setHeader(Hybi.SEC_WEBSOCKET_VERSION, VERSION);
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        boolean first = true;
+        for(HttpCookie cookie : cookies){
+            if(!first){
+                builder.append("; ");
+            }
+            builder.append(cookie.toString());
+            first = false;
+        }
+        if(!first){
+            request.setHeader(org.webbitserver.HttpRequest.COOKIE_HEADER, builder.toString());
+        }
 
         base64Nonce = base64Nonce();
         request.setHeader(Hybi.SEC_WEBSOCKET_KEY, base64Nonce);