diff --git a/internal/provider/adc/translator/apisixroute.go b/internal/provider/adc/translator/apisixroute.go
index 3cf1a68cd7..7ff1ed20bb 100644
--- a/internal/provider/adc/translator/apisixroute.go
+++ b/internal/provider/adc/translator/apisixroute.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (t *Translator) buildRoute(ar *apiv2.ApisixRoute, service *adc.Service, rul
 	route.ID = id.GenID(route.Name)
 	route.Desc = "Created by apisix-ingress-controller, DO NOT modify it manually"
 	route.Labels = label.GenLabel(ar)
-	route.EnableWebsocket = ptr.To(true)
+	route.EnableWebsocket = ptr.To(rule.Websocket)
 	route.FilterFunc = rule.Match.FilterFunc
 	route.Hosts = rule.Match.Hosts
 	route.Methods = rule.Match.Methods
diff --git a/test/e2e/crds/v2/route.go b/test/e2e/crds/v2/route.go
index 78d14636ce..21bb426d42 100644
--- a/test/e2e/crds/v2/route.go
+++ b/test/e2e/crds/v2/route.go
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -757,4 +759,137 @@ spec:
 			})
 		})
 	})
+
+	Context("Test ApisixRoute WebSocket Support", func() {
+		It("basic websocket functionality", func() {
+			const websocketServerResources = `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: websocket-server
+  labels:
+    app: websocket-server
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - name: websocket-server
+    image: jmalloc/echo-server:latest
+    ports:
+    - containerPort: 8080
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: websocket-server-service
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: websocket-server
+  ports:
+    - name: ws
+      port: 8080
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: 8080
+`
+			const apisixRouteSpec = `
+apiVersion: apisix.apache.org/v2
+kind: ApisixRoute
+metadata:
+  name: websocket-route
+spec:
+  ingressClassName: apisix
+  http:
+  - name: rule1
+    match:
+      hosts:
+      - httpbin.org
+      paths:
+      - /echo
+    websocket: true
+    backends:
+    - serviceName: websocket-server-service
+      servicePort: 8080
+`
+
+			const apisixRouteSpec2 = `
+apiVersion: apisix.apache.org/v2
+kind: ApisixRoute
+metadata:
+  name: websocket-route
+spec:
+  ingressClassName: apisix
+  http:
+  - name: rule1
+    match:
+      hosts:
+      - httpbin.org
+      paths:
+      - /echo
+    backends:
+    - serviceName: websocket-server-service
+      servicePort: 8080
+`
+
+			By("create WebSocket server resources")
+			err := s.CreateResourceFromString(websocketServerResources)
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred(), "creating WebSocket server resources")
+
+			By("create ApisixRoute without WebSocker")
+			var apisixRouteWithoutWS apiv2.ApisixRoute
+			applier.MustApplyAPIv2(
+				types.NamespacedName{Namespace: s.Namespace(), Name: "websocket-route"},
+				&apisixRouteWithoutWS,
+				apisixRouteSpec2,
+			)
+			time.Sleep(8 * time.Second)
+
+			By("verify WebSocket connection fails without WebSocket enabled")
+			u := url.URL{
+				Scheme: "ws",
+				Host:   s.ApisixHTTPEndpoint(),
+				Path:   "/echo",
+			}
+			headers := http.Header{"Host": []string{"httpbin.org"}}
+			_, resp, _ := websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(u.String(), headers)
+			// should receive 200 instead of 101
+			Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(Equal(http.StatusOK))
+
+			By("apply ApisixRoute for WebSocket")
+			var apisixRoute apiv2.ApisixRoute
+			applier.MustApplyAPIv2(
+				types.NamespacedName{Namespace: s.Namespace(), Name: "websocket-route"},
+				&apisixRoute,
+				apisixRouteSpec,
+			)
+			By("wait for WebSocket server to be ready")
+			time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+			By("verify WebSocket connection")
+			u = url.URL{
+				Scheme: "ws",
+				Host:   s.ApisixHTTPEndpoint(),
+				Path:   "/echo",
+			}
+			headers = http.Header{"Host": []string{"httpbin.org"}}
+
+			conn, resp, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(u.String(), headers)
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred(), "WebSocket handshake")
+			Expect(resp.StatusCode).Should(Equal(http.StatusSwitchingProtocols))
+
+			defer func() {
+				_ = conn.Close()
+			}()
+
+			By("send and receive message through WebSocket")
+			testMessage := "hello, this is APISIX"
+			err = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte(testMessage))
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred(), "writing WebSocket message")
+
+			// The echo server sends an identification message first
+			_, _, err = conn.ReadMessage()
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred(), "reading identification message")
+
+			// Then our echo
+			_, msg, err := conn.ReadMessage()
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred(), "reading echo message")
+			Expect(string(msg)).To(Equal(testMessage), "message content verification")
+		})
+	})
 })
diff --git a/test/e2e/scaffold/scaffold.go b/test/e2e/scaffold/scaffold.go
index 82c01f47b5..48cc3b81b1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scaffold/scaffold.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scaffold/scaffold.go
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ func (s *Scaffold) NewAPISIXClient() *httpexpect.Expect {
 	})
 }
 
+func (s *Scaffold) ApisixHTTPEndpoint() string {
+	return s.apisixHttpTunnel.Endpoint()
+}
+
 // GetAPISIXHTTPSEndpoint get apisix https endpoint from tunnel map
 func (s *Scaffold) GetAPISIXHTTPSEndpoint() string {
 	return s.apisixHttpsTunnel.Endpoint()