diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/tests/TestBase.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/tests/TestBase.java
index 59950c4..b693f18 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/vertx/tests/TestBase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/tests/TestBase.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:julien@julienviet.com">Julien Viet</a>
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ protected Closeable startProxy(SocketAddress backend) {
   }
 
   protected Closeable startProxy(Consumer<HttpProxy> config) {
+    return startProxy(UnaryOperator.identity(), config);
+  }
+
+  protected Closeable startProxy(UnaryOperator<HttpServerOptions> proxyOptionsConfig, Consumer<HttpProxy> config) {
     CompletableFuture<Closeable> res = new CompletableFuture<>();
     vertx.deployVerticle(new AbstractVerticle() {
       HttpClient proxyClient;
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ protected Closeable startProxy(Consumer<HttpProxy> config) {
       @Override
       public void start(Promise<Void> startFuture) {
         proxyClient = vertx.createHttpClient(new HttpClientOptions(clientOptions));
-        proxyServer = vertx.createHttpServer(new HttpServerOptions(serverOptions));
+        proxyServer = vertx.createHttpServer(proxyOptionsConfig.apply(new HttpServerOptions(serverOptions)));
         proxy = HttpProxy.reverseProxy(proxyOptions, proxyClient);
         config.accept(proxy);
         proxyServer.requestHandler(proxy);
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/tests/WebSocketTest.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/tests/WebSocketTest.java
index 0413a83..6471468 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/vertx/tests/WebSocketTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/tests/WebSocketTest.java
@@ -191,4 +191,42 @@ public Future<ProxyResponse> handleProxyRequest(ProxyContext context) {
       });
     }));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWebSocketExtensionsNegotiatedBetweenClientAndBackend(TestContext ctx) {
+    Async async = ctx.async();
+    HttpServerOptions backendOptions = new HttpServerOptions().setPort(8081).setHost("localhost")
+      .setPerFrameWebSocketCompressionSupported(false) // Disable extension in the backend
+      .setPerMessageWebSocketCompressionSupported(false); // Disable extension in the backend
+    SocketAddress backend = startHttpBackend(ctx, backendOptions, req -> {
+      ctx.assertTrue(req.headers().contains("sec-websocket-extensions"));
+      Future<ServerWebSocket> fut = req.toWebSocket();
+      fut.onComplete(ctx.asyncAssertSuccess(ws -> {
+        ws.handler(buff -> ws.writeTextMessage(buff.toString()));
+        ws.closeHandler(v -> {
+          async.complete();
+        });
+      }));
+    });
+    startProxy(proxyServerOptions -> {
+      return proxyServerOptions
+        .setPerFrameWebSocketCompressionSupported(true) // Enable extension in the proxy
+        .setPerMessageWebSocketCompressionSupported(true); // Enable extension in the proxy
+    }, httpProxy -> httpProxy.origin(backend));
+    wsClient = vertx.createWebSocketClient(new WebSocketClientOptions()
+      .setTryUsePerFrameCompression(true)  // Enable extension in the client
+      .setTryUsePerMessageCompression(true)); // Enable extension in the client
+    WebSocketConnectOptions options = new WebSocketConnectOptions()
+      .setPort(8080)
+      .setHost("localhost")
+      .setURI("/ws");
+    wsClient.connect(options).onComplete(ctx.asyncAssertSuccess(ws -> {
+      ctx.assertFalse(ws.headers().contains("sec-websocket-extensions"), "Expected extensions to be declined");
+      ws.textMessageHandler(msg -> {
+        ctx.assertEquals("hello", msg);
+        ws.close();
+      });
+      ws.writeTextMessage("hello");
+    }));
+  }
 }