diff --git a/leptos/src/hydration/mod.rs b/leptos/src/hydration/mod.rs
index 60721459fb..5e4a5eed1f 100644
--- a/leptos/src/hydration/mod.rs
+++ b/leptos/src/hydration/mod.rs
@@ -26,9 +26,20 @@ pub fn AutoReload(
             Some(val) => val,
             None => options.reload_port,
         };
+
         let protocol = match options.reload_ws_protocol {
+            leptos_config::ReloadWSProtocol::Auto => "null",
             leptos_config::ReloadWSProtocol::WS => "'ws://'",
             leptos_config::ReloadWSProtocol::WSS => "'wss://'",
+
+            unrecognized => {
+                leptos::logging::error!(
+                    "Unrecognized live reload protocol option '{}'",
+                    unrecognized,
+                );
+
+                "null"
+            }
         };
 
         let script = format!(
diff --git a/leptos/src/hydration/reload_script.js b/leptos/src/hydration/reload_script.js
index edf523eea6..a59cce3f95 100644
--- a/leptos/src/hydration/reload_script.js
+++ b/leptos/src/hydration/reload_script.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-if (window.location.protocol === 'https:') {
-	protocol = 'wss://';
+let host = window.location.hostname;
+
+if (protocol === null) {
+	protocol = window.location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss://' : 'ws://';
 }
 
-let host = window.location.hostname;
 let ws = new WebSocket(`${protocol}${host}:${reload_port}/live_reload`);
 ws.onmessage = (ev) => {
 	let msg = JSON.parse(ev.data);
diff --git a/leptos_config/src/lib.rs b/leptos_config/src/lib.rs
index f4d560ec50..fd05db164e 100644
--- a/leptos_config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/leptos_config/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ use crate::errors::LeptosConfigError;
 use config::{Case, Config, File, FileFormat};
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::{
-    env::VarError, fs, net::SocketAddr, path::Path, str::FromStr, sync::Arc,
+    env::VarError, fmt::Display, fs, net::SocketAddr, path::Path, str::FromStr,
+    sync::Arc,
 };
 use typed_builder::TypedBuilder;
 
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ impl LeptosOptions {
                 None => None,
             },
             reload_ws_protocol: ws_from_str(
-                env_w_default("LEPTOS_RELOAD_WS_PROTOCOL", "ws")?.as_str(),
+                env_w_default("LEPTOS_RELOAD_WS_PROTOCOL", "auto")?.as_str(),
             )?,
             not_found_path: env_w_default("LEPTOS_NOT_FOUND_PATH", "/404")?
                 .into(),
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ fn env_w_default(
 /// Setting this to the `PROD` variant will not include the WebSocket code for `cargo-leptos` watch mode.
 /// Defaults to `DEV`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum Env {
     PROD,
     DEV,
@@ -280,25 +282,28 @@ impl TryFrom<String> for Env {
 /// An enum that can be used to define the websocket protocol Leptos uses for hotreloading
 /// Defaults to `ws`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum ReloadWSProtocol {
     WS,
     WSS,
+    Auto,
 }
 
 impl Default for ReloadWSProtocol {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::WS
+        Self::Auto
     }
 }
 
 fn ws_from_str(input: &str) -> Result<ReloadWSProtocol, LeptosConfigError> {
     let sanitized = input.to_lowercase();
     match sanitized.as_ref() {
+        "auto" => Ok(ReloadWSProtocol::Auto),
         "ws" | "WS" => Ok(ReloadWSProtocol::WS),
         "wss" | "WSS" => Ok(ReloadWSProtocol::WSS),
         _ => Err(LeptosConfigError::EnvVarError(format!(
-            "{input} is not a supported websocket protocol. Use only `ws` or \
-             `wss`.",
+            "{input} is not a supported websocket protocol. Use only `auto`, \
+             `ws` or `wss`.",
         ))),
     }
 }
@@ -333,6 +338,16 @@ impl TryFrom<String> for ReloadWSProtocol {
     }
 }
 
+impl Display for ReloadWSProtocol {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            ReloadWSProtocol::WS => f.write_str("ws"),
+            ReloadWSProtocol::WSS => f.write_str("wss"),
+            ReloadWSProtocol::Auto => f.write_str("auto"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Loads [LeptosOptions] from a Cargo.toml text content with layered overrides.
 /// If an env var is specified, like `LEPTOS_ENV`, it will override a setting in the file.
 pub fn get_config_from_str(
diff --git a/leptos_config/src/tests.rs b/leptos_config/src/tests.rs
index 9648f0098d..caa096977f 100644
--- a/leptos_config/src/tests.rs
+++ b/leptos_config/src/tests.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ fn env_from_str_test() {
 
 #[test]
 fn ws_from_str_test() {
+    assert!(matches!(
+        ws_from_str("auto").unwrap(),
+        ReloadWSProtocol::Auto
+    ));
+
     assert!(matches!(ws_from_str("ws").unwrap(), ReloadWSProtocol::WS));
     assert!(matches!(ws_from_str("WS").unwrap(), ReloadWSProtocol::WS));
     assert!(matches!(ws_from_str("wss").unwrap(), ReloadWSProtocol::WSS));
@@ -28,6 +33,15 @@ fn ws_from_str_test() {
     assert!(ws_from_str("?").is_err());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn ws_from_to_str_test() {
+    assert_eq!(ws_from_str("auto").unwrap().to_string(), "auto");
+    assert_eq!(ws_from_str("ws").unwrap().to_string(), "ws");
+    assert_eq!(ws_from_str("WS").unwrap().to_string(), "ws");
+    assert_eq!(ws_from_str("wss").unwrap().to_string(), "wss");
+    assert_eq!(ws_from_str("WSS").unwrap().to_string(), "wss");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn env_w_default_test() {
     temp_env::with_var("LEPTOS_CONFIG_ENV_TEST", Some("custom"), || {