diff --git a/src/ws.nim b/src/ws.nim
index d255ad3..234e944 100644
--- a/src/ws.nim
+++ b/src/ws.nim
@@ -120,10 +120,12 @@ proc newWebSocket*(
 
 proc newWebSocket*(
   url: string,
-  protocols: seq[string] = @[]
+  protocols: seq[string] = @[],
+  extraHeaders: seq[(string, string)] = @[],
 ): Future[WebSocket] {.async.} =
   ## Creates a new WebSocket connection,
   ## protocol is optional, "" means no protocol.
+  ## extra headers is optional
   var ws = WebSocket()
   ws.masked = true
   ws.tcpSocket = newAsyncSocket()
@@ -160,6 +162,13 @@ proc newWebSocket*(
     "Sec-WebSocket-Key": secKey,
     # "Sec-WebSocket-Extensions": "permessage-deflate; client_max_window_bits"
   })
+
+  if extraHeaders.len > 0:
+    # Insert the extra headers
+    for pairs in extraHeaders:
+      let (exHeader, exHeaderValue) = pairs
+      client.headers[exHeader] = exHeaderValue
+
   if protocols.len > 0:
     client.headers["Sec-WebSocket-Protocol"] = protocols.join(", ")
   var res = await client.get($uri)
diff --git a/tests/test_ws_extra_headers.nim b/tests/test_ws_extra_headers.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1968868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_ws_extra_headers.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+include ../src/ws
+
+# Start server
+proc cb(req: Request) {.async.} =
+  var ws = await newWebSocket(req)
+  if req.headers.hasKey("Authorization") and req.headers["Authorization"] == "Basic Zm9vOmJhcg==": 
+    await ws.send("Welcome")
+  else:
+    await ws.send("Bad Credential")  
+  ws.close()
+
+var server = newAsyncHttpServer()
+asyncCheck server.serve(Port(9001), cb)
+
+# Send request
+let extraHeaders = @[("Authorization", "Basic Zm9vOmJhcg==")] # Base64 foo:bar
+let url = "ws://127.0.0.1:9001/ws"
+var ws = waitFor newWebSocket(url = url, extraHeaders = extraHeaders)
+let packet = waitFor ws.receiveStrPacket()
+
+assert packet == "Welcome"
+
+ws.close()
+server.close()
diff --git a/ws.nimble b/ws.nimble
index 0aaee86..f8352bf 100644
--- a/ws.nimble
+++ b/ws.nimble
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version       = "0.5.0"
+version       = "0.5.1"
 author        = "Andre von Houck"
 description   = "Simple WebSocket library for nim."
 license       = "MIT"