diff --git a/examples/WebSocketClientSockJsAndStomp/WebSocketClientSockJsAndStomp.ino b/examples/WebSocketClientSockJsAndStomp/WebSocketClientSockJsAndStomp.ino
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..078b547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/WebSocketClientSockJsAndStomp/WebSocketClientSockJsAndStomp.ino
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*
+    WebSocketClientSockJsAndStomp.ino
+
+    Example for connecting and maintining a connection with a SockJS+STOMP websocket connection.
+    In this example we connect to a Spring application (see https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/websocket.html).
+
+    Created on: 18.07.2017
+    Author: Martin Becker <mgbckr>, Contact: becker@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de
+*/
+
+// PRE
+
+#define USE_SERIAL Serial
+
+
+// LIBRARIES
+
+#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
+#include <WebSocketsClient.h>
+
+
+// SETTINGS
+
+const char* wlan_ssid             = "yourssid";
+const char* wlan_password         = "somepassword";
+
+const char* ws_host               = "the.host.net";
+const int   ws_port               = 80;
+
+// base URL for SockJS (websocket) connection
+// The complete URL will look something like this(cf. http://sockjs.github.io/sockjs-protocol/sockjs-protocol-0.3.3.html#section-36):
+// ws://<ws_host>:<ws_port>/<ws_baseurl>/<3digits>/<randomstring>/websocket
+// For the default config of Spring's SockJS/STOMP support the default base URL is "/socketentry/".
+const char* ws_baseurl            = "/socketentry/"; // don't forget leading and trailing "/" !!!
+
+
+// VARIABLES
+
+WebSocketsClient webSocket;
+
+
+// FUNCTIONS
+
+void webSocketEvent(WStype_t type, uint8_t * payload, size_t length) {
+
+    switch (type) {
+        case WStype_DISCONNECTED:
+            USE_SERIAL.printf("[WSc] Disconnected!\n");
+            break;
+        case WStype_CONNECTED:
+            {
+                USE_SERIAL.printf("[WSc] Connected to url: %s\n",  payload);
+            }
+            break;
+        case WStype_TEXT: 
+            {
+                // #####################
+                // handle STOMP protocol
+                // #####################
+
+                String text = (char*) payload;
+
+                USE_SERIAL.printf("[WSc] get text: %s\n", payload);
+
+                if (payload[0] == 'h') {
+
+                    USE_SERIAL.println("Heartbeat!");
+
+                } else if (payload[0] == 'o') {
+
+                    // on open connection
+                    char *msg = "[\"CONNECT\\naccept-version:1.1,1.0\\nheart-beat:10000,10000\\n\\n\\u0000\"]";
+                    webSocket.sendTXT(msg);
+
+                } else if (text.startsWith("a[\"CONNECTED")) {
+
+                    // subscribe to some channels
+
+                    char *msg = "[\"SUBSCRIBE\\nid:sub-0\\ndestination:/user/queue/messages\\n\\n\\u0000\"]";
+                    webSocket.sendTXT(msg);
+                    delay(1000);
+
+                    // and send a message
+
+                    msg = "[\"SEND\\ndestination:/app/message\\n\\n{\\\"user\\\":\\\"esp\\\",\\\"message\\\":\\\"Hello!\\\"}\\u0000\"]";
+                    webSocket.sendTXT(msg);
+                    delay(1000);
+                }
+
+                break;
+            }
+        case WStype_BIN:
+            USE_SERIAL.printf("[WSc] get binary length: %u\n", length);
+            hexdump(payload, length);
+
+            // send data to server
+            // webSocket.sendBIN(payload, length);
+            break;
+    }
+
+}
+
+void setup() {
+
+    // setup serial
+
+    // USE_SERIAL.begin(921600);
+    USE_SERIAL.begin(115200);
+
+    //    USE_SERIAL.setDebugOutput(true);
+
+    USE_SERIAL.println();
+
+
+    // connect to WiFi
+
+    USE_SERIAL.print("Logging into WLAN: "); Serial.print(wlan_ssid); Serial.print(" ...");
+    WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
+    WiFi.begin(wlan_ssid, wlan_password);
+
+    while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
+        delay(500);
+        USE_SERIAL.print(".");
+    }
+    USE_SERIAL.println(" success.");
+    USE_SERIAL.print("IP: "); USE_SERIAL.println(WiFi.localIP());
+
+
+    // #####################
+    // create socket url according to SockJS protocol (cf. http://sockjs.github.io/sockjs-protocol/sockjs-protocol-0.3.3.html#section-36)
+    // #####################
+    String socketUrl = ws_baseurl;
+    socketUrl += random(0, 999);
+    socketUrl += "/";
+    socketUrl += random(0, 999999); // should be a random string, but this works (see )
+    socketUrl += "/websocket";
+
+    // connect to websocket
+    webSocket.begin(ws_host, ws_port, socketUrl);
+    webSocket.setExtraHeaders(); // remove "Origin: file://" header because it breaks the connection with Spring's default websocket config
+    //    webSocket.setExtraHeaders("foo: I am so funny\r\nbar: not"); // some headers, in case you feel funny
+    webSocket.onEvent(webSocketEvent);
+}
+
+void loop() {
+    webSocket.loop();
+}
diff --git a/src/WebSockets.h b/src/WebSockets.h
index 1e62469..41cbe7d 100644
--- a/src/WebSockets.h
+++ b/src/WebSockets.h
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ typedef struct {
         String base64Authorization; ///< Base64 encoded Auth request
         String plainAuthorization; ///< Base64 encoded Auth request
 
+        String extraHeaders;
+
         bool cHttpHeadersValid; ///< non-websocket http header validity indicator
         size_t cMandatoryHeadersCount; ///< non-websocket mandatory http headers present count
 
diff --git a/src/WebSocketsClient.cpp b/src/WebSocketsClient.cpp
index 819af0e..3faae99 100644
--- a/src/WebSocketsClient.cpp
+++ b/src/WebSocketsClient.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 WebSocketsClient::WebSocketsClient() {
     _cbEvent = NULL;
     _client.num = 0;
+    _client.extraHeaders = WEBSOCKETS_STRING("Origin: file://");
 }
 
 WebSocketsClient::~WebSocketsClient() {
@@ -274,6 +275,15 @@ void WebSocketsClient::setAuthorization(const char * auth) {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * set extra headers for the http request;
+ * separate headers by "\r\n"
+ * @param extraHeaders const char * extraHeaders
+ */
+void WebSocketsClient::setExtraHeaders(const char * extraHeaders) {
+    _client.extraHeaders = extraHeaders;
+}
+
 //#################################################################################
 //#################################################################################
 //#################################################################################
@@ -479,8 +489,12 @@ void WebSocketsClient::sendHeader(WSclient_t * client) {
 		handshake += WEBSOCKETS_STRING("Connection: keep-alive\r\n");
 	}
 
-	handshake += WEBSOCKETS_STRING("Origin: file://\r\n"
-			"User-Agent: arduino-WebSocket-Client\r\n");
+	// add extra headers; by default this includes "Origin: file://"
+	if (client->extraHeaders) {
+		handshake += client->extraHeaders + NEW_LINE;
+	}	
+
+	handshake += WEBSOCKETS_STRING("User-Agent: arduino-WebSocket-Client\r\n");
 
 	if(client->base64Authorization.length() > 0) {
 		handshake += WEBSOCKETS_STRING("Authorization: Basic ");
diff --git a/src/WebSocketsClient.h b/src/WebSocketsClient.h
index d8b6814..7390a76 100644
--- a/src/WebSocketsClient.h
+++ b/src/WebSocketsClient.h
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ class WebSocketsClient: private WebSockets {
 
         void setAuthorization(const char * user, const char * password);
         void setAuthorization(const char * auth);
+	
+        void setExtraHeaders(const char * extraHeaders = NULL);
 
     protected:
         String _host;