diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32d3332b..fdf5202d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ This works for SCTP based application.
 
 
 ### Monitoring a WebSocket endpoint
-By prefixing `endpoints[].url` with `ws://` or `wss://`, you can monitor WebSocket endpoints at a very basic level:
+By prefixing `endpoints[].url` with `ws://` or `wss://`, you can monitor WebSocket endpoints:
 ```yaml
 endpoints:
   - name: example
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 4da16989..bc8518e4 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func Ping(address string, config *Config) (bool, time.Duration) {
 }
 
 // QueryWebSocket opens a websocket connection, write `body` and return a message from the server
-func QueryWebSocket(address, body string, config *Config) (bool, []byte, error) {
+func QueryWebSocket(address, body string, headers map[string]string, config *Config) (bool, []byte, error) {
 	const (
 		Origin             = "http://localhost/"
 		MaximumMessageSize = 1024 // in bytes
@@ -330,6 +330,14 @@ func QueryWebSocket(address, body string, config *Config) (bool, []byte, error)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, nil, fmt.Errorf("error configuring websocket connection: %w", err)
 	}
+	if headers != nil {
+		if wsConfig.Header == nil {
+			wsConfig.Header = make(http.Header)
+		}
+		for name, value := range headers {
+			wsConfig.Header.Set(name, value)
+		}
+	}
 	if config != nil {
 		wsConfig.Dialer = &net.Dialer{Timeout: config.Timeout}
 		wsConfig.TlsConfig = &tls.Config{
diff --git a/client/client_test.go b/client/client_test.go
index f91fd461..2e84031a 100644
--- a/client/client_test.go
+++ b/client/client_test.go
@@ -305,11 +305,11 @@ func TestHttpClientProvidesOAuth2BearerToken(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestQueryWebSocket(t *testing.T) {
-	_, _, err := QueryWebSocket("", "body", &Config{Timeout: 2 * time.Second})
+	_, _, err := QueryWebSocket("", "body", nil, &Config{Timeout: 2 * time.Second})
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected an error due to the address being invalid")
 	}
-	_, _, err = QueryWebSocket("ws://example.org", "body", &Config{Timeout: 2 * time.Second})
+	_, _, err = QueryWebSocket("ws://example.org", "body", nil, &Config{Timeout: 2 * time.Second})
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("expected an error due to the target not being websocket-friendly")
 	}
diff --git a/config/endpoint/endpoint.go b/config/endpoint/endpoint.go
index ab50f683..f72f675f 100644
--- a/config/endpoint/endpoint.go
+++ b/config/endpoint/endpoint.go
@@ -399,7 +399,16 @@ func (e *Endpoint) call(result *Result) {
 	} else if endpointType == TypeICMP {
 		result.Connected, result.Duration = client.Ping(strings.TrimPrefix(e.URL, "icmp://"), e.ClientConfig)
 	} else if endpointType == TypeWS {
-		result.Connected, result.Body, err = client.QueryWebSocket(e.URL, e.getParsedBody(), e.ClientConfig)
+		wsHeaders := map[string]string{}
+		if e.Headers != nil {
+			for k, v := range e.Headers {
+				wsHeaders[k] = v
+			}
+		}
+		if _, exists := wsHeaders["User-Agent"]; !exists {
+			wsHeaders["User-Agent"] = GatusUserAgent
+		}
+		result.Connected, result.Body, err = client.QueryWebSocket(e.URL, e.getParsedBody(), wsHeaders, e.ClientConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			result.AddError(err.Error())
 			return