diff --git a/tests/test-char.c b/tests/test-char.c
index 831e37fbf4..19c3efad72 100644
--- a/tests/test-char.c
+++ b/tests/test-char.c
@@ -420,6 +420,130 @@ static void char_socket_fdpass_test(void)
 }
 
 
+static void websock_server_read(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
+{
+    g_assert_cmpint(size, ==, 5);
+    g_assert(memcmp(buf, "world", size) == 0);
+    quit = true;
+}
+
+
+static int websock_server_can_read(void *opaque)
+{
+    return 10;
+}
+
+
+static bool websock_check_http_headers(char *buf, int size)
+{
+    int i;
+    const char *ans[] = { "HTTP/1.1 101 Switching Protocols\r\n",
+                          "Server: QEMU VNC\r\n",
+                          "Upgrade: websocket\r\n",
+                          "Connection: Upgrade\r\n",
+                          "Sec-WebSocket-Accept:",
+                          "Sec-WebSocket-Protocol: binary\r\n" };
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+        if (g_strstr_len(buf, size, ans[i]) == NULL) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+static void websock_client_read(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
+{
+    const uint8_t ping[] = { 0x89, 0x85,                  /* Ping header */
+                             0x07, 0x77, 0x9e, 0xf9,      /* Masking key */
+                             0x6f, 0x12, 0xf2, 0x95, 0x68 /* "hello" */ };
+
+    const uint8_t binary[] = { 0x82, 0x85,                  /* Binary header */
+                               0x74, 0x90, 0xb9, 0xdf,      /* Masking key */
+                               0x03, 0xff, 0xcb, 0xb3, 0x10 /* "world" */ };
+    Chardev *chr_client = opaque;
+
+    if (websock_check_http_headers((char *) buf, size)) {
+        qemu_chr_fe_write(chr_client->be, ping, sizeof(ping));
+    } else if (buf[0] == 0x8a && buf[1] == 0x05) {
+        g_assert(strncmp((char *) buf + 2, "hello", 5) == 0);
+        qemu_chr_fe_write(chr_client->be, binary, sizeof(binary));
+    } else {
+        g_assert(buf[0] == 0x88 && buf[1] == 0x16);
+        g_assert(strncmp((char *) buf + 4, "peer requested close", 10) == 0);
+        quit = true;
+    }
+}
+
+
+static int websock_client_can_read(void *opaque)
+{
+    return 4096;
+}
+
+
+static void char_websock_test(void)
+{
+    QObject *addr;
+    QDict *qdict;
+    const char *port;
+    char *tmp;
+    char *handshake_port;
+    CharBackend be;
+    CharBackend client_be;
+    Chardev *chr_client;
+    Chardev *chr = qemu_chr_new("server",
+                                "websocket:127.0.0.1:0,server,nowait");
+    const char handshake[] = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+                             "Upgrade: websocket\r\n"
+                             "Connection: Upgrade\r\n"
+                             "Host: localhost:%s\r\n"
+                             "Origin: http://localhost:%s\r\n"
+                             "Sec-WebSocket-Key: o9JHNiS3/0/0zYE1wa3yIw==\r\n"
+                             "Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13\r\n"
+                             "Sec-WebSocket-Protocol: binary\r\n\r\n";
+    const uint8_t close[] = { 0x88, 0x82,             /* Close header */
+                              0xef, 0xaa, 0xc5, 0x97, /* Masking key */
+                              0xec, 0x42              /* Status code */ };
+
+    addr = object_property_get_qobject(OBJECT(chr), "addr", &error_abort);
+    qdict = qobject_to(QDict, addr);
+    port = qdict_get_str(qdict, "port");
+    tmp = g_strdup_printf("tcp:127.0.0.1:%s", port);
+    handshake_port = g_strdup_printf(handshake, port, port);
+    qobject_unref(qdict);
+
+    qemu_chr_fe_init(&be, chr, &error_abort);
+    qemu_chr_fe_set_handlers(&be, websock_server_can_read, websock_server_read,
+                             NULL, NULL, chr, NULL, true);
+
+    chr_client = qemu_chr_new("client", tmp);
+    qemu_chr_fe_init(&client_be, chr_client, &error_abort);
+    qemu_chr_fe_set_handlers(&client_be, websock_client_can_read,
+                             websock_client_read,
+                             NULL, NULL, chr_client, NULL, true);
+    g_free(tmp);
+
+    qemu_chr_write_all(chr_client,
+                       (uint8_t *) handshake_port,
+                       strlen(handshake_port));
+    g_free(handshake_port);
+    main_loop();
+
+    g_assert(object_property_get_bool(OBJECT(chr), "connected", &error_abort));
+    g_assert(object_property_get_bool(OBJECT(chr_client),
+                                      "connected", &error_abort));
+
+    qemu_chr_write_all(chr_client, close, sizeof(close));
+    main_loop();
+
+    object_unparent(OBJECT(chr_client));
+    object_unparent(OBJECT(chr));
+}
+
+
 #ifndef _WIN32
 static void char_pipe_test(void)
 {
@@ -842,6 +966,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     g_test_add_func("/char/serial", char_serial_test);
 #endif
     g_test_add_func("/char/hotswap", char_hotswap_test);
+    g_test_add_func("/char/websocket", char_websock_test);
 
     return g_test_run();
 }