diff --git a/websocket/client.go b/websocket/client.go
index 69a4ac7eef..fd519f35df 100644
--- a/websocket/client.go
+++ b/websocket/client.go
@@ -42,7 +42,20 @@ func NewConfig(server, origin string) (config *Config, err error) {
 func NewClient(config *Config, rwc io.ReadWriteCloser) (ws *Conn, err error) {
 	br := bufio.NewReader(rwc)
 	bw := bufio.NewWriter(rwc)
-	err = hybiClientHandshake(config, br, bw)
+	_, err = hybiClientHandshake(config, br, bw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	buf := bufio.NewReadWriter(br, bw)
+	ws = newHybiClientConn(config, buf, rwc)
+	return
+}
+
+// NewClient2 creates a new WebSocket client connection over rwc.
+func NewClient2(config *Config, rwc io.ReadWriteCloser) (ws *Conn, resp *http.Response, err error) {
+	br := bufio.NewReader(rwc)
+	bw := bufio.NewWriter(rwc)
+	resp, err = hybiClientHandshake(config, br, bw)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/websocket/hybi.go b/websocket/hybi.go
index 48a069e190..3805200838 100644
--- a/websocket/hybi.go
+++ b/websocket/hybi.go
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ func (frame *hybiFrameReader) TrailerReader() io.Reader { return nil }
 
 func (frame *hybiFrameReader) Len() (n int) { return frame.length }
 
+func (frame *hybiFrameReader) FrameDataLength() (n int64) { return frame.header.Length }
+
 // A hybiFrameReaderFactory creates new frame reader based on its frame type.
 type hybiFrameReaderFactory struct {
 	*bufio.Reader
@@ -402,7 +404,7 @@ func getNonceAccept(nonce []byte) (expected []byte, err error) {
 }
 
 // Client handshake described in draft-ietf-hybi-thewebsocket-protocol-17
-func hybiClientHandshake(config *Config, br *bufio.Reader, bw *bufio.Writer) (err error) {
+func hybiClientHandshake(config *Config, br *bufio.Reader, bw *bufio.Writer) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 	bw.WriteString("GET " + config.Location.RequestURI() + " HTTP/1.1\r\n")
 
 	// According to RFC 6874, an HTTP client, proxy, or other
@@ -419,7 +421,7 @@ func hybiClientHandshake(config *Config, br *bufio.Reader, bw *bufio.Writer) (er
 	bw.WriteString("Origin: " + strings.ToLower(config.Origin.String()) + "\r\n")
 
 	if config.Version != ProtocolVersionHybi13 {
-		return ErrBadProtocolVersion
+		return nil, ErrBadProtocolVersion
 	}
 
 	bw.WriteString("Sec-WebSocket-Version: " + fmt.Sprintf("%d", config.Version) + "\r\n")
@@ -429,34 +431,34 @@ func hybiClientHandshake(config *Config, br *bufio.Reader, bw *bufio.Writer) (er
 	// TODO(ukai): send Sec-WebSocket-Extensions.
 	err = config.Header.WriteSubset(bw, handshakeHeader)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	bw.WriteString("\r\n")
 	if err = bw.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	resp, err := http.ReadResponse(br, &http.Request{Method: "GET"})
+	resp, err = http.ReadResponse(br, &http.Request{Method: "GET"})
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return
 	}
 	if resp.StatusCode != 101 {
-		return ErrBadStatus
+		return resp, ErrBadStatus
 	}
 	if strings.ToLower(resp.Header.Get("Upgrade")) != "websocket" ||
 		strings.ToLower(resp.Header.Get("Connection")) != "upgrade" {
-		return ErrBadUpgrade
+		return resp, ErrBadUpgrade
 	}
 	expectedAccept, err := getNonceAccept(nonce)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return resp, err
 	}
 	if resp.Header.Get("Sec-WebSocket-Accept") != string(expectedAccept) {
-		return ErrChallengeResponse
+		return resp, ErrChallengeResponse
 	}
 	if resp.Header.Get("Sec-WebSocket-Extensions") != "" {
-		return ErrUnsupportedExtensions
+		return resp, ErrUnsupportedExtensions
 	}
 	offeredProtocol := resp.Header.Get("Sec-WebSocket-Protocol")
 	if offeredProtocol != "" {
@@ -468,12 +470,12 @@ func hybiClientHandshake(config *Config, br *bufio.Reader, bw *bufio.Writer) (er
 			}
 		}
 		if !protocolMatched {
-			return ErrBadWebSocketProtocol
+			return resp, ErrBadWebSocketProtocol
 		}
 		config.Protocol = []string{offeredProtocol}
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return resp, nil
 }
 
 // newHybiClientConn creates a client WebSocket connection after handshake.
diff --git a/websocket/hybi_test.go b/websocket/hybi_test.go
index 9504aa2d30..f3402cdabc 100644
--- a/websocket/hybi_test.go
+++ b/websocket/hybi_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Sec-WebSocket-Protocol: chat
 		config.handshakeData = map[string]string{
 			"key": "dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ==",
 		}
-		if err := hybiClientHandshake(&config, br, bw); err != nil {
+		if _, err := hybiClientHandshake(&config, br, bw); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("handshake", err)
 		}
 		req, err := http.ReadRequest(bufio.NewReader(&b))
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Sec-WebSocket-Protocol: chat
 	config.handshakeData = map[string]string{
 		"key": "dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ==",
 	}
-	err = hybiClientHandshake(config, br, bw)
+	_, err = hybiClientHandshake(config, br, bw)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("handshake failed: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/websocket/websocket.go b/websocket/websocket.go
index 90a2257cd5..5505e7b2f7 100644
--- a/websocket/websocket.go
+++ b/websocket/websocket.go
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ type frameReader interface {
 
 	// Len returns total length of the frame, including header and trailer.
 	Len() int
+
+	// FrameDataLength returns data length of the frame.
+	FrameDataLength() int64
 }
 
 // frameReaderFactory is an interface to creates new frame reader.
diff --git a/websocket/websocket_test.go b/websocket/websocket_test.go
index 2054ce85a6..975e414131 100644
--- a/websocket/websocket_test.go
+++ b/websocket/websocket_test.go
@@ -136,6 +136,53 @@ func newConfig(t *testing.T, path string) *Config {
 	return config
 }
 
+func doWriteRead(t *testing.T, conn *Conn) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		n, err := conn.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("websocket_test:%d", i)))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("write:", err)
+			return
+		}
+		for {
+			var b [2]byte
+			n, err = conn.Read(b[:])
+			if n > 0 {
+				buf.Write(b[:n])
+			} else if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal("err:", err)
+				return
+			}
+			if buf.Len() == int(conn.FrameDataLength()) {
+				t.Log("read:", string(buf.Bytes()))
+				buf.Reset()
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewClient2(t *testing.T) {
+	once.Do(startServer)
+
+	// websocket.Dial()
+	client, err := net.Dial("tcp", serverAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("dialing", err)
+	}
+	conn, resp, err := NewClient2(newConfig(t, "/echo"), client)
+	if err != nil {
+		if resp != nil {
+			t.Fatal("newClient2:StatusCode:", resp.StatusCode, " err:", err)
+		} else {
+			t.Fatal("newClient2:StatusCode:", 0, " err:", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	
+	doWriteRead(t, conn)
+}
+
 func TestEcho(t *testing.T) {
 	once.Do(startServer)