diff --git a/vraptor-core/src/main/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/VRaptor.java b/vraptor-core/src/main/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/VRaptor.java
index 5447b5acc..dd0376da2 100644
--- a/vraptor-core/src/main/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/VRaptor.java
+++ b/vraptor-core/src/main/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/VRaptor.java
@@ -104,7 +104,12 @@ public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res, FilterChain chain)
 
 		final HttpServletRequest baseRequest = (HttpServletRequest) req;
 		final HttpServletResponse baseResponse = (HttpServletResponse) res;
-
+		
+		if (isWebsocketRequest(baseRequest)) {
+			chain.doFilter(req, res);
+			return;
+		}
+		
 		if (staticHandler.requestingStaticFile(baseRequest)) {
 			staticHandler.deferProcessingToContainer(chain, baseRequest, baseResponse);
 		} else {
@@ -172,4 +177,14 @@ private void validateIfCdiIsFound() throws ServletException {
 			throw new ServletException("Dependencies were not set. Do you have a Weld/CDI listener setup in your web.xml?");
 		}
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * According to the Websocket spec (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455): The WebSocket Protocol 
+	 * 5. The request MUST contain an |Upgrade| header field whose value MUST include the "websocket" keyword.
+	 */
+	private boolean isWebsocketRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
+		String upgradeHeader = request.getHeader("Upgrade");
+		return upgradeHeader != null && upgradeHeader.toLowerCase().contains("websocket");
+	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/vraptor-core/src/test/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/VRaptorTest.java b/vraptor-core/src/test/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/VRaptorTest.java
index cf994c886..726aacc9d 100644
--- a/vraptor-core/src/test/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/VRaptorTest.java
+++ b/vraptor-core/src/test/java/br/com/caelum/vraptor/VRaptorTest.java
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@
  */
 package br.com.caelum.vraptor;
 
- import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
@@ -39,8 +42,10 @@ public class VRaptorTest {
 	@Rule
 	public ExpectedException exception = ExpectedException.none();
 
-	@Inject private VRaptor vRaptor;
-	@Inject private MockStaticContentHandler handler;
+	@Inject
+	private VRaptor vRaptor;
+	@Inject
+	private MockStaticContentHandler handler;
 
 	@Test
 	public void shoudlComplainIfNotInAServletEnviroment() throws Exception {
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ public void shoudlComplainIfNotInAServletEnviroment() throws Exception {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void shouldDeferToContainerIfStaticFile() throws Exception{
+	public void shouldDeferToContainerIfStaticFile() throws Exception {
 		HttpServletRequest request = mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
 		HttpServletResponse response = mock(HttpServletResponse.class);
 		FilterChain chain = mock(FilterChain.class);
@@ -60,4 +65,20 @@ public void shouldDeferToContainerIfStaticFile() throws Exception{
 		vRaptor.doFilter(request, response, chain);
 		assertThat(handler.isDeferProcessingToContainerCalled(), is(true));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldBypassWebsocketRequests() throws Exception {
+		HttpServletRequest request = mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
+		HttpServletResponse response = mock(HttpServletResponse.class);
+		FilterChain chain = mock(FilterChain.class);
+
+		when(request.getHeader("Upgrade")).thenReturn("Websocket");
+
+		vRaptor.doFilter(request, response, chain);
+		verify(request).getHeader("Upgrade");
+		verify(chain).doFilter(request, response);
+
+		verifyNoMoreInteractions(request, response);
+	}
+
 }