diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/client/WebSocketClient.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/client/WebSocketClient.java
index 8aa3b5cdbc..58a3d82435 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/client/WebSocketClient.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/websocketx/client/WebSocketClient.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public final class WebSocketClient {
             final WebSocketClientHandler handler =
                     new WebSocketClientHandler(
                             WebSocketClientHandshakerFactory.newHandshaker(
-                                    uri, WebSocketVersion.V13, null, false, new DefaultHttpHeaders()));
+                                    uri, WebSocketVersion.V13, null, true, new DefaultHttpHeaders()));
 
             Bootstrap b = new Bootstrap();
             b.group(group)