diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker00.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker00.java
index 90ca81143e..488d2f4ec2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker00.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker00.java
@@ -138,7 +138,15 @@ public class WebSocketClientHandshaker00 extends WebSocketClientHandshaker {
         request.addHeader(Names.UPGRADE, Values.WEBSOCKET);
         request.addHeader(Names.CONNECTION, Values.UPGRADE);
         request.addHeader(Names.HOST, wsURL.getHost());
-        request.addHeader(Names.ORIGIN, "http://" + wsURL.getHost());
+
+        int wsPort = wsURL.getPort();
+        String originValue = "http://" + wsURL.getHost();
+        if (wsPort != 80 && wsPort != 443) {
+            // if the port is not standard (80/443) its needed to add the port to the header.
+            // See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6454#section-6.2
+            originValue = originValue + ":" + wsPort;
+        }
+        
         request.addHeader(Names.SEC_WEBSOCKET_KEY1, key1);
         request.addHeader(Names.SEC_WEBSOCKET_KEY2, key2);
         if (getExpectedSubprotocol() != null && !getExpectedSubprotocol().equals("")) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker08.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker08.java
index 5e2d840e06..aa1e7532a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker08.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker08.java
@@ -122,7 +122,15 @@ public class WebSocketClientHandshaker08 extends WebSocketClientHandshaker {
         request.addHeader(Names.CONNECTION, Values.UPGRADE);
         request.addHeader(Names.SEC_WEBSOCKET_KEY, key);
         request.addHeader(Names.HOST, wsURL.getHost());
-        request.addHeader(Names.ORIGIN, "http://" + wsURL.getHost());
+
+        int wsPort = wsURL.getPort();
+        String originValue = "http://" + wsURL.getHost();
+        if (wsPort != 80 && wsPort != 443) {
+            // if the port is not standard (80/443) its needed to add the port to the header.
+            // See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6454#section-6.2
+            originValue = originValue + ":" + wsPort;
+        }
+        
         if (protocol != null && !protocol.equals("")) {
             request.addHeader(Names.SEC_WEBSOCKET_PROTOCOL, protocol);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker13.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker13.java
index 06f1e921a8..330c09a853 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker13.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketClientHandshaker13.java
@@ -122,7 +122,15 @@ public class WebSocketClientHandshaker13 extends WebSocketClientHandshaker {
         request.addHeader(Names.CONNECTION, Values.UPGRADE);
         request.addHeader(Names.SEC_WEBSOCKET_KEY, key);
         request.addHeader(Names.HOST, wsURL.getHost());
-        request.addHeader(Names.ORIGIN, "http://" + wsURL.getHost());
+
+        int wsPort = wsURL.getPort();
+        String originValue = "http://" + wsURL.getHost();
+        if (wsPort != 80 && wsPort != 443) {
+            // if the port is not standard (80/443) its needed to add the port to the header.
+            // See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6454#section-6.2
+            originValue = originValue + ":" + wsPort;
+        }
+        
         if (protocol != null && !protocol.equals("")) {
             request.addHeader(Names.SEC_WEBSOCKET_PROTOCOL, protocol);
         }