diff --git a/web3.js/src/connection.ts b/web3.js/src/connection.ts
index d9606eaebb..dbcf1146e6 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/connection.ts
+++ b/web3.js/src/connection.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
 import bs58 from 'bs58';
 import {Buffer} from 'buffer';
-import {parse as urlParse, format as urlFormat} from 'url';
+import {parse as urlParse} from 'url';
 import fetch, {Response} from 'node-fetch';
 import {
   type as pick,
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {Message} from './message';
 import {sleep} from './util/sleep';
 import {promiseTimeout} from './util/promise-timeout';
 import {toBuffer} from './util/to-buffer';
+import {makeWebsocketUrl} from './util/url';
 import type {Blockhash} from './blockhash';
 import type {FeeCalculator} from './fee-calculator';
 import type {TransactionSignature} from './transaction';
@@ -1917,6 +1918,8 @@ export type FetchMiddleware = (
 export type ConnectionConfig = {
   /** Optional commitment level */
   commitment?: Commitment;
+  /** Optional endpoint URL to the fullnode JSON RPC PubSub WebSocket Endpoint */
+  wsEndpoint?: string;
   /** Optional HTTP headers object */
   httpHeaders?: HttpHeaders;
   /** Optional fetch middleware callback */
@@ -1929,6 +1932,7 @@ export type ConnectionConfig = {
 export class Connection {
   /** @internal */ _commitment?: Commitment;
   /** @internal */ _rpcEndpoint: string;
+  /** @internal */ _rpcWsEndpoint: string;
   /** @internal */ _rpcClient: RpcClient;
   /** @internal */ _rpcRequest: RpcRequest;
   /** @internal */ _rpcBatchRequest: RpcBatchRequest;
@@ -1948,6 +1952,11 @@ export class Connection {
     lastFetch: number;
     simulatedSignatures: Array<string>;
     transactionSignatures: Array<string>;
+  } = {
+    recentBlockhash: null,
+    lastFetch: 0,
+    transactionSignatures: [],
+    simulatedSignatures: [],
   };
 
   /** @internal */ _accountChangeSubscriptionCounter: number = 0;
@@ -1995,21 +2004,24 @@ export class Connection {
     endpoint: string,
     commitmentOrConfig?: Commitment | ConnectionConfig,
   ) {
-    this._rpcEndpoint = endpoint;
-
     let url = urlParse(endpoint);
     const useHttps = url.protocol === 'https:';
 
+    let wsEndpoint;
     let httpHeaders;
     let fetchMiddleware;
     if (commitmentOrConfig && typeof commitmentOrConfig === 'string') {
       this._commitment = commitmentOrConfig;
     } else if (commitmentOrConfig) {
       this._commitment = commitmentOrConfig.commitment;
+      wsEndpoint = commitmentOrConfig.wsEndpoint;
       httpHeaders = commitmentOrConfig.httpHeaders;
       fetchMiddleware = commitmentOrConfig.fetchMiddleware;
     }
 
+    this._rpcEndpoint = endpoint;
+    this._rpcWsEndpoint = wsEndpoint || makeWebsocketUrl(endpoint);
+
     this._rpcClient = createRpcClient(
       url.href,
       useHttps,
@@ -2019,26 +2031,7 @@ export class Connection {
     this._rpcRequest = createRpcRequest(this._rpcClient);
     this._rpcBatchRequest = createRpcBatchRequest(this._rpcClient);
 
-    this._blockhashInfo = {
-      recentBlockhash: null,
-      lastFetch: 0,
-      transactionSignatures: [],
-      simulatedSignatures: [],
-    };
-
-    url.protocol = useHttps ? 'wss:' : 'ws:';
-    url.host = '';
-    // Only shift the port by +1 as a convention for ws(s) only if given endpoint
-    // is explictly specifying the endpoint port (HTTP-based RPC), assuming
-    // we're directly trying to connect to solana-validator's ws listening port.
-    // When the endpoint omits the port, we're connecting to the protocol
-    // default ports: http(80) or https(443) and it's assumed we're behind a reverse
-    // proxy which manages WebSocket upgrade and backend port redirection.
-    if (url.port !== null) {
-      url.port = String(Number(url.port) + 1);
-    }
-
-    this._rpcWebSocket = new RpcWebSocketClient(urlFormat(url), {
+    this._rpcWebSocket = new RpcWebSocketClient(this._rpcWsEndpoint, {
       autoconnect: false,
       max_reconnects: Infinity,
     });
diff --git a/web3.js/src/util/url.ts b/web3.js/src/util/url.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d9ad259be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web3.js/src/util/url.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import {format as urlFormat, parse as urlParse} from 'url';
+
+export function makeWebsocketUrl(endpoint: string) {
+  let url = urlParse(endpoint);
+  const useHttps = url.protocol === 'https:';
+
+  url.protocol = useHttps ? 'wss:' : 'ws:';
+  url.host = '';
+
+  // Only shift the port by +1 as a convention for ws(s) only if given endpoint
+  // is explictly specifying the endpoint port (HTTP-based RPC), assuming
+  // we're directly trying to connect to solana-validator's ws listening port.
+  // When the endpoint omits the port, we're connecting to the protocol
+  // default ports: http(80) or https(443) and it's assumed we're behind a reverse
+  // proxy which manages WebSocket upgrade and backend port redirection.
+  if (url.port !== null) {
+    url.port = String(Number(url.port) + 1);
+  }
+  return urlFormat(url);
+}
diff --git a/web3.js/test/url.ts b/web3.js/test/url.ts
index bd28b20991..2336c7133f 100644
--- a/web3.js/test/url.ts
+++ b/web3.js/test/url.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,9 @@ export const url = process.env.TEST_LIVE
   ? 'http://localhost:8899/'
   : 'http://localhost:9999/';
 
+export const wsUrl = process.env.TEST_LIVE
+  ? 'ws://localhost:8900/'
+  : 'ws://localhost:9999/';
+
 //export const url = 'https://devnet.solana.com/';
 //export const url = 'http://devnet.solana.com/';
diff --git a/web3.js/test/websocket.test.ts b/web3.js/test/websocket.test.ts
index aa60d99e3e..a78b43031a 100644
--- a/web3.js/test/websocket.test.ts
+++ b/web3.js/test/websocket.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {expect, use} from 'chai';
 import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
 
 import {Connection} from '../src';
-import {url} from './url';
+import {url, wsUrl} from './url';
 import {sleep} from '../src/util/sleep';
 
 use(chaiAsPromised);
@@ -63,5 +63,21 @@ if (process.env.TEST_LIVE) {
       await sleep(1100);
       expect(connection._rpcWebSocketIdleTimeout).to.eq(null);
     });
+
+    it('connect by websocket endpoint from options', async () => {
+      let connection = new Connection('', {
+        wsEndpoint: wsUrl,
+      });
+
+      const testSignature = bs58.encode(Buffer.alloc(64));
+      const id = connection.onSignature(testSignature, () => {});
+
+      // wait for websocket to connect
+      await sleep(100);
+      expect(connection._rpcWebSocketConnected).to.be.true;
+      expect(connection._rpcWebSocketHeartbeat).not.to.eq(null);
+
+      await connection.removeSignatureListener(id);
+    });
   });
 }