diff --git a/include/io/channel-websock.h b/include/io/channel-websock.h
index 3c9ff84727..7c896557c5 100644
--- a/include/io/channel-websock.h
+++ b/include/io/channel-websock.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct QIOChannelWebsock {
     guint io_tag;
     Error *io_err;
     gboolean io_eof;
+    uint8_t opcode;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/io/channel-websock.c b/io/channel-websock.c
index 4e5afb2e95..909d6367f0 100644
--- a/io/channel-websock.c
+++ b/io/channel-websock.c
@@ -636,28 +636,38 @@ static int qio_channel_websock_decode_header(QIOChannelWebsock *ioc,
     has_mask = header->b1 & QIO_CHANNEL_WEBSOCK_HEADER_FIELD_HAS_MASK;
     payload_len = header->b1 & QIO_CHANNEL_WEBSOCK_HEADER_FIELD_PAYLOAD_LEN;
 
+    /* Save or restore opcode. */
+    if (opcode) {
+        ioc->opcode = opcode;
+    } else {
+        opcode = ioc->opcode;
+    }
+
     if (opcode == QIO_CHANNEL_WEBSOCK_OPCODE_CLOSE) {
         /* disconnect */
         return 0;
     }
 
     /* Websocket frame sanity check:
-     * * Websocket fragmentation is not supported.
-     * * All  websockets frames sent by a client have to be masked.
+     * * Fragmentation is only supported for binary frames.
+     * * All frames sent by a client MUST be masked.
      * * Only binary encoding is supported.
      */
     if (!fin) {
-        error_setg(errp, "websocket fragmentation is not supported");
-        return -1;
+        if (opcode != QIO_CHANNEL_WEBSOCK_OPCODE_BINARY_FRAME) {
+            error_setg(errp, "only binary websocket frames may be fragmented");
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (opcode != QIO_CHANNEL_WEBSOCK_OPCODE_BINARY_FRAME) {
+            error_setg(errp, "only binary websocket frames are supported");
+            return -1;
+        }
     }
     if (!has_mask) {
         error_setg(errp, "client websocket frames must be masked");
         return -1;
     }
-    if (opcode != QIO_CHANNEL_WEBSOCK_OPCODE_BINARY_FRAME) {
-        error_setg(errp, "only binary websocket frames are supported");
-        return -1;
-    }
 
     if (payload_len < QIO_CHANNEL_WEBSOCK_PAYLOAD_LEN_MAGIC_16_BIT) {
         ioc->payload_remain = payload_len;