diff --git a/PusherClient/Connection.cs b/PusherClient/Connection.cs
index 4ea5480..ef14c38 100644
--- a/PusherClient/Connection.cs
+++ b/PusherClient/Connection.cs
@@ -50,11 +50,7 @@ public async Task ConnectAsync()
 
                 ChangeState(ConnectionState.Connecting);
 
-                _websocket = new WebSocket(_url)
-                {
-                    EnableAutoSendPing = true,
-                    AutoSendPingInterval = 1
-                };
+                CreateNewWebSocket();
 
                 await Task.Run(() =>
                 {
@@ -467,16 +463,31 @@ private void DisposeWebsocket()
             ChangeState(ConnectionState.Disconnected);
         }
 
-        private void RecreateWebSocket()
+        private void CreateNewWebSocket()
         {
-            DisposeWebsocket();
-            _websocket = new WebSocket(_url)
+            _websocket = new WebSocket(_url,
+                                        "",                     //string subProtocol = "",
+                                        null,                   //List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> cookies = null,
+                                        null,                   //List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> customHeaderItems = null,
+                                        "",                     //string userAgent = "",
+                                        "",                     //string origin = "",
+                                        WebSocketVersion.None,  // WebSocketVersion version = WebSocketVersion.None,
+                                        null,                   // EndPoint httpConnectProxy = null,
+                                        _pusher.PusherOptions.EnabledSslProtocols,
+                                        0)                      // int receiveBufferSize = 0)
             {
                 EnableAutoSendPing = true,
                 AutoSendPingInterval = 1
             };
         }
 
+
+        private void RecreateWebSocket()
+        {
+            DisposeWebsocket();
+            CreateNewWebSocket();
+        }
+
         private void ParseError(JToken jToken)
         {
             JToken message = jToken.SelectToken("message");
diff --git a/PusherClient/PusherOptions.cs b/PusherClient/PusherOptions.cs
index 6e593da..bd06ac2 100644
--- a/PusherClient/PusherOptions.cs
+++ b/PusherClient/PusherOptions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Security.Authentication;
 
 namespace PusherClient
 {
@@ -104,6 +105,12 @@ public string Host
         /// </summary>
         public TimeSpan ClientTimeout { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
 
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the ssl security protocol to communicate. The default value is SslProtocols.None.
+        /// </summary>
+        public SslProtocols EnabledSslProtocols { get; set; } = SslProtocols.None;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the <see cref="ITraceLogger"/> to use for tracing debug messages.
         /// </summary>