diff --git a/lib/Server.js b/lib/Server.js
index 7f122e34d6..b462131a77 100644
--- a/lib/Server.js
+++ b/lib/Server.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ function Server(compiler, options, _log) {
   this.sockets = [];
   this.contentBaseWatchers = [];
   this.watchOptions = options.watchOptions || {};
+  this.sockjsUrl = options.sockjsUrl || '/sockjs-node';
 
   // Listening for events
   const invalidPlugin = () => {
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ Server.prototype.listen = function (port, hostname, fn) {
     });
 
     sockServer.installHandlers(this.listeningApp, {
-      prefix: '/sockjs-node'
+      prefix: this.sockjsUrl
     });
 
     if (fn) {
diff --git a/lib/optionsSchema.json b/lib/optionsSchema.json
index 572a7955a8..ad7ec37ea6 100644
--- a/lib/optionsSchema.json
+++ b/lib/optionsSchema.json
@@ -341,6 +341,10 @@
     "warn": {
       "description": "Customize warn logs for webpack-dev-middleware.",
       "instanceof": "Function"
+    },
+    "sockjsUrl": {
+      "description": "Customize url at which the sockjs server listens, defaults to /sockjs-node",
+      "type": "string"
     }
   },
   "type": "object"