diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/HttpProxyService.cs b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/HttpProxyService.cs
index e2053d32..794f338b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/HttpProxyService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/HttpProxyService.cs
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Tye.Hosting
 
                             builder.Configure(app =>
                             {
+                                app.UseWebSockets();
+
                                 app.UseRouting();
 
                                 app.UseEndpoints(endpointBuilder =>
diff --git a/test/E2ETest/TyeRunTests.cs b/test/E2ETest/TyeRunTests.cs
index 13c244d8..22047301 100644
--- a/test/E2ETest/TyeRunTests.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETest/TyeRunTests.cs
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
 using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Net.WebSockets;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
 using Microsoft.Tye;
 using Microsoft.Tye.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Tye.Hosting.Model;
@@ -669,6 +673,7 @@ services:
             };
 
             var client = new HttpClient(new RetryHandler(handler));
+            var wsClient = new ClientWebSocket();
 
             await RunHostingApplication(application, new HostOptions(), async (app, uri) =>
             {
@@ -702,6 +707,34 @@ services:
                 // checking preservePath behavior
                 var responsePreservePath = await client.GetAsync(ingressUri + "/C/test");
                 Assert.Contains("Hit path /C/test", await responsePreservePath.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
+
+                string GetWebSocketUri(string uri)
+                {
+                    if (uri.StartsWith("http"))
+                    {
+                        return "ws" + uri.Substring(4);
+                    }
+                    else if (uri.StartsWith("https"))
+                    {
+                        return "wss" + uri.Substring(5);
+                    }
+
+                    throw new NotSupportedException();
+                }
+
+                // Check the websocket endpoint
+                var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+                var wsUri = GetWebSocketUri(ingressUri);
+                await wsClient.ConnectAsync(new Uri(wsUri + "/A/ws"), cts.Token);
+                var data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Hello World");
+                await wsClient.SendAsync(data, WebSocketMessageType.Text, endOfMessage: true, cts.Token);
+                var receiveBuffer = new byte[4096];
+                var result = await wsClient.ReceiveAsync(receiveBuffer.AsMemory(), cts.Token);
+                Assert.True(result.EndOfMessage);
+                Assert.Equal(WebSocketMessageType.Text, result.MessageType);
+                Assert.Equal(data.Length, result.Count);
+                Assert.Equal(data, receiveBuffer.AsMemory(0, result.Count).ToArray());
+                await wsClient.CloseAsync(WebSocketCloseStatus.NormalClosure, "", cts.Token);
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/test/E2ETest/testassets/projects/apps-with-ingress/ApplicationA/Startup.cs b/test/E2ETest/testassets/projects/apps-with-ingress/ApplicationA/Startup.cs
index 0d0e171a..3aa0f20c 100644
--- a/test/E2ETest/testassets/projects/apps-with-ingress/ApplicationA/Startup.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETest/testassets/projects/apps-with-ingress/ApplicationA/Startup.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Net.WebSockets;
 using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ namespace ApplicationA
                 app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
             }
 
+            app.UseWebSockets();
+
             app.UseRouting();
 
             app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
@@ -53,6 +57,31 @@ namespace ApplicationA
                         query
                     }));
                 });
+
+                endpoints.MapGet("/ws", async context =>
+                {
+                    if (!context.WebSockets.IsWebSocketRequest)
+                    {
+                        context.Response.StatusCode = 400;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        using var ws = await context.WebSockets.AcceptWebSocketAsync();
+                        await Echo(ws);
+                    }
+                });
+
+                async Task Echo(WebSocket webSocket)
+                {
+                    var buffer = new byte[1024 * 4];
+                    var result = await webSocket.ReceiveAsync(buffer.AsMemory(), default);
+                    while (result.MessageType != WebSocketMessageType.Close)
+                    {
+                        await webSocket.SendAsync(buffer.AsMemory(..result.Count), result.MessageType, result.EndOfMessage, default);
+                        result = await webSocket.ReceiveAsync(buffer.AsMemory(), default);
+                    }
+                    await webSocket.CloseAsync(WebSocketCloseStatus.NormalClosure, "", default);
+                }
             });
         }
     }