diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
index 986b270c..39476cab 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ namespace ix
         return s;
     }
 
-    WebSocketInitResult WebSocketHandshake::sendErrorResponse(int code, const std::string& reason)
+    WebSocketInitResult WebSocketHandshake::sendErrorResponse(int code,
+                                                              const std::string& reason,
+                                                              const std::string& extraHeaders)
     {
         std::stringstream ss;
         ss << "HTTP/1.1 ";
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ namespace ix
         ss << reason;
         ss << "\r\n";
         ss << "Server: " << userAgent() << "\r\n";
+        ss << extraHeaders;
+        ss << "\r\n";
 
         // Socket write can only be cancelled through a timeout here, not manually.
         static std::atomic<bool> requestInitCancellation(false);
@@ -354,10 +358,12 @@ namespace ix
 
             if (version != 13)
             {
-                return sendErrorResponse(400,
+                // Tell the client which version is supported (RFC 6455 section 4.2.2)
+                return sendErrorResponse(426,
                                          "Invalid Sec-WebSocket-Version, "
                                          "need 13, got " +
-                                             ss.str());
+                                             ss.str(),
+                                         "Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13\r\n");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.h
index a6bf2a15..40a33e9f 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.h
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ namespace ix
         std::string genRandomString(const int len);
 
         // Parse HTTP headers
-        WebSocketInitResult sendErrorResponse(int code, const std::string& reason);
+        WebSocketInitResult sendErrorResponse(int code,
+                                              const std::string& reason,
+                                              const std::string& extraHeaders = std::string());
 
         bool insensitiveStringCompare(const std::string& a, const std::string& b);
 
diff --git a/test/IXWebSocketServerTest.cpp b/test/IXWebSocketServerTest.cpp
index 88394900..e02f989c 100644
--- a/test/IXWebSocketServerTest.cpp
+++ b/test/IXWebSocketServerTest.cpp
@@ -155,6 +155,60 @@ TEST_CASE("Websocket_server", "[websocket_server]")
         REQUIRE(server.getClients().size() == 0);
     }
 
+    SECTION("Send a request with an unsupported version. Should return 426 with the supported "
+            "version and end the response headers")
+    {
+        int port = getFreePort();
+        ix::WebSocketServer server(port);
+        std::string connectionId;
+        REQUIRE(startServer(server, connectionId));
+
+        std::string errMsg;
+        bool tls = false;
+        SocketTLSOptions tlsOptions;
+        std::shared_ptr<Socket> socket = createSocket(tls, -1, errMsg, tlsOptions);
+        std::string host("127.0.0.1");
+        auto isCancellationRequested = []() -> bool { return false; };
+        bool success = socket->connect(host, port, errMsg, isCancellationRequested);
+        REQUIRE(success);
+
+        socket->writeBytes("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+                           "Upgrade: websocket\r\n"
+                           "Sec-WebSocket-Version: 8\r\n"
+                           "Sec-WebSocket-Key: foobar\r\n"
+                           "\r\n",
+                           isCancellationRequested);
+
+        auto lineResult = socket->readLine(isCancellationRequested);
+        REQUIRE(lineResult.first);
+
+        int status = -1;
+        REQUIRE(sscanf(lineResult.second.c_str(), "HTTP/1.1 %d", &status) == 1);
+        REQUIRE(status == 426);
+
+        bool supportedVersionSent = false;
+        bool headersEnded = false;
+        while (true)
+        {
+            lineResult = socket->readLine(isCancellationRequested);
+            if (!lineResult.first) break;
+            if (lineResult.second == "\r\n")
+            {
+                headersEnded = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            if (lineResult.second == "Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13\r\n")
+            {
+                supportedVersionSent = true;
+            }
+        }
+        REQUIRE(supportedVersionSent);
+        REQUIRE(headersEnded);
+
+        server.stop();
+        REQUIRE(server.getClients().size() == 0);
+    }
+
     SECTION("Connect to the server. Send GET request with correct header")
     {
         int port = getFreePort();