diff --git a/dialer.go b/dialer.go
index e66678e..d4d80a5 100644
--- a/dialer.go
+++ b/dialer.go
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ type Handshake struct {
 
 	// Extensions is the list of negotiated extensions.
 	Extensions []httphead.Option
+
+	// Header all request headers obtained during handshake
+	Header http.Header
 }
 
 // Errors used by the websocket client.
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 863bb22..edb4ff1 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ func Upgrade(conn io.ReadWriter) (Handshake, error) {
 // HTTPUpgrader contains options for upgrading connection to websocket from
 // net/http Handler arguments.
 type HTTPUpgrader struct {
+	// CopyHeadersToHandshake setting specifies whether headers should be preserved during the handshake process.
+	// If enabled, the headers will be copied to Handshake.Header.
+	CopyHeadersToHandshake bool
+
 	// Timeout is the maximum amount of time an Upgrade() will spent while
 	// writing handshake response.
 	//
@@ -241,6 +245,12 @@ func (u HTTPUpgrader) Upgrade(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) (conn net.
 	if h := u.Header; h != nil {
 		header[0] = HandshakeHeaderHTTP(h)
 	}
+
+	if u.CopyHeadersToHandshake {
+		// set handshake header
+		hs.Header = r.Header
+	}
+
 	if err == nil {
 		httpWriteResponseUpgrade(rw.Writer, strToBytes(nonce), hs, header.WriteTo)
 		err = rw.Writer.Flush()
@@ -262,6 +272,10 @@ func (u HTTPUpgrader) Upgrade(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) (conn net.
 
 // Upgrader contains options for upgrading connection to websocket.
 type Upgrader struct {
+	// CopyHeadersToHandshake setting specifies whether headers should be preserved during the handshake process.
+	// If enabled, the headers will be copied to Handshake.Header.
+	CopyHeadersToHandshake bool
+
 	// ReadBufferSize and WriteBufferSize is an I/O buffer sizes.
 	// They used to read and write http data while upgrading to WebSocket.
 	// Allocated buffers are pooled with sync.Pool to avoid extra allocations.
@@ -498,6 +512,12 @@ func (u Upgrader) Upgrade(conn io.ReadWriter) (hs Handshake, err error) {
 
 		nonce = make([]byte, nonceSize)
 	)
+
+	if u.CopyHeadersToHandshake {
+		// init handshake headers
+		hs.Header = make(http.Header)
+	}
+
 	for err == nil {
 		line, e := readLine(br)
 		if e != nil {
@@ -514,6 +534,11 @@ func (u Upgrader) Upgrade(conn io.ReadWriter) (hs Handshake, err error) {
 			break
 		}
 
+		if u.CopyHeadersToHandshake {
+			// copy and add header
+			hs.Header.Add(btsToString(bytes.Clone(k)), btsToString(bytes.Clone(v)))
+		}
+
 		switch btsToString(k) {
 		case headerHostCanonical:
 			headerSeen |= headerSeenHost