diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c b/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
index cae2b4d32c..bf280992db 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -464,6 +464,12 @@ static esp_err_t stop_wait_task(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client)
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
+static void websocket_header_hook(void * client, const char * line, int line_len)
+{
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s header:%.*s", __func__, line_len, line);
+    esp_websocket_client_dispatch_event(client, WEBSOCKET_EVENT_HEADER_RECEIVED, line, line_len);
+}
+
 static esp_err_t set_websocket_transport_optional_settings(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client, const char *scheme)
 {
     esp_transport_handle_t trans = esp_transport_list_get_transport(client->transport_list, scheme);
@@ -473,6 +479,8 @@ static esp_err_t set_websocket_transport_optional_settings(esp_websocket_client_
             .sub_protocol = client->config->subprotocol,
             .user_agent = client->config->user_agent,
             .headers = client->config->headers,
+            .header_hook = websocket_header_hook,
+            .header_userp = client,
             .auth = client->config->auth,
             .propagate_control_frames = true
         };
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/main/websocket_linux.c b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/main/websocket_linux.c
index 3329274fbc..dd21ca5720 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/main/websocket_linux.c
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/linux/main/websocket_linux.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ static void websocket_event_handler(void *handler_args, esp_event_base_t base, i
     case WEBSOCKET_EVENT_BEGIN:
         ESP_LOGI(TAG, "WEBSOCKET_EVENT_BEGIN");
         break;
+    case WEBSOCKET_EVENT_HEADER_RECEIVED:
+        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "WEBSOCKET_EVENT_HEADER_RECEIVED: %.*s", data->data_len, data->data_ptr);
+        break;
     case WEBSOCKET_EVENT_CONNECTED:
         ESP_LOGI(TAG, "WEBSOCKET_EVENT_CONNECTED");
         break;
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/websocket_example.c b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/websocket_example.c
index 31998527b5..d0e77acf97 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/websocket_example.c
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/examples/target/main/websocket_example.c
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ static void websocket_event_handler(void *handler_args, esp_event_base_t base, i
     case WEBSOCKET_EVENT_BEGIN:
         ESP_LOGI(TAG, "WEBSOCKET_EVENT_BEGIN");
         break;
+    case WEBSOCKET_EVENT_HEADER_RECEIVED:
+        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "WEBSOCKET_EVENT_HEADER_RECEIVED: %.*s", data->data_len, data->data_ptr);
+        break;
     case WEBSOCKET_EVENT_CONNECTED:
         ESP_LOGI(TAG, "WEBSOCKET_EVENT_CONNECTED");
         break;
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h b/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h
index 9923676aeb..56547dc539 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ ESP_EVENT_DECLARE_BASE(WEBSOCKET_EVENTS);         // declaration of the task eve
 typedef enum {
     WEBSOCKET_EVENT_ANY = -1,
     WEBSOCKET_EVENT_ERROR = 0,      /*!< This event occurs when there are any errors during execution */
+    WEBSOCKET_EVENT_HEADER_RECEIVED,/*!< This event occurs for each pre-upgrade HTTP header */
     WEBSOCKET_EVENT_CONNECTED,      /*!< Once the Websocket has been connected to the server, no data exchange has been performed */
     WEBSOCKET_EVENT_DISCONNECTED,   /*!< The connection has been disconnected */
     WEBSOCKET_EVENT_DATA,           /*!< When receiving data from the server, possibly multiple portions of the packet */