diff --git a/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js b/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js
index 227948d1e..7ae8b6c3e 100644
--- a/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js
+++ b/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js
@@ -590,11 +590,12 @@ HttpProxy.prototype.proxyWebSocketRequest = function (req, socket, head, buffer)
   //
   outgoing.host    = this.target.host;
   outgoing.port    = this.target.port;
+  outgoing.agent   = agent;
   outgoing.method  = 'GET';
   outgoing.path    = req.url;
   outgoing.headers = req.headers;
   
-  var reverseProxy = agent.appendMessage(outgoing);
+  var reverseProxy = this.target.protocol.request(outgoing);
 
   //
   // On any errors from the `reverseProxy` emit the