diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 See also http://pvp.haskell.org/faq
 
+### 0.1.4.0
+
+* New module `Network.Http.Client.WebSocket` providing basic RFC6455 support.
+* New function 'inputStreamBodyChunked' supporting breaking up over-sized chunks.
+
 ### 0.1.3.0
 
 * New functions `receiveUpgradeResponse`, 'receiveConnectResponse', and `unsafeWithRawStreams` for accessing full-duplex low-level streams (e.g. for upgrading to Websockets protocol
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@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/http-io-streams.cabal b/http-io-streams.cabal
--- a/http-io-streams.cabal
+++ b/http-io-streams.cabal
@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
 cabal-version:       2.2
 name:                http-io-streams
-version:             0.1.3.0
+version:             0.1.4.0
 
-synopsis:            HTTP client based on io-streams
+synopsis:            HTTP and WebSocket client based on io-streams
 description:
-  An HTTP client, using the Snap Framework's [io-streams](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/io-streams) library to
+  An HTTP client with WebSocket (RFC 6455) support, using the Snap Framework's [io-streams](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/io-streams) library to
   handle the streaming IO. The @http-io-streams@ API designed for ease of use when querying web services and dealing with the result as streaming I/O.
   .
-  The library is exported in a single module; see "Network.Http.Client"
-  for full documentation.
+  The main HTTP/1.1 part of the library is exported in a single module "Network.Http.Client"; the WebSocket specific functionality is available from the "Network.Http.Client.WebSocket" module.
   .
-  __NOTE__: This is a fork of [http-streams](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/http-streams)
-  with a lighter dependency footprint which focuses on core HTTP
-  functionality and as a consequence doesn't include out-of-the-box
-  support for handling JSON data. If you need support for handling JSON
-  web-services, you should use the original @http-streams@ package instead of
-  this package.
+  __NOTE__: This package originally started as a fork of [http-streams](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/http-streams) with a lighter dependency footprint focusing on core HTTP functionality.
 
-license:             BSD-3-Clause
-license-file:        LICENCE
+license:             BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
+license-files:       LICENSE LICENSE.GPLv2
 author:              Andrew Cowie <andrew@operationaldynamics.com>,
                      Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvr@gnu.org>
 maintainer:          Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvr@gnu.org>
@@ -36,6 +30,11 @@
   default: True
   description: Build with support for <http://brotli.org Brotli> (<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7932 RFC7932>) compression algorithm for <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_compression HTTP compression>.
 
+flag fast-xor
+  manual:  True
+  default: True
+  description: Enable use of faster and more efficient @XOR@ routines.
+
 common settings
   build-depends:
     , base                 >= 4.5 && < 4.15
@@ -56,6 +55,13 @@
 library
   import: settings
 
+  -- xor
+  if flag(fast-xor)
+    build-depends: xor    ^>= 0.0.1.0
+  else
+    hs-source-dirs: xor/lib
+    other-modules: Data.XOR
+
   -- http-streams
   if flag(brotli)
     build-depends:
@@ -64,6 +70,8 @@
   build-depends:
     , HsOpenSSL           ^>= 0.11.2
     , attoparsec          ^>= 0.13.2.2
+    , binary              ^>= 0.7.1   || ^>= 0.8.3
+    , cryptohash-sha1     ^>= 0.11.100
     , directory           ^>= 1.2.0.1 || ^>= 1.3.0.0
     , io-streams          ^>= 1.5.0.1
     , network             ^>= 2.6.0.0 || ^>= 2.7.0.0 || ^>= 2.8.0.0 || ^>= 3.0.0.0 || ^>= 3.1.0.0
@@ -75,6 +83,7 @@
   hs-source-dirs: http-streams/lib
   exposed-modules:
     Network.Http.Client
+    Network.Http.Client.WebSocket
   other-modules:
     Network.Http.Connection
     Network.Http.ResponseParser
@@ -82,7 +91,6 @@
     Network.Http.Inconvenience
 
   -- http-common
-
   build-depends:
     , base64-bytestring   ^>= 1.1.0.0
     , mtl                 ^>= 2.2.2
diff --git a/http-streams/lib/Network/Http/Client.hs b/http-streams/lib/Network/Http/Client.hs
--- a/http-streams/lib/Network/Http/Client.hs
+++ b/http-streams/lib/Network/Http/Client.hs
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
     utf8LazyTextBody,
     fileBody,
     inputStreamBody,
+    inputStreamBodyChunked,
     encodedFormBody,
 
     -- * Processing HTTP response
diff --git a/http-streams/lib/Network/Http/Client/WebSocket.hs b/http-streams/lib/Network/Http/Client/WebSocket.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http-streams/lib/Network/Http/Client/WebSocket.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,621 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards    #-}
+
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wall #-}
+-- |
+-- Copyright: © 2020  Herbert Valerio Riedel
+-- SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+--
+-- Basic WebSocket <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455 RFC 6455> support.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+module Network.Http.Client.WebSocket
+    ( -- * WebSocket Frames
+      -- ** WebSocket Frame Header
+      WSFrameHdr(..)
+    , wsFrameHdrSize
+    , wsFrameHdrToBuilder
+
+    , WSOpcode(..)
+    , WSOpcodeReserved(..)
+    , wsIsDataFrame
+
+      -- ** Mid-level I/O primitives
+
+      -- *** Sending WebSocket frames
+    , writeWSFrame
+    , sendWSFragData
+
+      -- *** Receiving WebSocket frames
+--  , readWSFrameHdr
+    , readWSFrame
+    , receiveWSFrame
+
+      -- * WebSocket handshake
+
+      -- ** HTTP/1.1 WebSocket connection upgrade
+
+    , wsUpgradeConnection
+
+      -- ** Low-level primitives for WebSocket handshake
+    , SecWebSocketKey
+    , wsKeyToAcceptB64
+
+    , secWebSocketKeyFromB64
+    , secWebSocketKeyToB64
+    , secWebSocketKeyFromWords
+
+      -- * Exception
+    , WsException(..)
+    ) where
+
+import           Blaze.ByteString.Builder (Builder)
+import qualified Blaze.ByteString.Builder as Builder
+import           Control.Exception
+import           Control.Monad            (unless, when)
+import qualified Crypto.Hash.SHA1         as SHA1
+import qualified Data.Binary              as Bin
+import qualified Data.Binary.Get          as Bin
+import qualified Data.Binary.Put          as Bin
+import           Data.Bits
+import           Data.ByteString          (ByteString)
+import qualified Data.ByteString          as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Base64   as B64
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy     as BL
+import qualified Data.CaseInsensitive     as CI
+import           Data.IORef
+import           Data.Maybe               (isJust)
+import           Data.Monoid              (Monoid (..))
+import           Data.Typeable            (Typeable)
+import           Data.Word
+import           Data.XOR                 (xor32LazyByteString, xor32StrictByteString')
+import           Network.Http.Client      as HC
+import qualified Network.Http.Connection  as HC
+import           System.IO.Streams        (InputStream, OutputStream)
+import qualified System.IO.Streams        as Streams
+
+-- | Exception type thrown by WebSocket routines.
+--
+-- These exceptions mostly denote WebSocket protocol violations from either side, client and server.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+data WsException = WsException String
+  deriving (Typeable,Show)
+
+instance Exception WsException
+
+-- | WebSocket Frame as per <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-5.2 RFC 6455 section 5.2>
+--
+--
+-- >  0                   1                   2                   3
+-- >  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-- > +-+-+-+-+-------+-+-------------+-------------------------------+
+-- > |F|R|R|R| opcode|M| Payload len |    Extended payload length    |
+-- > |I|S|S|S|  (4)  |A|     (7)     |             (16/64)           |
+-- > |N|V|V|V|       |S|             |   (if payload len==126/127)   |
+-- > | |1|2|3|       |K|             |                               |
+-- > +-+-+-+-+-------+-+-------------+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
+-- > |     Extended payload length continued, if payload len == 127  |
+-- > + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +-------------------------------+
+-- > |                               |Masking-key, if MASK set to 1  |
+-- > +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+-- > | Masking-key (continued)       |          Payload Data         |
+-- > +-------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
+-- > :                     Payload Data continued ...                :
+-- > + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
+-- > |                     Payload Data continued ...                |
+-- > +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+data WSFrameHdr = WSFrameHdr
+  { ws'FIN    :: !Bool -- ^ MUST be set for control-frames (control-frames MUST NOT be fragmented).
+  , ws'RSV1   :: !Bool
+  , ws'RSV2   :: !Bool
+  , ws'RSV3   :: !Bool
+  , ws'opcode :: !WSOpcode -- see 'WSOpcode'
+  , ws'length :: !Word64 -- ^ MUST be smaller than 2^63 for data-frames;
+                         --   MUST be smaller than 126 for control-frames.
+  , ws'mask   :: !(Maybe Word32)
+    -- ^ Whether the frame is masked and which masking key is used;
+    -- 'Nothing' denotes unmasked frames.
+    --
+    -- A client MUST mask all frames that it sends to the server; A
+    -- server MUST NOT mask any frames that it sends to the client.
+  } deriving Show
+
+-- | Size of serialized WebSocket frame header (i.e. without payload data) in octets.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+wsFrameHdrSize :: WSFrameHdr -> Int
+wsFrameHdrSize WSFrameHdr{ws'mask = Nothing, ws'length}
+  | ws'length <  126    = 2
+  | ws'length <= 0xffff = 4
+  | otherwise           = 10
+wsFrameHdrSize WSFrameHdr{ws'mask = Just _, ws'length}
+  | ws'length <  126    = 6
+  | ws'length <= 0xffff = 8
+  | otherwise           = 14
+
+-- not exported yet
+-- | Try reading a 'WSFrameHdr' from the 'InputStream'.
+--
+-- Returns 'Nothing' is EOF is encountered before any WebSocket header byte is read
+readWSFrameHdr :: Connection -> IO (Maybe WSFrameHdr)
+readWSFrameHdr (HC.Connection { cIn = is }) = do
+    mchunk <- Streams.read is
+    case mchunk of
+      Nothing -> return Nothing
+      Just chunk -> go $ (if BS.null chunk then id else flip Bin.pushChunk chunk)
+                       $ Bin.runGetIncremental Bin.get
+  where
+    go :: Bin.Decoder WSFrameHdr -> IO (Maybe WSFrameHdr)
+    go (Bin.Fail rest _ err) = do
+        unless (BS.null rest) $
+          Streams.unRead rest is
+        throwIO $ WsException ("readWSFrameHdr: " ++ err)
+    go partial@(Bin.Partial cont) = do
+        mchunk <- Streams.read is
+        case mchunk of
+          Nothing -> go (cont Nothing) -- eof, will likely trigger failure
+          Just chunk
+            | BS.null chunk -> go partial -- loop
+            | otherwise     -> go (cont (Just chunk))
+    go (Bin.Done rest _ x) = do
+        unless (BS.null rest) $
+          Streams.unRead rest is
+        return (Just x)
+
+-- | Receive a single WebSocket frame as 'InputStream'.
+--
+-- This operation does not perform any defragmentation nor automatically deal with control-frames (those will be returned to the caller as-is).
+--
+-- See also 'readWSFrame' for a simple non-streaming version.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+receiveWSFrame :: Connection -> (WSFrameHdr -> InputStream ByteString -> IO a) -> IO (Maybe a)
+receiveWSFrame (conn@HC.Connection { cIn = is }) cont = do
+  mhdr <- readWSFrameHdr conn
+  case mhdr of
+    Nothing -> return Nothing
+    Just hdr
+      | ws'length hdr == 0 -> do
+          is' <- Streams.nullInput
+          Just `fmap` cont hdr is'
+      | otherwise -> do
+          is' <- Streams.takeExactly (fromIntegral (ws'length hdr)) is
+          is'' <- xor32InputStream (maybe 0 id (ws'mask hdr)) is'
+          res <- cont hdr is''
+          Streams.skipToEof is'
+          return $! Just $! res
+
+-- | Send WebSocket message as fragmented data-frames.
+--
+-- This function can be used if the size of the data payload to be sent is not known in advance.
+--
+-- This operation does not flush automatically after every chunk; write an empty chunk to the 'OutputStream' to trigger flushing pending data onto the WebSocket connection.
+--
+-- The 'ws'length' and 'ws'FIN' fields are ignored and computed from the chunks to be sent.
+--
+-- Pre-conditions:
+--
+-- - This function does not support sending control-frames as those MUST NOT be fragmented.
+-- - 'ws'opcode' MUST NOT be 'WSOpcode'Continuation'
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+sendWSFragData :: Connection -> WSFrameHdr -> (OutputStream ByteString -> IO a) -> IO a
+sendWSFragData _ hdr0  _
+  | not (wsIsDataFrame (ws'opcode hdr0))
+      = throwIO (WsException "sendWSFragData: sending control-frame requested")
+  | ws'opcode hdr0 == WSOpcode'Continuation
+      = throwIO (WsException "sendWSFragData: sending continuation frame requested")
+sendWSFragData (HC.Connection { cOut = os }) hdr0 cont = do
+    opcodeRef <- newIORef (ws'opcode hdr0)
+    let go Nothing = return ()
+        go (Just chunk)
+          | BS.null chunk = Streams.write (Just Builder.flush) os
+          | otherwise = do
+              let (_,chunk') = xor32StrictByteString' (maybe 0 id $ ws'mask hdr0) chunk
+              opcode <- readIORef opcodeRef
+              writeIORef opcodeRef WSOpcode'Continuation
+              let fraghdr = hdr0 { ws'FIN = False
+                                 , ws'length = fromIntegral (BS.length chunk)
+                                 , ws'opcode = opcode
+                                 }
+              Streams.write (Just $! wsFrameHdrToBuilder fraghdr `mappend` Builder.fromByteString chunk') os
+
+    os' <- Streams.makeOutputStream go
+    !res <- cont os'
+
+    -- send FINal frame
+    opcode <- readIORef opcodeRef
+    let final = (hdr0 { ws'FIN    = True
+                      , ws'length = 0
+                      , ws'opcode = opcode
+                      , ws'mask   = Just 0
+                      })
+    Streams.write (Just $ wsFrameHdrToBuilder final `mappend` Builder.flush) os
+
+    return $! res
+
+-- | Convenience function for writing simple non-fragmented frames to an established WebSocket connection.
+--
+-- Control-frames MUST have a payload smaller than 126 bytes.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+writeWSFrame :: Connection -> WSOpcode -> Maybe Word32 -> BL.ByteString -> IO ()
+writeWSFrame (HC.Connection { cOut = os }) opcode mmask payload = do
+    when (not (wsIsDataFrame opcode) && plen >= 126) $
+      throwIO (WsException "writeWSFrame: over-sized control-frame")
+
+    let hdr = wsFrameHdrToBuilder (WSFrameHdr True False False False opcode plen mmask)
+        dat = case mmask of
+                Nothing  -> Builder.fromLazyByteString payload
+                Just 0   -> Builder.fromLazyByteString payload
+                Just msk -> Builder.fromLazyByteString (xor32LazyByteString msk payload)
+    Streams.write (Just $ hdr `mappend` dat `mappend` Builder.flush) os
+  where
+    plen = fromIntegral (BL.length payload)
+
+-- | Convenience function for reading a single (possibly fragmented) frame from an established WebSocket connection.
+--
+-- The first argument is the maximum expected frame size to receive; if a larger frame is encountered an exception is raised.
+--
+-- This operation does not perform any defragmentation nor automatically deal with control-frames (those will be returned to the caller as-is).
+--
+-- Returns 'Nothing' if the 'InputStream' is terminated before reading the first octet.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+readWSFrame :: Int -> Connection -> IO (Maybe (WSFrameHdr,ByteString))
+readWSFrame maxSize (conn@HC.Connection { cIn = is }) = do
+    mhdr <- readWSFrameHdr conn
+    case mhdr of
+      Nothing -> return Nothing
+      Just hdr
+        | ws'length hdr == 0 ->
+            return $ Just (hdr,BS.empty)
+        | ws'length hdr >= fromIntegral maxSize ->
+            throwIO (WsException "readWSFrame: frame larger than maxSize")
+        | otherwise -> do
+            dat <- Streams.readExactly (fromIntegral (ws'length hdr)) is
+            let dat' = case ws'mask hdr of
+                         Nothing -> dat
+                         Just 0  -> dat
+                         Just m  -> snd (xor32StrictByteString' m dat)
+            return $ Just (hdr,dat')
+
+-- | Serialize 'WSFrameHdr' to 'BB.Builder'
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+wsFrameHdrToBuilder :: WSFrameHdr -> Builder
+wsFrameHdrToBuilder WSFrameHdr{..} = mconcat
+    [ Builder.fromWord8 $!
+        (if ws'FIN  then 0x80 else 0) .|.
+        (if ws'RSV1 then 0x40 else 0) .|.
+        (if ws'RSV2 then 0x20 else 0) .|.
+        (if ws'RSV3 then 0x10 else 0) .|.
+        (encodeWSOpcode ws'opcode)
+
+    , Builder.fromWord8 $!
+        (if isJust ws'mask then 0x80 else 0) .|. len7
+
+    -- extended payload length
+    , case len7 of
+        126 -> Builder.fromWord16be (fromIntegral ws'length)
+        127 -> Builder.fromWord64be ws'length
+        _   -> Data.Monoid.mempty
+
+    , maybe mempty Builder.fromWord32be ws'mask
+    ]
+  where
+    len7 | ws'length < 126     = fromIntegral ws'length
+         | ws'length <= 0xffff = 126 -- 16bit
+         | otherwise           = 127 -- 64bit
+
+instance Bin.Binary WSFrameHdr where
+  -- put :: WSFrameHdr -> Bin.Put
+  put WSFrameHdr{..} = do
+      Bin.putWord8 $!
+        (if ws'FIN  then 0x80 else 0) .|.
+        (if ws'RSV1 then 0x40 else 0) .|.
+        (if ws'RSV2 then 0x20 else 0) .|.
+        (if ws'RSV3 then 0x10 else 0) .|.
+        (encodeWSOpcode ws'opcode)
+
+      Bin.putWord8 $!
+        (if isJust ws'mask then 0x80 else 0) .|. len7
+
+      -- extended payload length
+      case len7 of
+        126 -> Bin.putWord16be (fromIntegral ws'length)
+        127 -> Bin.putWord64be ws'length
+        _   -> return ()
+
+      maybe (return ()) Bin.putWord32be ws'mask
+    where
+      len7 | ws'length < 126     = fromIntegral ws'length
+           | ws'length <= 0xffff = 126 -- 16bit
+           | otherwise           = 127 -- 64bit
+
+  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  -- get :: Bin.Get WSFrameHdr
+  get = do
+      o0 <- Bin.getWord8
+
+      let ws'FIN    = testBit o0 7
+          ws'RSV1   = testBit o0 6
+          ws'RSV2   = testBit o0 5
+          ws'RSV3   = testBit o0 4
+          ws'opcode = decodeWSOpcode o0
+
+      when (not ws'FIN && not (wsIsDataFrame ws'opcode)) $
+        fail "invalid fragmented control-frame"
+
+      o1 <- Bin.getWord8
+
+      let len7 = o1 .&. 0x7f
+          msk  = o1  >= 0x80
+
+      ws'length <- case len7 of
+          127 -> do
+            unless (wsIsDataFrame ws'opcode) $ fail "invalid 64-bit extended length (control-frame)"
+            v <- Bin.getWord64be
+            unless (v > 0xffff) $ fail "invalid 64-bit extended length (<= 0xffff)"
+            unless (v < 0x8000000000000000) $ fail "invalid 64-bit extended length (MSB set)"
+            return v
+          126 -> do
+            unless (wsIsDataFrame ws'opcode) $ fail "invalid 16-bit extended length (control-frame)"
+            v <- Bin.getWord16be
+            unless (v > 125) $ fail "invalid 16-bit extended length (<= 0x7d)"
+            return (fromIntegral v)
+          _ -> return (fromIntegral len7)
+
+      ws'mask <- if msk
+       then Just `fmap` Bin.getWord32be
+       else return Nothing
+
+      return WSFrameHdr{..}
+
+-- | WebSocket frame opcode.
+--
+-- See also 'wsIsDataFrame'.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+data WSOpcode
+  = WSOpcode'Continuation -- ^ /data/ fragmented data-frame
+  | WSOpcode'Text         -- ^ /data/ payload must utf-8 encoded
+  | WSOpcode'Binary       -- ^ /data/ binary data payload
+  | WSOpcode'Close        -- ^ /control/ connection close frame (optional payload with reason-code)
+  | WSOpcode'Ping         -- ^ /control/ PING frame
+  | WSOpcode'Pong         -- ^ /control/ PONG frame
+  | WSOpcode'Reserved !WSOpcodeReserved -- ^ reserved frame kind not defined by RFC 6455
+  deriving (Eq,Show)
+
+-- | WebSocket frame opcodes reserved for future use by RFC 6455
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+data WSOpcodeReserved
+  = WSOpcode'Reserved3
+  | WSOpcode'Reserved4
+  | WSOpcode'Reserved5
+  | WSOpcode'Reserved6
+  | WSOpcode'Reserved7
+  | WSOpcode'Reserved11
+  | WSOpcode'Reserved12
+  | WSOpcode'Reserved13
+  | WSOpcode'Reserved14
+  | WSOpcode'Reserved15
+  deriving (Eq,Show)
+
+-- | Whether 'WSOpcode' denotes a data-frame.
+--
+-- There are two kinds of WebSocket frames, data-frames and
+-- control-frames. Consequently, this predicate is 'False' for
+-- control-frames.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+wsIsDataFrame :: WSOpcode -> Bool
+wsIsDataFrame x = case x of
+  WSOpcode'Continuation                 -> True
+  WSOpcode'Text                         -> True
+  WSOpcode'Binary                       -> True
+
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved3  -> True
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved4  -> True
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved5  -> True
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved6  -> True
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved7  -> True
+
+  WSOpcode'Close                        -> False
+  WSOpcode'Ping                         -> False
+  WSOpcode'Pong                         -> False
+
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved11 -> False
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved12 -> False
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved13 -> False
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved14 -> False
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved15 -> False
+
+
+-- NB: ignores high nibble
+decodeWSOpcode :: Word8 -> WSOpcode
+decodeWSOpcode x = case x .&. 0xf of
+  0x0 -> WSOpcode'Continuation
+  0x1 -> WSOpcode'Text
+  0x2 -> WSOpcode'Binary
+
+  0x3 -> WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved3
+  0x4 -> WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved4
+  0x5 -> WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved5
+  0x6 -> WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved6
+  0x7 -> WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved7
+
+  0x8 -> WSOpcode'Close
+  0x9 -> WSOpcode'Ping
+  0xA -> WSOpcode'Pong
+
+  0xB -> WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved11
+  0xC -> WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved12
+  0xD -> WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved13
+  0xE -> WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved14
+  0xF -> WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved15
+
+  _   -> undefined -- impossible
+
+-- internal
+encodeWSOpcode :: WSOpcode -> Word8
+encodeWSOpcode x = case x of
+  WSOpcode'Continuation                 -> 0x0
+  WSOpcode'Text                         -> 0x1
+  WSOpcode'Binary                       -> 0x2
+
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved3  -> 0x3
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved4  -> 0x4
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved5  -> 0x5
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved6  -> 0x6
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved7  -> 0x7
+
+  WSOpcode'Close                        -> 0x8
+  WSOpcode'Ping                         -> 0x9
+  WSOpcode'Pong                         -> 0xA
+
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved11 -> 0xB
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved12 -> 0xC
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved13 -> 0xD
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved14 -> 0xE
+  WSOpcode'Reserved WSOpcode'Reserved15 -> 0xF
+
+-- | Compute @Sec-WebSocket-Accept@ header value from @Sec-WebSocket-Key@ header value according to RFC 6455
+--
+-- >>> wsKeyToAcceptB64 <$> secWebSocketKeyFromB64 "dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ=="
+-- Just "s3pPLMBiTxaQ9kYGzzhZRbK+xOo="
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+wsKeyToAcceptB64 :: SecWebSocketKey -> ByteString
+wsKeyToAcceptB64 key = B64.encode (SHA1.hash (secWebSocketKeyToB64 key `BS.append` rfc6455Guid))
+  where
+    rfc6455Guid :: ByteString
+    rfc6455Guid = "258EAFA5-E914-47DA-95CA-C5AB0DC85B11"
+
+-- | @Sec-WebSocket-Key@ header value according to RFC 6455
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+newtype SecWebSocketKey = WSKey ByteString deriving (Eq,Ord,Show)
+
+-- | Construct 'SecWebSocketKey' from its HTTP header base64 representation.
+--
+-- The input must be a valid @Sec-WebSocket-Key@ value, i.e. a @base64@ encoded 16-octet value (i.e. 24 base64 characters) with optional surrounding whitespace (@TAB@ or @SPC@) characters or this function will return 'Nothing'.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+secWebSocketKeyFromB64 :: ByteString -> Maybe SecWebSocketKey
+secWebSocketKeyFromB64 key
+  | BS.length key' /= 24      = Nothing -- invalid base64 or wrong length
+  | Left _ <- B64.decode key' = Nothing -- invalid base64
+  | otherwise                 = Just $! WSKey key'
+  where
+    -- strip leading/trailing OWS from key
+    key' = fst (BS.spanEnd isOWS (BS.dropWhile isOWS key))
+
+    -- optional whitespace
+    isOWS :: Word8 -> Bool
+    isOWS 0x09 = True
+    isOWS 0x20 = True
+    isOWS _    = False
+
+-- | Emit 'SecWebSocketKey' as base64-encoded value suitable for use in the @Sec-WebSocket-Accept@ HTTP header.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+secWebSocketKeyToB64 :: SecWebSocketKey -> ByteString
+secWebSocketKeyToB64 (WSKey bs) = bs
+
+-- | Construct 'SecWebSocketKey' from two 'Word64' values.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+secWebSocketKeyFromWords :: Word64 -> Word64 -> SecWebSocketKey
+secWebSocketKeyFromWords h l = WSKey (B64.encode key)
+  where
+    key = BS.concat $ BL.toChunks $ Bin.runPut (Bin.putWord64be h >> Bin.putWord64be l)
+
+-- upgradeToWebSockets :: HC.Connection
+--                     -> (Response -> InputStream ByteString                         -> IO a) -- ^ Non-code @101@ response handler
+--                     -> (Response -> InputStream ByteString -> OutputStream Builder -> IO a) -- ^ Code @101@ response handler
+--                     -> IO a
+-- upgradeToWebSockets = do
+--
+
+xor32InputStream :: Word32 -> InputStream ByteString -> IO (InputStream ByteString)
+xor32InputStream 0    is = return is
+xor32InputStream msk0 is = do
+    mskref <- newIORef msk0
+    let go = do
+          mchunk <- Streams.read is
+          case mchunk of
+            Nothing -> return Nothing
+            Just chunk -> do
+              msk <- readIORef mskref
+              let (msk',chunk') = xor32StrictByteString' msk chunk
+              writeIORef mskref msk'
+              return $! Just $! chunk'
+    Streams.makeInputStream go
+
+-- xor32OutputStream :: Word32 -> OutputStream ByteString -> IO (OutputStream ByteString)
+-- xor32OutputStream msk0 os = do
+--     mskref <- newIORef msk0
+--     let go Nothing = Streams.write Nothing os
+--         go (Just chunk) = do
+--               msk <- readIORef mskref
+--               let (msk',chunk') = xor32StrictByteString' msk chunk
+--               writeIORef mskref msk'
+--               Streams.write (Just $! chunk') os
+--     Streams.makeOutputStream go
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | Perform an opening WebSocket handshake as per <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-4 RFC 6455 section 4>
+--
+-- This operation sets the @host@, @upgrade@, @connection@, @sec-websocket-version@, @sec-websocket-key@ HTTP headers; if you need to customize the handshake request further use the 'BuildRequest'-modifier argument to inject more headers into the request.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+wsUpgradeConnection :: Connection -- ^ Connection in HTTP/1.1 protocol state (i.e. not yet upgraded)
+                    -> ByteString -- ^ resource name (i.e. the argument to the @GET@ verb)
+                    -> RequestBuilder α -- ^ Additional Handshake request builder operations (i.e. to add additional HTTP headers to Handshake HTTP request)
+                    -> SecWebSocketKey -- ^ The @sec-websocket-key@ value to use
+                    -> (Response -> InputStream ByteString -> IO b) -- ^ failure continuation if handshake fails with a non-101 response code
+                    -> (Response -> Connection -> IO b) -- ^ success continuation; the 'Connection' has been succesfully upgraded to WebSocket mode and only WebSocket operations shall be performed over this 'Connection'.
+                    -> IO b
+wsUpgradeConnection conn resource rqmod wskey failedToUpgrade success = do
+    let rqToWS = HC.buildRequest1 $ do
+          HC.http HC.GET resource
+          HC.setHeader "upgrade" "websocket"
+          HC.setHeader "connection" "Upgrade"
+          HC.setHeader "sec-websocket-version" "13"
+          HC.setHeader "sec-websocket-key" (secWebSocketKeyToB64 wskey)
+          rqmod
+
+    HC.sendRequest conn rqToWS HC.emptyBody
+
+    HC.receiveUpgradeResponse conn failedToUpgrade $ \resp _is _os -> do
+
+      case CI.mk `fmap` HC.getHeader resp "connection" of
+        Nothing        -> abort "missing 'connection' header"
+        Just "upgrade" -> return ()
+        Just _         -> abort "'connection' header has non-'upgrade' value"
+
+      case CI.mk `fmap` HC.getHeader resp "upgrade" of
+        Nothing          -> abort "missing 'upgrade' header"
+        Just "websocket" -> return ()
+        Just _           -> abort "'upgrade' header has non-'websocket' value"
+
+      case HC.getHeader resp "sec-websocket-accept" of
+        Nothing -> abort "missing 'sec-websocket-accept' header"
+        Just wsacc
+          | wsacc /= wsKeyToAcceptB64 wskey -> abort "sec-websocket-accept header mismatch"
+          | otherwise -> return () -- pass
+
+      success resp conn
+  where
+    abort msg = throwIO (WsException ("wsUpgradeConnection: "++msg))
+
diff --git a/http-streams/lib/Network/Http/Connection.hs b/http-streams/lib/Network/Http/Connection.hs
--- a/http-streams/lib/Network/Http/Connection.hs
+++ b/http-streams/lib/Network/Http/Connection.hs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     utf8TextBody,
     utf8LazyTextBody,
     inputStreamBody,
+    inputStreamBodyChunked,
     debugHandler,
     concatHandler
 ) where
@@ -667,6 +668,7 @@
 -- This function maps "Builder.fromByteString" over the input, which will
 -- be efficient if the ByteString chunks are large.
 --
+-- See also 'inputStreamBodyChunked'.
 {-
     Note that this has to be 'supply' and not 'connect' as we do not
     want the end of stream to prematurely terminate the chunked encoding
@@ -677,6 +679,38 @@
     i2 <- Streams.map Builder.fromByteString i1
     Streams.supply i2 o
 
+-- | Variant of 'inputStreamBody' which enforces a maximum chunk-size.
+--
+-- This is useful to deal with some HTTP server implementation which
+-- impose maximum chunk-size for @chunked-transfer@ encoded request
+-- bodies.
+--
+-- When called with a negative or @0@ chunk-size argument this
+-- function is equivalent to 'inputStreamBody', i.e. over sized chunks
+-- from the 'InputStream' are not broken up.
+--
+-- @since 0.1.4.0
+inputStreamBodyChunked :: Int -> InputStream ByteString -> OutputStream Builder -> IO ()
+inputStreamBodyChunked maxChunkSize i o
+  | maxChunkSize > 0 = go
+  | otherwise        = inputStreamBody i o
+  where
+    go = do
+      mchunk <- Streams.read i
+      case mchunk of
+        Nothing -> return () -- don't pass on EOF signal
+        Just chunk
+          | chunkLen <= maxChunkSize -> do
+             Streams.write (Just $! Builder.fromByteString chunk) o
+             go
+          | otherwise -> do
+             let (chunk1,rest) | chunkLen < 2*maxChunkSize = S.splitAt (chunkLen `quot` 2) chunk
+                               | otherwise                 = S.splitAt maxChunkSize chunk
+             Streams.unRead rest i
+             Streams.write (Just $! Builder.fromByteString chunk1) o
+             go
+          where
+            chunkLen = S.length chunk
 
 --
 -- | Print the response headers and response body to @stdout@. You can
diff --git a/xor/lib/Data/XOR.hs b/xor/lib/Data/XOR.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xor/lib/Data/XOR.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-}
+
+-- |
+-- Copyright: © 2020  Herbert Valerio Riedel
+-- SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+--
+-- Compat-layer providing (slow) fallbacks when compiled w/o
+-- https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xor
+--
+module Data.XOR
+    ( xor32StrictByteString'
+    , xor32LazyByteString
+    ) where
+
+import           Data.Bits                     (rotateL, xor)
+import           Data.ByteString               (ByteString)
+import qualified Data.ByteString               as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy          as BL
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Internal as BL (ByteString (..))
+import           Data.Word                     (Word32, Word8)
+
+xor32StrictByteString' :: Word32 -> ByteString -> (Word32,ByteString)
+xor32StrictByteString' 0    = (,) 0
+xor32StrictByteString' msk0 = BS.mapAccumL go msk0
+  where
+    go :: Word32 -> Word8 -> (Word32,Word8)
+    go msk b = let b'   = fromIntegral msk' `xor` b
+                   msk' = rotateL msk 8
+               in b' `seq` (msk',b')
+
+xor32LazyByteString :: Word32 -> BL.ByteString -> BL.ByteString
+xor32LazyByteString 0    = id
+xor32LazyByteString msk0 = go msk0
+  where
+    go _ BL.Empty          = BL.Empty
+    go msk (BL.Chunk x xs) = BL.Chunk x' (go msk' xs)
+      where
+        (msk',x') = xor32StrictByteString' msk x
