diff --git a/lib/coreClient.js b/lib/coreClient.js
index 7eae0f1..57244dc 100644
--- a/lib/coreClient.js
+++ b/lib/coreClient.js
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ CoreClient.BuildConnectionDict = function(options, ws) {
         if (options.connSsl) {
             ws_opts.rejectUnauthorized = false;
         }
-        connectionDict.connection_details = ws(CoreClient.BuildWebSocketConnString(options), ['binary', 'AMQPWSB10', 'amqp'], ws_opts);
+        connectionDict.connection_details = ws(CoreClient.BuildWebSocketConnString(options), options.WSProtocols, ws_opts);
     } else if(options.connUrls) {
         //failover
         connectionDict.connection_details = CoreClient.BuildFailoverHandler(options);
diff --git a/lib/optionsParser.js b/lib/optionsParser.js
index f784985..76ef853 100644
--- a/lib/optionsParser.js
+++ b/lib/optionsParser.js
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ ConnectionOptions.prototype.ParseConnectionOptions = function(listArgs) {
             'conn-ssl-verify-peer':         { default: false, describe: 'verifies server certificate, conn-ssl-certificate and trusted db path needs to be specified (PEM format)', type: 'boolean'},
             'conn-ssl-verify-peer-name':    { default: false, describe: 'verifies connection url against server hostname', type: 'boolean'},
             'conn-max-frame-size':          { default: undefined, describe: 'defines max frame size for connection', type: 'uint'},
-            'conn-web-socket':              { default: false, describe: 'use websocket as transport layer', type: ['boolean', 'string']},
+            'conn-web-socket':              { alias: 'conn-ws', default: false, describe: 'use websocket as transport layer', type: ['boolean', 'string']},
+            'conn-web-socket-protocols':    { alias: 'conn-ws-protocols', describe: 'protocol for ws connection', type: 'array', deafult: ['binary', 'AMQPWSB10', 'amqp']},
             'conn-property':                { describe: 'Sets connection property map item'},
         })
         .strict()
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ ConnectionOptions.prototype.ParseConnectionOptions = function(listArgs) {
     this.frameSize = args['conn-max-frame-size'];
     this.websocket = castBoolProperty(args['conn-web-socket']);
     this.connSsl = castBoolProperty(args['conn-ssl']);
+    this.WSProtocols = args['conn-ws-protocols'];
     this.connProperties = castMapProperty(args['conn-property']);
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 846d342..3492a45 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cli-rhea",
-  "version": "2.0.1",
+  "version": "2.0.2",
   "description": "Client interface built on amqp/rhea lib",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha test/**.spec.js",
diff --git a/test/cli-client.spec.js b/test/cli-client.spec.js
index c422c03..3ab6177 100644
--- a/test/cli-client.spec.js
+++ b/test/cli-client.spec.js
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ describe('Running bin cmd client', function() {
     it('Send message with reconnect enabled over websocket', function(done) {
         verify(done, [example('../bin/sender-client.js', ['--address', 'reconnect_queue', '--count', 5, '--conn-reconnect', '--conn-web-socket', '--conn-reconnect-limit', 10, '--conn-reconnect-interval', '1', '--conn-heartbeat', '1'])], 0);
     });
+    it('Send message with reconnect enabled over websocket with specified protocol', function(done) {
+        verify(done, [example('../bin/sender-client.js', ['--address', 'reconnect_queue', '--count', 5, '--conn-reconnect', '--conn-web-socket', '--conn-reconnect-limit', 10, '--conn-reconnect-interval', '1', '--conn-heartbeat', '1', '--conn-ws-protocols', 'binary', 'amqp'])], 0);
+    });
     it('Send with timeout', function(done) {
         verify(done, [example('../bin/sender-client.js', ['--address', 'timeout_queue', '--count', 5, '--timeout', 1])], 0);
     });