diff --git a/websocket.py b/websocket.py
index af7e1c4..83978be 100644
--- a/websocket.py
+++ b/websocket.py
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ class WebSocket(object):
             sslopt = {}
         self.connected = False
         self.sock = socket.socket()
+        self.sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_TCP, socket.TCP_NODELAY, 1)
         for opts in sockopt:
             self.sock.setsockopt(*opts)
         self.sslopt = sslopt