diff --git a/websocket/_app.py b/websocket/_app.py
index d7e6d60..274fad6 100644
--- a/websocket/_app.py
+++ b/websocket/_app.py
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ class WebSocketApp(object):
         if self.sock:
             raise WebSocketException("socket is already opened")
         thread = None
+        break_on_close_op = False
 
         try:
             self.sock = WebSocket(self.get_mask_key, sockopt=sockopt, sslopt=sslopt,
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ class WebSocketApp(object):
                 if r:
                     op_code, frame = self.sock.recv_data_frame(True)
                     if op_code == ABNF.OPCODE_CLOSE:
+                        break_on_close_op = True
                         break
                     elif op_code == ABNF.OPCODE_PING:
                         self._callback(self.on_ping, frame.data)
@@ -177,9 +179,22 @@ class WebSocketApp(object):
                 thread.join()
                 self.keep_running = False
             self.sock.close()
-            self._callback(self.on_close)
+            self._callback(self.on_close,*self._get_close_args(frame.data if break_on_close_op else None))
             self.sock = None
 
+    def _get_close_args(self,data):
+        """ this functions extracts the code, reason from the close body
+        if they exists, and if the self.on_close except three arguments """
+        import inspect
+        # if the on_close callback is "old", just return empty list
+        if not self.on_close or len(inspect.getargspec(self.on_close).args) != 3:
+            return []
+        if data and len(data) >=2:
+            code = 256*six.byte2int(data[0]) + six.byte2int(data[1])
+            reason = data[2:].decode('utf-8')
+            return [code,reason]
+        return [None,None]
+
     def _callback(self, callback, *args):
         if callback:
             try: