diff --git a/Libraries/WebSocket/RCTWebSocketModule.m b/Libraries/WebSocket/RCTWebSocketModule.m
index 12f6da8a0d5e2b..6ccf3f495dca73 100644
--- a/Libraries/WebSocket/RCTWebSocketModule.m
+++ b/Libraries/WebSocket/RCTWebSocketModule.m
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ - (void)dealloc
   }
 }
 
-RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(connect:(NSURL *)URL protocols:(NSArray *)protocols headers:(NSDictionary *)headers socketID:(nonnull NSNumber *)socketID)
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(connect:(NSURL *)URL protocols:(NSArray *)protocols options:(NSDictionary *)options socketID:(nonnull NSNumber *)socketID)
 {
   NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:URL];
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ - (void)dealloc
   request.allHTTPHeaderFields = [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies:cookies];
 
   // Load supplied headers
-  [headers enumerateKeysAndObjectsUsingBlock:^(NSString *key, id value, BOOL *stop) {
+  [options[@"headers"] enumerateKeysAndObjectsUsingBlock:^(NSString *key, id value, BOOL *stop) {
     [request addValue:[RCTConvert NSString:value] forHTTPHeaderField:key];
   }];
 
diff --git a/Libraries/WebSocket/WebSocket.js b/Libraries/WebSocket/WebSocket.js
index 83896e969e4684..96f159a511a346 100644
--- a/Libraries/WebSocket/WebSocket.js
+++ b/Libraries/WebSocket/WebSocket.js
@@ -93,12 +93,27 @@ class WebSocket extends EventTarget(...WEBSOCKET_EVENTS) {
   // `WebSocket.isAvailable` will return `false`, and WebSocket constructor will throw an error
   static isAvailable: boolean = !!WebSocketModule;
 
-  constructor(url: string, protocols: ?string | ?Array<string>, options: ?{origin?: string}) {
+  constructor(url: string, protocols: ?string | ?Array<string>, options: ?{headers?: {origin?: string}}) {
     super();
     if (typeof protocols === 'string') {
       protocols = [protocols];
     }
 
+    const {headers = {}, ...unrecognized} = options || {};
+
+    // Preserve deprecated backwards compatibility for the 'origin' option
+    if (unrecognized && typeof unrecognized.origin === 'string') {
+      console.warn('Specifying `origin` as a WebSocket connection option is deprecated. Include it under `headers` instead.');
+      headers.origin = unrecognized.origin;
+      delete unrecognized.origin;
+    }
+
+    // Warn about and discard anything else
+    if (Object.keys(unrecognized).length > 0) {
+      console.warn('Unrecognized WebSocket connection option(s) `' + Object.keys(unrecognized).join('`, `') + '`. '
+        + 'Did you mean to put these under `headers`?');
+    }
+
     if (!Array.isArray(protocols)) {
       protocols = null;
     }
@@ -111,7 +126,7 @@ class WebSocket extends EventTarget(...WEBSOCKET_EVENTS) {
     this._eventEmitter = new NativeEventEmitter(WebSocketModule);
     this._socketId = nextWebSocketId++;
     this._registerEvents();
-    WebSocketModule.connect(url, protocols, options, this._socketId);
+    WebSocketModule.connect(url, protocols, { headers }, this._socketId);
   }
 
   get binaryType(): ?BinaryType {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
index 17df446110bf19..2bfae94e7a9428 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public void setContentHandler(final int id, final ContentHandler contentHandler)
   public void connect(
     final String url,
     @Nullable final ReadableArray protocols,
-    @Nullable final ReadableMap headers,
+    @Nullable final ReadableMap options,
     final int id) {
     OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
       .connectTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ public void connect(
       builder.addHeader("Cookie", cookie);
     }
 
-    if (headers != null) {
+    if (options != null && options.hasKey("headers") && options.getType("headers").equals(ReadableType.Map)) {
+
+      ReadableMap headers = options.getMap("headers");
       ReadableMapKeySetIterator iterator = headers.keySetIterator();
 
       if (!headers.hasKey("origin")) {