diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 422f8183..6440f469 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [8.1.2] - 2020-02-18
+
+(WebSocketServer) add option to disable deflate compression, exposed with the -x option to ws echo_server
+
 ## [8.1.1] - 2020-02-18
 
 (ws cobra to statsd and sentry sender) exit if no messages are received for one minute, which is a sign that something goes wrong on the server side. That should be changed to be configurable in the future
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.cpp
index 1341353f..4a197de9 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXHttpServer.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ namespace
 
 namespace ix
 {
-    HttpServer::HttpServer(int port, const std::string& host, int backlog, size_t maxConnections, int addressFamily)
+    HttpServer::HttpServer(
+        int port, const std::string& host, int backlog, size_t maxConnections, int addressFamily)
         : SocketServer(port, host, backlog, maxConnections, addressFamily)
         , _connectedClientsCount(0)
     {
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketServer.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketServer.cpp
index e502c4a4..c2bd4b10 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketServer.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketServer.cpp
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ namespace ix
     const size_t SocketServer::kDefaultMaxConnections(32);
     const int SocketServer::kDefaultAddressFamily(AF_INET);
 
-    SocketServer::SocketServer(int port,
-                               const std::string& host,
-                               int backlog,
-                               size_t maxConnections,
-                               int addressFamily)
+    SocketServer::SocketServer(
+        int port, const std::string& host, int backlog, size_t maxConnections, int addressFamily)
         : _port(port)
         , _host(host)
         , _backlog(backlog)
@@ -97,7 +94,8 @@ namespace ix
             {
                 std::stringstream ss;
                 ss << "SocketServer::listen() error calling inet_pton "
-                   << "at address " << _host << ":" << _port << " : " << strerror(Socket::getErrno());
+                   << "at address " << _host << ":" << _port << " : "
+                   << strerror(Socket::getErrno());
 
                 Socket::closeSocket(_serverFd);
                 return std::make_pair(false, ss.str());
@@ -108,7 +106,8 @@ namespace ix
             {
                 std::stringstream ss;
                 ss << "SocketServer::listen() error calling bind "
-                   << "at address " << _host << ":" << _port << " : " << strerror(Socket::getErrno());
+                   << "at address " << _host << ":" << _port << " : "
+                   << strerror(Socket::getErrno());
 
                 Socket::closeSocket(_serverFd);
                 return std::make_pair(false, ss.str());
@@ -124,7 +123,8 @@ namespace ix
             {
                 std::stringstream ss;
                 ss << "SocketServer::listen() error calling inet_pton "
-                   << "at address " << _host << ":" << _port << " : " << strerror(Socket::getErrno());
+                   << "at address " << _host << ":" << _port << " : "
+                   << strerror(Socket::getErrno());
 
                 Socket::closeSocket(_serverFd);
                 return std::make_pair(false, ss.str());
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ namespace ix
             {
                 std::stringstream ss;
                 ss << "SocketServer::listen() error calling bind "
-                   << "at address " << _host << ":" << _port << " : " << strerror(Socket::getErrno());
+                   << "at address " << _host << ":" << _port << " : "
+                   << strerror(Socket::getErrno());
 
                 Socket::closeSocket(_serverFd);
                 return std::make_pair(false, ss.str());
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.h
index 015171b0..eb33cb91 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.h
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 #include "IXWebSocketSendInfo.h"
 #include "IXWebSocketTransport.h"
 #include <atomic>
+#include <condition_variable>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>
-#include <condition_variable>
 
 namespace ix
 {
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
index dac14dac..64423179 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketHandshake.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "IXUserAgent.h"
 #include "libwshandshake.hpp"
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <random>
 #include <sstream>
 
@@ -335,8 +336,9 @@ namespace ix
         std::string header = headers["sec-websocket-extensions"];
         WebSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions(header);
 
-        // If the client has requested that extension, enable it.
-        if (webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions.enabled())
+        // If the client has requested that extension,
+        // and the server does not prevent it, enable it.
+        if (_enablePerMessageDeflate && webSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions.enabled())
         {
             _enablePerMessageDeflate = true;
 
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.cpp
index 409ed277..16329ec3 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace ix
         : SocketServer(port, host, backlog, maxConnections, addressFamily)
         , _handshakeTimeoutSecs(handshakeTimeoutSecs)
         , _enablePong(kDefaultEnablePong)
+        , _enablePerMessageDeflate(true)
     {
     }
 
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@ namespace ix
         _enablePong = false;
     }
 
+    void WebSocketServer::disablePerMessageDeflate()
+    {
+        _enablePerMessageDeflate = false;
+    }
+
     void WebSocketServer::setOnConnectionCallback(const OnConnectionCallback& callback)
     {
         _onConnectionCallback = callback;
@@ -73,9 +79,18 @@ namespace ix
         webSocket->disableAutomaticReconnection();
 
         if (_enablePong)
+        {
             webSocket->enablePong();
+        }
         else
+        {
             webSocket->disablePong();
+        }
+
+        if (!_enablePerMessageDeflate)
+        {
+            webSocket->disablePerMessageDeflate();
+        }
 
         // Add this client to our client set
         {
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.h
index c7f96469..dab0172f 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ namespace ix
 
         void enablePong();
         void disablePong();
+        void disablePerMessageDeflate();
 
         void setOnConnectionCallback(const OnConnectionCallback& callback);
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ namespace ix
         // Member variables
         int _handshakeTimeoutSecs;
         bool _enablePong;
+        bool _enablePerMessageDeflate;
 
         OnConnectionCallback _onConnectionCallback;
 
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index b31f98cc..af24d5e7 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "8.1.1"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "8.1.2"
diff --git a/ws/ws.cpp b/ws/ws.cpp
index ccc0bcee..05c57e73 100644
--- a/ws/ws.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     echoServerApp->add_option("--host", hostname, "Hostname");
     echoServerApp->add_flag("-g", greetings, "Verbose");
     echoServerApp->add_flag("-6", ipv6, "IpV6");
+    echoServerApp->add_flag("-x", disablePerMessageDeflate, "Disable per message deflate");
     addTLSOptions(echoServerApp);
 
     CLI::App* broadcastServerApp = app.add_subcommand("broadcast_server", "Broadcasting server");
@@ -336,8 +337,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     addTLSOptions(proxyServerApp);
 
     CLI::App* minidumpApp = app.add_subcommand("upload_minidump", "Upload a minidump to sentry");
-    minidumpApp->add_option("--minidump", minidump, "Minidump path")->required()->check(CLI::ExistingPath);
-    minidumpApp->add_option("--metadata", metadata, "Metadata path")->required()->check(CLI::ExistingPath);
+    minidumpApp->add_option("--minidump", minidump, "Minidump path")
+        ->required()
+        ->check(CLI::ExistingPath);
+    minidumpApp->add_option("--metadata", metadata, "Metadata path")
+        ->required()
+        ->check(CLI::ExistingPath);
     minidumpApp->add_option("--project", project, "Sentry Project")->required();
     minidumpApp->add_option("--key", key, "Sentry Key")->required();
     minidumpApp->add_flag("-v", verbose, "Verbose");
@@ -394,7 +399,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     }
     else if (app.got_subcommand("echo_server"))
     {
-        ret = ix::ws_echo_server_main(port, greetings, hostname, tlsOptions, ipv6);
+        ret = ix::ws_echo_server_main(
+            port, greetings, hostname, tlsOptions, ipv6, disablePerMessageDeflate);
     }
     else if (app.got_subcommand("broadcast_server"))
     {
diff --git a/ws/ws.h b/ws/ws.h
index 7fc2501d..007793fa 100644
--- a/ws/ws.h
+++ b/ws/ws.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ namespace ix
                             bool greetings,
                             const std::string& hostname,
                             const ix::SocketTLSOptions& tlsOptions,
-                            bool ipv6);
+                            bool ipv6,
+                            bool disablePerMessageDeflate);
 
     int ws_broadcast_server_main(int port,
                                  const std::string& hostname,
diff --git a/ws/ws_dns_lookup.cpp b/ws/ws_dns_lookup.cpp
index b97e496f..e0bb3d5c 100644
--- a/ws/ws_dns_lookup.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws_dns_lookup.cpp
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 
 #include <atomic>
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.h>
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXNetSystem.h>
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 #include <sstream>
-#include <ixwebsocket/IXNetSystem.h>
-#include <ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.h>
 
 
 namespace ix
diff --git a/ws/ws_echo_server.cpp b/ws/ws_echo_server.cpp
index 8abb0d4c..37bb87fc 100644
--- a/ws/ws_echo_server.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws_echo_server.cpp
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  *  Copyright (c) 2018 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
-#include <ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.h>
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXNetSystem.h>
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.h>
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 #include <sstream>
 
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ namespace ix
                             bool greetings,
                             const std::string& hostname,
                             const ix::SocketTLSOptions& tlsOptions,
-                            bool ipv6)
+                            bool ipv6,
+                            bool disablePerMessageDeflate)
     {
         spdlog::info("Listening on {}:{}", hostname, port);
 
@@ -28,6 +29,12 @@ namespace ix
 
         server.setTLSOptions(tlsOptions);
 
+        if (disablePerMessageDeflate)
+        {
+            spdlog::info("Disable per message deflate");
+            server.disablePerMessageDeflate();
+        }
+
         server.setOnConnectionCallback(
             [greetings](std::shared_ptr<ix::WebSocket> webSocket,
                         std::shared_ptr<ConnectionState> connectionState) {