diff --git a/ctx.go b/ctx.go
index 27007bfa..32a3434f 100644
--- a/ctx.go
+++ b/ctx.go
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package goproxy
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"mime"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
@@ -14,6 +16,10 @@ type ProxyCtx struct {
 	// Will contain the remote server's response (if available. nil if the request wasn't send yet)
 	Resp         *http.Response
 	RoundTripper RoundTripper
+	// Specify a custom connection dialer that will be used only for the current
+	// request, including WebSocket connection upgrades
+	Dialer        func(ctx context.Context, network string, addr string) (net.Conn, error)
+	InitializeTLS func(rawConn net.Conn, cfg *tls.Config) (net.Conn, error)
 	// will contain the recent error that occurred while trying to send receive or parse traffic
 	Error error
 	// A handle for the user to keep data in the context, from the call of ReqHandler to the
diff --git a/examples/go.mod b/examples/go.mod
index da68a941..f171aec1 100644
--- a/examples/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go.mod
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ module github.com/elazarl/goproxy/examples/goproxy-transparent
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20241217120900-7711dfa3811c
-	github.com/elazarl/goproxy/ext v0.0.0-20241217120900-7711dfa3811c
+	github.com/elazarl/goproxy v1.3.0
+	github.com/elazarl/goproxy/ext v0.0.0-20250110140559-10fc34b80676
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3
 	github.com/inconshreveable/go-vhost v1.0.0
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/rogpeppe/go-charset v0.0.0-20190617161244-0dc95cdf6f31 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/examples/go.sum b/examples/go.sum
index 8aa1074a..aace2ae7 100644
--- a/examples/go.sum
+++ b/examples/go.sum
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-github.com/elazarl/goproxy/ext v0.0.0-20241217120900-7711dfa3811c h1:R+i10jtNSzKJKqEZAYJnR9M8y14k0zrNHqD1xkv/A2M=
-github.com/elazarl/goproxy/ext v0.0.0-20241217120900-7711dfa3811c/go.mod h1:gNh8nYJoAm43RfaxurUnxr+N1PwuFV3ZMl/efxlIlY8=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/elazarl/goproxy/ext v0.0.0-20250110140559-10fc34b80676 h1:3bAtOWqImclW/5rXbhNyAcM122jafst+/+4J4vC8wZI=
+github.com/elazarl/goproxy/ext v0.0.0-20250110140559-10fc34b80676/go.mod h1:q2JQCFWg+AQfe6O2cbf7LJDB48R68w+q0pBU53v02iM=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3 h1:saDtZ6Pbx/0u+bgYQ3q96pZgCzfhKXGPqt7kZ72aNNg=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/inconshreveable/go-vhost v1.0.0 h1:IK4VZTlXL4l9vz2IZoiSFbYaaqUW7dXJAiPriUN5Ur8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/go-vhost v1.0.0/go.mod h1:aA6DnFhALT3zH0y+A39we+zbrdMC2N0X/q21e6FI0LU=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-charset v0.0.0-20180617210344-2471d30d28b4/go.mod h1:qgYeAmZ5ZIpBWTGllZSQnw97Dj+woV0toclVaRGI8pc=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-charset v0.0.0-20190617161244-0dc95cdf6f31 h1:DE4LcMKyqAVa6a0CGmVxANbnVb7stzMmPkQiieyNmfQ=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-charset v0.0.0-20190617161244-0dc95cdf6f31/go.mod h1:qgYeAmZ5ZIpBWTGllZSQnw97Dj+woV0toclVaRGI8pc=
-golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 h1:74SYHlV8BIgHIFC/LrYkOGIwL19eTYXQ5wc6TBuO36I=
-golang.org/x/net v0.33.0/go.mod h1:HXLR5J+9DxmrqMwG9qjGCxZ+zKXxBru04zlTvWlWuN4=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
+golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 h1:Mb7Mrk043xzHgnRM88suvJFwzVrRfHEHJEl5/71CKw0=
+golang.org/x/net v0.34.0/go.mod h1:di0qlW3YNM5oh6GqDGQr92MyTozJPmybPK4Ev/Gm31k=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 h1:zyQAAkrwaneQ066sspRyJaG9VNi/YJ1NfzcGB3hZ/qo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0/go.mod h1:4IBbMaMmOPCJ8SecivzSH54+73PCFmPWxNTLm+vZkEQ=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 63050270..38a3be5b 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) handleHttp(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	if resp == nil {
 		if isWebSocketRequest(r) {
 			ctx.Logf("Request looks like websocket upgrade.")
-			proxy.serveWebsocket(ctx, w, r)
+			if conn, err := proxy.hijackConnection(ctx, w); err == nil {
+				proxy.serveWebsocket(ctx, conn, r)
+			}
 		}
 
 		if !proxy.KeepHeader {
diff --git a/https.go b/https.go
index 3ea98873..0af46222 100644
--- a/https.go
+++ b/https.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package goproxy
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -72,16 +71,23 @@ func stripPort(s string) string {
 	return s[:ix]
 }
 
-func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) dial(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (c net.Conn, err error) {
+func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) dial(ctx *ProxyCtx, network, addr string) (c net.Conn, err error) {
+	if ctx.Dialer != nil {
+		return ctx.Dialer(ctx.Req.Context(), network, addr)
+	}
+
 	if proxy.Tr.DialContext != nil {
-		return proxy.Tr.DialContext(ctx, network, addr)
+		return proxy.Tr.DialContext(ctx.Req.Context(), network, addr)
 	}
+
+	// if the user didn't specify any dialer, we just use the default one,
+	// provided by net package
 	return net.Dial(network, addr)
 }
 
 func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) connectDial(ctx *ProxyCtx, network, addr string) (c net.Conn, err error) {
 	if proxy.ConnectDialWithReq == nil && proxy.ConnectDial == nil {
-		return proxy.dial(ctx.Req.Context(), network, addr)
+		return proxy.dial(ctx, network, addr)
 	}
 
 	if proxy.ConnectDialWithReq != nil {
@@ -340,9 +346,9 @@ func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) handleHttps(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 						ctx.Logf("Request looks like websocket upgrade.")
 						if req.URL.Scheme == "http" {
 							ctx.Logf("Enforced HTTP websocket forwarding over TLS")
-							proxy.serveWebsocketHttpOverTLS(ctx, w, req, rawClientTls)
+							proxy.serveWebsocket(ctx, rawClientTls, req)
 						} else {
-							proxy.serveWebsocketTLS(ctx, w, req, tlsConfig, rawClientTls)
+							proxy.serveWebsocketTLS(ctx, req, tlsConfig, rawClientTls)
 						}
 						return
 					}
@@ -533,7 +539,7 @@ func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) NewConnectDialToProxyWithHandler(
 			if connectReqHandler != nil {
 				connectReqHandler(connectReq)
 			}
-			c, err := proxy.dial(context.Background(), network, u.Host)
+			c, err := proxy.dial(&ProxyCtx{Req: &http.Request{}}, network, u.Host)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -564,11 +570,17 @@ func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) NewConnectDialToProxyWithHandler(
 			u.Host += ":443"
 		}
 		return func(network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
-			c, err := proxy.dial(context.Background(), network, u.Host)
+			ctx := &ProxyCtx{Req: &http.Request{}}
+			c, err := proxy.dial(ctx, network, u.Host)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			c = tls.Client(c, proxy.Tr.TLSClientConfig)
+
+			c, err = proxy.initializeTLSconnection(ctx, c, proxy.Tr.TLSClientConfig)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
 			connectReq := &http.Request{
 				Method: http.MethodConnect,
 				URL:    &url.URL{Opaque: addr},
@@ -630,3 +642,14 @@ func TLSConfigFromCA(ca *tls.Certificate) func(host string, ctx *ProxyCtx) (*tls
 		return config, nil
 	}
 }
+
+func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) initializeTLSconnection(
+	ctx *ProxyCtx,
+	targetConn net.Conn,
+	tlsConfig *tls.Config,
+) (net.Conn, error) {
+	if ctx.InitializeTLS != nil {
+		return ctx.InitializeTLS(targetConn, tlsConfig)
+	}
+	return tls.Client(targetConn, tlsConfig), nil
+}
diff --git a/websocket.go b/websocket.go
index 97108ee5..a376e879 100644
--- a/websocket.go
+++ b/websocket.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -28,11 +27,11 @@ func isWebSocketRequest(r *http.Request) bool {
 
 func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) serveWebsocketTLS(
 	ctx *ProxyCtx,
-	w http.ResponseWriter,
 	req *http.Request,
 	tlsConfig *tls.Config,
 	clientConn *tls.Conn,
 ) {
+	// wss
 	host := req.URL.Host
 	// Port is optional in req.URL.Host, in this case SplitHostPort returns
 	// an error, and we add the default port
@@ -40,48 +39,20 @@ func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) serveWebsocketTLS(
 	if err != nil || port == "" {
 		host = net.JoinHostPort(req.URL.Host, "443")
 	}
-	targetURL := url.URL{Scheme: "wss", Host: host, Path: req.URL.Path}
 
-	// Connect to upstream
-	targetConn, err := tls.Dial("tcp", targetURL.Host, tlsConfig)
+	targetConn, err := proxy.connectDial(ctx, "tcp", host)
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Warnf("Error dialing target site: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
 	defer targetConn.Close()
 
-	// Perform handshake
-	if err := proxy.websocketHandshake(ctx, req, targetConn, clientConn); err != nil {
-		ctx.Warnf("Websocket handshake error: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Proxy wss connection
-	proxy.proxyWebsocket(ctx, targetConn, clientConn)
-}
-
-func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) serveWebsocketHttpOverTLS(
-	ctx *ProxyCtx,
-	w http.ResponseWriter,
-	req *http.Request,
-	clientConn *tls.Conn,
-) {
-	host := req.URL.Host
-	// Port is optional in req.URL.Host, in this case SplitHostPort returns
-	// an error, and we add the default port
-	_, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(req.URL.Host)
-	if err != nil || port == "" {
-		host = net.JoinHostPort(req.URL.Host, "80")
-	}
-	targetURL := url.URL{Scheme: "ws", Host: host, Path: req.URL.Path}
-
-	// Connect to upstream
-	targetConn, err := proxy.connectDial(ctx, "tcp", targetURL.Host)
+	// Add TLS to the raw TCP connection
+	targetConn, err = proxy.initializeTLSconnection(ctx, targetConn, tlsConfig)
 	if err != nil {
-		ctx.Warnf("Error dialing target site: %v", err)
+		ctx.Warnf("Websocket TLS connection error: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
-	defer targetConn.Close()
 
 	// Perform handshake
 	if err := proxy.websocketHandshake(ctx, req, targetConn, clientConn); err != nil {
@@ -93,16 +64,7 @@ func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) serveWebsocketHttpOverTLS(
 	proxy.proxyWebsocket(ctx, targetConn, clientConn)
 }
 
-func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) serveWebsocket(ctx *ProxyCtx, w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-	targetURL := url.URL{Scheme: "ws", Host: req.URL.Host, Path: req.URL.Path}
-
-	targetConn, err := proxy.connectDial(ctx, "tcp", targetURL.Host)
-	if err != nil {
-		ctx.Warnf("Error dialing target site: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-	defer targetConn.Close()
-
+func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) hijackConnection(ctx *ProxyCtx, w http.ResponseWriter) (net.Conn, error) {
 	// Connect to Client
 	hj, ok := w.(http.Hijacker)
 	if !ok {
@@ -111,8 +73,27 @@ func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) serveWebsocket(ctx *ProxyCtx, w http.ResponseWrite
 	clientConn, _, err := hj.Hijack()
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Warnf("Hijack error: %v", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return clientConn, nil
+}
+
+func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) serveWebsocket(ctx *ProxyCtx, clientConn net.Conn, req *http.Request) {
+	// ws
+	host := req.URL.Host
+	// Port is optional in req.URL.Host, in this case SplitHostPort returns
+	// an error, and we add the default port
+	_, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(req.URL.Host)
+	if err != nil || port == "" {
+		host = net.JoinHostPort(req.URL.Host, "80")
+	}
+
+	targetConn, err := proxy.connectDial(ctx, "tcp", host)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Warnf("Error dialing target site: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
+	defer targetConn.Close()
 
 	// Perform handshake
 	if err := proxy.websocketHandshake(ctx, req, targetConn, clientConn); err != nil {