diff --git a/lib/internal/inspect_client.js b/lib/internal/inspect_client.js
index 9b8529d..2cffe04 100644
--- a/lib/internal/inspect_client.js
+++ b/lib/internal/inspect_client.js
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ const kTwoBytePayloadLengthField = 126;
 const kEightBytePayloadLengthField = 127;
 const kMaskingKeyWidthInBytes = 4;
 
+// This guid is defined in the Websocket Protocol RFC
+// https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455#section-1.3
+const WEBSOCKET_HANDSHAKE_GUID = '258EAFA5-E914-47DA-95CA-C5AB0DC85B11';
+
 function isEmpty(obj) {
   return Object.keys(obj).length === 0;
 }
@@ -57,6 +61,19 @@ function unpackError({ code, message, data }) {
   return err;
 }
 
+function validateHandshake(requestKey, responseKey) {
+  const expectedResponseKeyBase = requestKey + WEBSOCKET_HANDSHAKE_GUID;
+  const shasum = crypto.createHash('sha1');
+  shasum.update(expectedResponseKeyBase);
+  const shabuf = shasum.digest();
+
+  if (shabuf.toString('base64') !== responseKey) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Websocket secret mismatch: ${requestKey} did not match ${responseKey}`
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 function encodeFrameHybi17(payload) {
   var i;
 
@@ -300,8 +317,8 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
   _connectWebsocket(urlPath) {
     this.reset();
 
-    const key1 = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('base64');
-    debuglog('request websocket', key1);
+    const requestKey = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('base64');
+    debuglog('request websocket', requestKey);
 
     const httpReq = this._http = http.request({
       host: this._host,
@@ -310,7 +327,7 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
       headers: {
         Connection: 'Upgrade',
         Upgrade: 'websocket',
-        'Sec-WebSocket-Key': key1,
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Key': requestKey,
         'Sec-WebSocket-Version': '13',
       },
     });
@@ -327,7 +344,7 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
     });
 
     const handshakeListener = (res, socket) => {
-      // TODO: we *could* validate res.headers[sec-websocket-accept]
+      validateHandshake(requestKey, res.headers['sec-websocket-accept']);
       debuglog('websocket upgrade');
 
       this._socket = socket;