diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index f0ccad86..a3acbecf 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -214,9 +214,12 @@ class Sanic:
         return handler
 
     # Decorator
-    def websocket(self, uri, host=None, strict_slashes=False):
+    def websocket(self, uri, host=None, strict_slashes=False,
+                  subprotocols=None):
         """Decorate a function to be registered as a websocket route
         :param uri: path of the URL
+        :param subprotocols: optional list of strings with the supported
+                             subprotocols
         :param host:
         :return: decorated function
         """
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ class Sanic:
                     # On Python3.5 the Transport classes in asyncio do not
                     # have a get_protocol() method as in uvloop
                     protocol = request.transport._protocol
-                ws = await protocol.websocket_handshake(request)
+                ws = await protocol.websocket_handshake(request, subprotocols)
 
                 # schedule the application handler
                 # its future is kept in self.websocket_tasks in case it
diff --git a/sanic/websocket.py b/sanic/websocket.py
index 94320a5e..e8e9922f 100644
--- a/sanic/websocket.py
+++ b/sanic/websocket.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class WebSocketProtocol(HttpProtocol):
         else:
             super().write_response(response)
 
-    async def websocket_handshake(self, request):
+    async def websocket_handshake(self, request, subprotocols=None):
         # let the websockets package do the handshake with the client
         headers = []
 
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ class WebSocketProtocol(HttpProtocol):
         except InvalidHandshake:
             raise InvalidUsage('Invalid websocket request')
 
+        subprotocol = None
+        if subprotocols and 'Sec-Websocket-Protocol' in request.headers:
+            # select a subprotocol
+            client_subprotocols = [p.strip() for p in request.headers[
+                'Sec-Websocket-Protocol'].split(',')]
+            for p in client_subprotocols:
+                if p in subprotocols:
+                    subprotocol = p
+                    set_header('Sec-Websocket-Protocol', subprotocol)
+                    break
+
         # write the 101 response back to the client
         rv = b'HTTP/1.1 101 Switching Protocols\r\n'
         for k, v in headers:
@@ -69,5 +80,6 @@ class WebSocketProtocol(HttpProtocol):
             max_size=self.websocket_max_size,
             max_queue=self.websocket_max_queue
         )
+        self.websocket.subprotocol = subprotocol
         self.websocket.connection_made(request.transport)
         return self.websocket
diff --git a/tests/test_routes.py b/tests/test_routes.py
index 04a682a0..b356c2d5 100644
--- a/tests/test_routes.py
+++ b/tests/test_routes.py
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ def test_websocket_route():
 
     @app.websocket('/ws')
     async def handler(request, ws):
+        assert ws.subprotocol is None
         ev.set()
 
     request, response = app.test_client.get('/ws', headers={
@@ -352,6 +353,48 @@ def test_websocket_route():
     assert ev.is_set()
 
 
+def test_websocket_route_with_subprotocols():
+    app = Sanic('test_websocket_route')
+    results = []
+
+    @app.websocket('/ws', subprotocols=['foo', 'bar'])
+    async def handler(request, ws):
+        results.append(ws.subprotocol)
+
+    request, response = app.test_client.get('/ws', headers={
+        'Upgrade': 'websocket',
+        'Connection': 'upgrade',
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Key': 'dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ==',
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Version': '13',
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Protocol': 'bar'})
+    assert response.status == 101
+
+    request, response = app.test_client.get('/ws', headers={
+        'Upgrade': 'websocket',
+        'Connection': 'upgrade',
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Key': 'dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ==',
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Version': '13',
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Protocol': 'bar, foo'})
+    assert response.status == 101
+
+    request, response = app.test_client.get('/ws', headers={
+        'Upgrade': 'websocket',
+        'Connection': 'upgrade',
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Key': 'dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ==',
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Version': '13',
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Protocol': 'baz'})
+    assert response.status == 101
+
+    request, response = app.test_client.get('/ws', headers={
+        'Upgrade': 'websocket',
+        'Connection': 'upgrade',
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Key': 'dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ==',
+        'Sec-WebSocket-Version': '13'})
+    assert response.status == 101
+    
+    assert results == ['bar', 'bar', None, None]
+
+
 def test_route_duplicate():
     app = Sanic('test_route_duplicate')