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 4095c8e5998720..878fef6ffa866d 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
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ public void onOpen(WebSocket webSocket, Response response) {
             sendEvent("websocketOpen", params);
           }
 
+          @Override
+          public void onClosing(WebSocket websocket, int code, String reason) {
+            websocket.close(code, reason);
+          }
+
           @Override
           public void onClosed(WebSocket webSocket, int code, String reason) {
             WritableMap params = Arguments.createMap();