diff --git a/http/upgrade/request/private.go b/http/upgrade/request/private.go
index 5ae960c..5eec14e 100644
--- a/http/upgrade/request/private.go
+++ b/http/upgrade/request/private.go
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ func (r *T) parseHeader(b []byte) error {
 			err = r.extractHostPort(head.Values[0])
 
 		case header.UPGRADE:    fmt.Printf("[upgrade]                ")
+			err = r.checkUpgrade(head.Values)
+
 		case header.CONNECTION: fmt.Printf("[connection]             ")
+			err = r.checkConnection(head.Values)
+
 		case header.WSKEY:      fmt.Printf("[sec-websocket-key]      ")
 		case header.ORIGIN:     fmt.Printf("[origin]                 ")
 		case header.WSPROTOCOL: fmt.Printf("[sec-websocket-protocol] ")
@@ -91,4 +95,37 @@ func (r *T) extractHostPort(b []byte) error {
 
 	return nil
 
+}
+
+
+// checkConnection checks the 'Connection' header
+// it MUST contain 'Upgrade'
+func (r T) checkConnection(bb [][]byte) error {
+
+	for _, b := range bb {
+
+		if strings.ToLower( string(b) ) == "upgrade" {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("Connection header must be 'Upgrade'")
+
+}
+
+// checkUpgrade checks the 'Upgrade' header
+// it MUST be 'websocket'
+func (r T) checkUpgrade(bb [][]byte) error {
+
+	if len(bb) != 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Upgrade header must have only 1 element")
+	}
+
+	if strings.ToLower( string(bb[0]) ) == "websocket" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("Upgrade header must be 'websocket', got '%s'", bb[0])
+
 }
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