diff --git a/lib/scout_apm/layer_converters/request_queue_time_converter.rb b/lib/scout_apm/layer_converters/request_queue_time_converter.rb
index 3b87dbfe..aa0fe00d 100644
--- a/lib/scout_apm/layer_converters/request_queue_time_converter.rb
+++ b/lib/scout_apm/layer_converters/request_queue_time_converter.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ class RequestQueueTimeConverter < ConverterBase
 
       HEADERS = %w(X-Queue-Start X-Request-Start X-QUEUE-START X-REQUEST-START x-queue-start x-request-start)
 
+      WEBSOCKET_HEADERS = %w(Sec-WebSocket-Protocol Sec-WebSocket-Version Sec-WebSocket-Key)
+
       def headers
         request.headers
       end
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ def record!
         return unless headers
 
         @context.logger.debug headers.inspect
+        @context.logger.debug "Request over websocket? #{request_over_websocket?}"
 
         raw_start = locate_timestamp
         return unless raw_start
@@ -40,6 +43,10 @@ def record!
 
       private
 
+      def request_over_websocket?
+        WEBSOCKET_HEADERS.any? { |header| headers[header] }
+      end
+
       # Looks through the possible headers with this data, and extracts the raw
       # value of the header
       # Returns nil if not found