diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/.update b/libs/sofia-sip/.update
index b9f2e8ad18..b824aceab0 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/.update
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/.update
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Wed Jul 27 14:15:49 CDT 2016
+Sat Aug  6 11:48:53 CDT 2016
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/tport_type_ws.c b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/tport_type_ws.c
index 050b2f8364..1390689513 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/tport_type_ws.c
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/tport_type_ws.c
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ int tport_ws_init_secondary(tport_t *self, int socket, int accepted,
   tport_ws_t *wstp = (tport_ws_t *)self;
 
   self->tp_has_connection = 1;
+  self->tp_params->tpp_keepalive = 5000;
 
   /* override the default 30 minute timeout on tport connections */
   self->tp_params->tpp_idle = UINT_MAX;
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ int tport_ws_init_secondary(tport_t *self, int socket, int accepted,
   wstp->ws_initialized = 1;
   self->tp_pre_framed = 1;
   
-
+  tport_set_secondary_timer(self);
 
   return 0;
 }
@@ -592,6 +593,20 @@ int tport_ws_next_timer(tport_t *self,
 			 su_time_t *return_target,
 			 char const **return_why)
 {
+	tport_ws_t *wstp = (tport_ws_t *)self;
+
+	if (establish_logical_layer(&wstp->ws) < 0) {
+		if (wstp->tos++ == 1) {
+			tport_close(self);
+			SU_DEBUG_7(("%s(%p): %s to " TPN_FORMAT "%s\n",
+						__func__, (void *)self,
+						"timeout establishing connection\n", TPN_ARGS(self->tp_name), ""));
+			return -1;
+		}
+	} else {
+		self->tp_params->tpp_keepalive = 30000;
+	}
+
   return
     tport_next_recv_timeout(self, return_target, return_why) |
     tport_next_keepalive(self, return_target, return_why);
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/tport_ws.h b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/tport_ws.h
index d48101e5cb..4e2e0f474d 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/tport_ws.h
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/tport_ws.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ typedef struct tport_ws_s {
   char     wstp_buffer[65536];
   size_t   wstp_buflen;
   SU_S8_T  ws_initialized;
+  unsigned char tos;
   unsigned ws_secure:1;
   unsigned:0;
 } tport_ws_t;
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.c b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.c
index 7fe9f182bf..5e5bbd638d 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.c
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int restore_socket(ws_socket_t sock)
 #endif
 
 
-static int establish_logical_layer(wsh_t *wsh)
+int establish_logical_layer(wsh_t *wsh)
 {
 
 	if (!wsh->sanity) {
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.h b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.h
index 045ff32acc..83a6890cca 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.h
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/tport/ws.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ typedef struct wsh_s {
 ssize_t ws_send_buf(wsh_t *wsh, ws_opcode_t oc);
 ssize_t ws_feed_buf(wsh_t *wsh, void *data, size_t bytes);
 
-
+int establish_logical_layer(wsh_t *wsh);
 ssize_t ws_raw_read(wsh_t *wsh, void *data, size_t bytes, int block);
 ssize_t ws_raw_write(wsh_t *wsh, void *data, size_t bytes);
 ssize_t ws_read_frame(wsh_t *wsh, ws_opcode_t *oc, uint8_t **data);