diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 3848ab4a..ecbee898 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ var validReceivedCloseCodes = map[int]bool{
 	CloseTLSHandshake:            false,
 }
 
-func isValidReceivedCloseCode(code int) bool {
+func isValidCloseCode(code int) bool {
 	return validReceivedCloseCodes[code] || (code >= 3000 && code <= 4999)
 }
 
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ type Conn struct {
 	conn        net.Conn
 	isServer    bool
 	subprotocol string
+	isClosed    chan bool
 
 	// Write fields
 	mu            chan bool // used as mutex to protect write to conn
@@ -331,6 +332,28 @@ func (c *Conn) Close() error {
 	return c.conn.Close()
 }
 
+
+// Shutdown sends a close frame to the peer and waits for close frame in resopnse.
+// Shutdown assumes that the application is reading the connection in another
+// goroutine and hence it does not try to read close frame itself
+func (c *Conn) Shutdown(closeCode int, closeMessage string, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	if !isValidCloseCode(closeCode) {
+		// we do not shutdown connection
+		return errors.New("invalid close code received")
+	}
+	if !utf8.ValidString(closeMessage) {
+		return errors.New("invalid utf8 payload for shutdown message")
+	}
+
+	message := FormatCloseMessage(closeCode, closeMessage)
+	c.WriteControl(CloseMessage, message, time.Now().Add(writeWait))
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(timeout): 							// if nothing happens and we timeout
+	case <-c.isClosed:          							// if existing reader encounters close frame
+	}
+	return c.Close()
+}
+
 // LocalAddr returns the local network address.
 func (c *Conn) LocalAddr() net.Addr {
 	return c.conn.LocalAddr()
@@ -496,6 +519,7 @@ func (c *Conn) beginMessage(mw *messageWriter, messageType int) error {
 // All message types (TextMessage, BinaryMessage, CloseMessage, PingMessage and
 // PongMessage) are supported.
 func (c *Conn) NextWriter(messageType int) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
+
 	var mw messageWriter
 	if err := c.beginMessage(&mw, messageType); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -898,11 +922,12 @@ func (c *Conn) advanceFrame() (int, error) {
 			return noFrame, err
 		}
 	case CloseMessage:
+		c.isClosed <- true
 		closeCode := CloseNoStatusReceived
 		closeText := ""
 		if len(payload) >= 2 {
 			closeCode = int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(payload))
-			if !isValidReceivedCloseCode(closeCode) {
+			if !isValidCloseCode(closeCode) {
 				return noFrame, c.handleProtocolError("invalid close code")
 			}
 			closeText = string(payload[2:])