diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-core-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/CoreClientUpgradeRequest.java b/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-core-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/CoreClientUpgradeRequest.java
index 777eeb0a33db..b1f9b61efd1e 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-core-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/CoreClientUpgradeRequest.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-core-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/core/client/CoreClientUpgradeRequest.java
@@ -134,6 +134,26 @@ public void setVersion(HttpVersion httpVersion)
         request.version(httpVersion);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the metadata this request has been tagged with
+     * @see Request#getTag()
+     */
+    public Object getTag()
+    {
+        return request.getTag();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>Tags this request with the given metadata tag.</p>
+
+     * @param tag the metadata to tag the request with
+     * @see Request#tag(Object)
+     */
+    public void tag(Object tag)
+    {
+        request.tag(tag);
+    }
+
     public void listener(Request.Listener listener)
     {
         request.onRequestListener(listener);
diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/ClientUpgradeRequest.java b/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/ClientUpgradeRequest.java
index ac6082646b57..683c28b4a043 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/ClientUpgradeRequest.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/ClientUpgradeRequest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.Request;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpHeader;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpScheme;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.api.ExtensionConfig;
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@
  */
 public final class ClientUpgradeRequest implements UpgradeRequest
 {
+    /**
+     * ABNF from RFC 2616, RFC 822, and RFC 6455 specified characters requiring quoting.
+     */
+    public static final String ABNF_REQUIRED_QUOTING = "\"'\\\n\r\t\f\b%+ ;=";
+
     private final List<String> subProtocols = new ArrayList<>(1);
     private final List<ExtensionConfig> extensions = new ArrayList<>(1);
     private final List<HttpCookie> cookies = new ArrayList<>(1);
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ public final class ClientUpgradeRequest implements UpgradeRequest
     private final URI requestURI;
     private long timeout;
     private String httpVersion;
+    private Object tag;
 
     /**
      * @deprecated use {@link #ClientUpgradeRequest(URI)} instead.
@@ -349,9 +356,24 @@ public long getTimeout()
     }
 
     /**
-     * ABNF from RFC 2616, RFC 822, and RFC 6455 specified characters requiring quoting.
+     * <p>Tags this request with the given metadata tag.</p>
+
+     * @param tag the metadata to tag the request with
+     * @see Request#tag(Object)
      */
-    public static final String ABNF_REQUIRED_QUOTING = "\"'\\\n\r\t\f\b%+ ;=";
+    public void tag(Object tag)
+    {
+        this.tag = tag;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the metadata this request has been tagged with
+     * @see Request#getTag()
+     */
+    public Object getTag()
+    {
+        return tag;
+    }
 
     public static String joinValues(List<String> values)
     {
diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/internal/JettyClientUpgradeRequest.java b/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/internal/JettyClientUpgradeRequest.java
index fa0dadeabdc1..31ae0b55d31d 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/internal/JettyClientUpgradeRequest.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-websocket/jetty-websocket-jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/client/internal/JettyClientUpgradeRequest.java
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ public JettyClientUpgradeRequest(WebSocketCoreClient coreClient, ClientUpgradeRe
             if (httpVersionString != null)
                 setVersion(HttpVersion.fromString(httpVersionString));
 
+            // Copy the tag if it exists.
+            Object tag = request.getTag();
+            if (tag != null)
+                tag(tag);
+
             timeout(request.getTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         }