diff --git a/clientbase/common.go b/clientbase/common.go
index 83908e7b..ecaafb41 100644
--- a/clientbase/common.go
+++ b/clientbase/common.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	debug  = false
-	dialer = &websocket.Dialer{}
 )
 
 type APIBaseClientInterface interface {
@@ -265,9 +264,15 @@ func NewAPIClient(opts *ClientOpts) (APIBaseClient, error) {
 	result.Ops = &APIOperations{
 		Opts:   opts,
 		Client: client,
+		Dialer: &websocket.Dialer{},
 		Types:  result.Types,
 	}
 
+	ht, ok := client.Transport.(*http.Transport)
+	if ok {
+		result.Ops.Dialer.TLSClientConfig = ht.TLSClientConfig
+	}
+
 	return result, nil
 }
 
@@ -287,7 +292,7 @@ func (a *APIBaseClient) Websocket(url string, headers map[string][]string) (*web
 		httpHeaders.Add("Authorization", a.Opts.getAuthHeader())
 	}
 
-	return dialer.Dial(url, http.Header(httpHeaders))
+	return a.Ops.Dialer.Dial(url, http.Header(httpHeaders))
 }
 
 func (a *APIBaseClient) List(schemaType string, opts *types.ListOpts, respObject interface{}) error {
diff --git a/clientbase/ops.go b/clientbase/ops.go
index 474c14e6..2e7ce140 100644
--- a/clientbase/ops.go
+++ b/clientbase/ops.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rancher/norman/types"
 )
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ type APIOperations struct {
 	Opts   *ClientOpts
 	Types  map[string]types.Schema
 	Client *http.Client
+	Dialer *websocket.Dialer
 }
 
 func (a *APIOperations) SetupRequest(req *http.Request) {