diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02b574e..303754f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ A simple echo server:
 ```php
 use Ratchet\RFC6455\Messaging\Message;
 use React\EventLoop\Factory;
-use React\Http\MiddlewareRunner;
 use React\Http\Server;
 use Voryx\WebSocketMiddleware\WebSocketConnection;
 use Voryx\WebSocketMiddleware\WebSocketMiddleware;
@@ -28,3 +27,16 @@ $server->listen(new \React\Socket\Server('127.0.0.1:4321', $loop));
 
 $loop->run();
 ```
+# Options
+By default `WebSocketMiddleware` uses the `ratchet/rfc6455` default max sizes for messages and frames and also disables compression.
+These settings can be overridden with the `WebSocketOptions` object.
+```php
+$ws = new WebSocketMiddleware(
+    [],
+    $connectionHandler,
+    [],
+    WebSocketOptions::getDefault()
+        ->withMaxFramePayloadSize(2048)
+        ->withMaxMessagePayloadSize(4096)
+        ->withPermessageDeflate());
+``` 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9457758..17b68c8 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "ratchet/rfc6455": "^0.2.3",
+        "ratchet/rfc6455": "^0.3",
         "react/http": "^1.0"
     },
     "require-dev":{
diff --git a/src/WebSocketConnection.php b/src/WebSocketConnection.php
index 43559bc..28e17df 100644
--- a/src/WebSocketConnection.php
+++ b/src/WebSocketConnection.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Evenement\EventEmitterInterface;
 use Evenement\EventEmitterTrait;
+use Ratchet\RFC6455\Handshake\PermessageDeflateOptions;
 use Ratchet\RFC6455\Messaging\CloseFrameChecker;
 use Ratchet\RFC6455\Messaging\Frame;
 use Ratchet\RFC6455\Messaging\Message;
@@ -17,9 +18,19 @@ class WebSocketConnection implements EventEmitterInterface
 
     private $stream;
 
-    public function __construct(DuplexStreamInterface $stream)
+    /** @var WebSocketOptions */
+    private $webSocketOptions;
+
+    /** @var PermessageDeflateOptions */
+    private $permessageDeflateOptions;
+
+    private $messageBuffer;
+
+    public function __construct(DuplexStreamInterface $stream, WebSocketOptions $webSocketOptions, PermessageDeflateOptions $permessageDeflateOptions)
     {
-        $this->stream = $stream;
+        $this->stream                   = $stream;
+        $this->webSocketOptions         = $webSocketOptions;
+        $this->permessageDeflateOptions = $permessageDeflateOptions;
 
         $mb = new MessageBuffer(
             new CloseFrameChecker(),
@@ -46,19 +57,32 @@ function (Frame $frame) {
                         return;
                 }
             },
-            true
+            true,
+            null,
+            $this->webSocketOptions->getMaxMessagePayloadSize(),
+            $this->webSocketOptions->getMaxFramePayloadSize(),
+            [$this->stream, 'write'],
+            $this->permessageDeflateOptions
         );
 
+        $this->messageBuffer = $mb;
+
         $stream->on('data', [$mb, 'onData']);
     }
 
     public function send($data)
     {
-        if (!($data instanceof MessageInterface)) {
-            $data = new Frame($data, true, Frame::OP_TEXT);
+        if ($data instanceof Frame) {
+            $this->messageBuffer->sendFrame($data);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ($data instanceof MessageInterface) {
+            $this->messageBuffer->sendMessage($data->getPayload(), true, $data->isBinary());
+            return;
         }
 
-        $this->stream->write($data->getContents());
+        $this->messageBuffer->sendMessage($data);
     }
 
     public function close($code = 1000, $reason = '')
diff --git a/src/WebSocketMiddleware.php b/src/WebSocketMiddleware.php
index 1ef8c8f..1880b88 100644
--- a/src/WebSocketMiddleware.php
+++ b/src/WebSocketMiddleware.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Voryx\WebSocketMiddleware;
 
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
+use Ratchet\RFC6455\Handshake\PermessageDeflateOptions;
 use Ratchet\RFC6455\Handshake\RequestVerifier;
 use Ratchet\RFC6455\Handshake\ServerNegotiator;
 use React\Http\Message\Response;
@@ -14,12 +15,14 @@ final class WebSocketMiddleware
     private $paths;
     private $connectionHandler = null;
     private $subProtocols;
+    private $webSocketOptions = null;
 
-    public function __construct(array $paths = [], callable $connectionHandler = null, array $subProtocols = [])
+    public function __construct(array $paths = [], callable $connectionHandler = null, array $subProtocols = [], WebSocketOptions $webSocketOptions = null)
     {
         $this->paths             = $paths;
         $this->connectionHandler = $connectionHandler ?: function () {};
         $this->subProtocols      = $subProtocols;
+        $this->webSocketOptions  = $webSocketOptions ?? WebSocketOptions::getDefault();
     }
 
     public function __invoke(ServerRequestInterface $request, callable $next = null)
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ public function __invoke(ServerRequestInterface $request, callable $next = null)
             }
         }
 
-        $negotiator = new ServerNegotiator(new RequestVerifier());
+        $negotiator = new ServerNegotiator(new RequestVerifier(), $this->webSocketOptions->isPermessageDeflateEnabled());
         $negotiator->setSupportedSubProtocols($this->subProtocols);
         $negotiator->setStrictSubProtocolCheck(true);
 
@@ -50,6 +53,19 @@ public function __invoke(ServerRequestInterface $request, callable $next = null)
             return $next($request);
         }
 
+        try {
+            $permessageDeflateOptions = PermessageDeflateOptions::fromRequestOrResponse($request);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            // 500 - Internal server error
+            return new Response(500, [], 'Error negotiating websocket permessage-deflate: ' . $e->getMessage());
+        }
+
+        if (!$this->webSocketOptions->isPermessageDeflateEnabled()) {
+            $permessageDeflateOptions = [
+                PermessageDeflateOptions::createDisabled()
+            ];
+        }
+
         $inStream  = new ThroughStream();
         $outStream = new ThroughStream();
 
@@ -62,7 +78,11 @@ public function __invoke(ServerRequestInterface $request, callable $next = null)
             )
         );
 
-        $conn = new WebSocketConnection(new CompositeStream($inStream, $outStream));
+        $conn = new WebSocketConnection(
+            new CompositeStream($inStream, $outStream),
+            $this->webSocketOptions,
+            $permessageDeflateOptions[0]
+        );
 
         call_user_func($this->connectionHandler, $conn, $request, $response);
 
diff --git a/src/WebSocketOptions.php b/src/WebSocketOptions.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9509961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WebSocketOptions.php
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Voryx\WebSocketMiddleware;
+
+use Ratchet\RFC6455\Handshake\PermessageDeflateOptions;
+
+class WebSocketOptions
+{
+    private $permessageDeflateEnabled = false;
+    private $maxMessagePayloadSize    = null;
+    private $maxFramePayloadSize      = null;
+
+    private function __construct()
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    public static function getDefault()
+    {
+        return new self();
+    }
+
+    public function withPermessageDeflate()
+    {
+        $c                           = clone $this;
+        $c->permessageDeflateEnabled = true;
+
+        return $c;
+    }
+
+    public function withoutPermessageDeflate()
+    {
+        $c                           = clone $this;
+        $c->permessageDeflateEnabled = false;
+
+        return $c;
+    }
+
+    public function withMaxMessagePayloadSize($maxSize)
+    {
+        $c                        = clone $this;
+        $c->maxMessagePayloadSize = $maxSize;
+
+        return $c;
+    }
+
+    public function withMaxFramePayloadSize($maxSize)
+    {
+        $c                      = clone $this;
+        $c->maxFramePayloadSize = $maxSize;
+
+        return $c;
+    }
+
+    public function isPermessageDeflateEnabled()
+    {
+        return $this->permessageDeflateEnabled;
+    }
+
+    public function getMaxMessagePayloadSize()
+    {
+        return $this->maxMessagePayloadSize;
+    }
+
+    public function getMaxFramePayloadSize()
+    {
+        return $this->maxFramePayloadSize;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/ab/fuzzingclient.json b/tests/ab/fuzzingclient.json
index 73232d1..6abadb4 100644
--- a/tests/ab/fuzzingclient.json
+++ b/tests/ab/fuzzingclient.json
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
     ]
 
   , "cases": ["*"]
-  , "exclude-cases": ["10.*", "11.*", "12.*", "13.*"]
+  , "exclude-cases": []
   , "exclude-agent-cases": {}
 }
diff --git a/tests/ab/testServer.php b/tests/ab/testServer.php
index 8c457b5..1ca9f36 100644
--- a/tests/ab/testServer.php
+++ b/tests/ab/testServer.php
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
     $conn->on('message', function (Message $message) use ($conn) {
         $conn->send($message);
     });
-});
+}, [], \Voryx\WebSocketMiddleware\WebSocketOptions::getDefault()->withPermessageDeflate());
 
 $server = new Server($loop, $ws);
 
-$server->listen(new \React\Socket\Server('127.0.0.1:4321', $loop));
+$server->listen(new \React\Socket\Server('0.0.0.0:4321', $loop));
 
 $loop->run();