diff --git a/scripts/websocket_test.py b/scripts/websocket_test.py
index c76a014..85b2c0d 100755
--- a/scripts/websocket_test.py
+++ b/scripts/websocket_test.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 parser.add_argument(
     "--username", help="Username to connect with", default="root")
 parser.add_argument("--password", help="Password to use", default="0penBmc")
+parser.add_argument('--ssl', default=True,
+                    action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction)
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -32,13 +34,17 @@
 
 
 async def hello():
-    uri = 'wss://{}/subscribe'.format(args.host)
+    protocol = 'ws'
+    if args.ssl:
+        protocol += 's'
+    uri = '{}://{}/subscribe'.format(protocol, args.host)
     ssl_context = ssl.SSLContext()
     authbytes = "{}:{}".format(args.username, args.password).encode('ascii')
     auth = "Basic {}".format(base64.b64encode(authbytes).decode('ascii'))
     headers = {"Authorization": auth}
     async with \
         websockets.connect(uri, ssl=ssl_context, extra_headers=headers) \
+            if args.ssl else websockets.connect(uri, extra_headers=headers) \
             as websocket:
         request = json.dumps({
             "paths": ["/xyz/openbmc_project/sensors"],
@@ -59,4 +65,5 @@
                 continue
             print(f"{name:<20} {value:4.02f} {units}")
 
+
 asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(hello())