diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/websocket-client/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/websocket-client/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aeb6b3b8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/websocket-client/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from pythonforandroid.toolchain import Recipe
+
+# if android app crashes on start with "ImportError: No module named websocket"
+#
+#     copy the 'websocket' directory into your app directory to force inclusion.
+#
+# see my example at https://github.com/debauchery1st/example_kivy_websocket-recipe
+
+
+class WebSocketClient(Recipe):
+
+    url = 'https://github.com/debauchery1st/websocket-client/raw/master/websocket_client-0.40.0.tar.gz'
+
+    version = '0.40.0'
+    # md5sum = 'f1cf4cc7869ef97a98e5f4be25c30986'
+
+    # patches = ['websocket.patch']  # Paths relative to the recipe dir
+
+    depends = ['kivy', 'python2', 'android', 'pyjnius',
+               'cryptography', 'pyasn1', 'pyopenssl']
+
+recipe = WebSocketClient()
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/websocket-client/websocket.patch b/pythonforandroid/recipes/websocket-client/websocket.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..694bcb653b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/websocket-client/websocket.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/websocket/_logging.py b/websocket/_logging.py
+index 8a5f4a5..cebc23b 100644
+--- a/websocket/_logging.py
++++ b/websocket/_logging.py
+@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ Copyright (C) 2010 Hiroki Ohtani(liris)
+     Boston, MA  02110-1335  USA
+ 
+ """
+-import logging
+-
+-_logger = logging.getLogger('websocket')
++from kivy.logger import Logger
++_logger = Logger
+ _traceEnabled = False
+ 
+ __all__ = ["enableTrace", "dump", "error", "debug", "trace",
+@@ -67,8 +66,9 @@ def trace(msg):
+ 
+ 
+ def isEnabledForError():
+-    return _logger.isEnabledFor(logging.ERROR)
++    return True
+ 
+ 
+ def isEnabledForDebug():
+-    return _logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG)
++    return True
++