diff --git a/src/pkg/websocket/websocket.go b/src/pkg/websocket/websocket.go
index 99e1d14485..d5996abe1a 100644
--- a/src/pkg/websocket/websocket.go
+++ b/src/pkg/websocket/websocket.go
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ func (addr WebSocketAddr) Network() string { return "websocket" }
 // String returns the network address for a Web Socket.
 func (addr WebSocketAddr) String() string { return string(addr) }
 
+const (
+	stateFrameByte = iota
+	stateFrameLength
+	stateFrameData
+	stateFrameTextData
+)
+
 // Conn is a channel to communicate to a Web Socket.
 // It implements the net.Conn interface.
 type Conn struct {
@@ -39,6 +46,10 @@ type Conn struct {
 
 	buf *bufio.ReadWriter
 	rwc io.ReadWriteCloser
+
+	// It holds text data in previous Read() that failed with small buffer.
+	data    []byte
+	reading bool
 }
 
 // newConn creates a new Web Socket.
@@ -48,60 +59,66 @@ func newConn(origin, location, protocol string, buf *bufio.ReadWriter, rwc io.Re
 		bw := bufio.NewWriter(rwc)
 		buf = bufio.NewReadWriter(br, bw)
 	}
-	ws := &Conn{origin, location, protocol, buf, rwc}
+	ws := &Conn{Origin: origin, Location: location, Protocol: protocol, buf: buf, rwc: rwc}
 	return ws
 }
 
 // Read implements the io.Reader interface for a Conn.
 func (ws *Conn) Read(msg []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
-	for {
-		frameByte, err := ws.buf.ReadByte()
+Frame:
+	for !ws.reading && len(ws.data) == 0 {
+		// Beginning of frame, possibly.
+		b, err := ws.buf.ReadByte()
 		if err != nil {
-			return n, err
+			return 0, err
 		}
-		if (frameByte & 0x80) == 0x80 {
+		if b&0x80 == 0x80 {
+			// Skip length frame.
 			length := 0
 			for {
 				c, err := ws.buf.ReadByte()
 				if err != nil {
-					return n, err
+					return 0, err
 				}
 				length = length*128 + int(c&0x7f)
-				if (c & 0x80) == 0 {
+				if c&0x80 == 0 {
 					break
 				}
 			}
 			for length > 0 {
 				_, err := ws.buf.ReadByte()
 				if err != nil {
-					return n, err
+					return 0, err
 				}
-				length--
 			}
-		} else {
+			continue Frame
+		}
+		// In text mode
+		if b != 0 {
+			// Skip this frame
 			for {
 				c, err := ws.buf.ReadByte()
 				if err != nil {
-					return n, err
+					return 0, err
 				}
 				if c == '\xff' {
-					return n, err
-				}
-				if frameByte == 0 {
-					if n+1 <= cap(msg) {
-						msg = msg[0 : n+1]
-					}
-					msg[n] = c
-					n++
-				}
-				if n >= cap(msg) {
-					return n, os.E2BIG
+					break
 				}
 			}
+			continue Frame
+		}
+		ws.reading = true
+	}
+	if len(ws.data) == 0 {
+		ws.data, err = ws.buf.ReadSlice('\xff')
+		if err == nil {
+			ws.reading = false
+			ws.data = ws.data[:len(ws.data)-1] // trim \xff
 		}
 	}
-
-	panic("unreachable")
+	n = copy(msg, ws.data)
+	ws.data = ws.data[n:]
+	return n, err
 }
 
 // Write implements the io.Writer interface for a Conn.
diff --git a/src/pkg/websocket/websocket_test.go b/src/pkg/websocket/websocket_test.go
index 9639d8f88b..c66c114589 100644
--- a/src/pkg/websocket/websocket_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/websocket/websocket_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package websocket
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"http"
@@ -195,3 +196,77 @@ func TestTrailingSpaces(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSmallBuffer(t *testing.T) {
+	// http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=1145
+	// Read should be able to handle reading a fragment of a frame.
+	once.Do(startServer)
+
+	// websocket.Dial()
+	client, err := net.Dial("tcp", "", serverAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("dialing", err)
+	}
+	ws, err := newClient("/echo", "localhost", "http://localhost",
+		"ws://localhost/echo", "", client, handshake)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("WebSocket handshake error: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	msg := []byte("hello, world\n")
+	if _, err := ws.Write(msg); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Write: %v", err)
+	}
+	var small_msg = make([]byte, 8)
+	n, err := ws.Read(small_msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Read: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(msg[:len(small_msg)], small_msg) {
+		t.Errorf("Echo: expected %q got %q", msg[:len(small_msg)], small_msg)
+	}
+	var second_msg = make([]byte, len(msg))
+	n, err = ws.Read(second_msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Read: %v", err)
+	}
+	second_msg = second_msg[0:n]
+	if !bytes.Equal(msg[len(small_msg):], second_msg) {
+		t.Errorf("Echo: expected %q got %q", msg[len(small_msg):], second_msg)
+	}
+	ws.Close()
+
+}
+
+func testSkipLengthFrame(t *testing.T) {
+	b := []byte{'\x80', '\x01', 'x', 0, 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', '\xff'}
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
+	br := bufio.NewReader(buf)
+	bw := bufio.NewWriter(buf)
+	ws := newConn("http://127.0.0.1/", "ws://127.0.0.1/", "", bufio.NewReadWriter(br, bw), nil)
+	msg := make([]byte, 5)
+	n, err := ws.Read(msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Read: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(b[4:8], msg[0:n]) {
+		t.Errorf("Read: expected %q got %q", msg[4:8], msg[0:n])
+	}
+}
+
+func testSkipNoUTF8Frame(t *testing.T) {
+	b := []byte{'\x01', 'n', '\xff', 0, 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', '\xff'}
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
+	br := bufio.NewReader(buf)
+	bw := bufio.NewWriter(buf)
+	ws := newConn("http://127.0.0.1/", "ws://127.0.0.1/", "", bufio.NewReadWriter(br, bw), nil)
+	msg := make([]byte, 5)
+	n, err := ws.Read(msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Read: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(b[4:8], msg[0:n]) {
+		t.Errorf("Read: expected %q got %q", msg[4:8], msg[0:n])
+	}
+}