diff --git a/gremlin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/server/handler/WebSocketAuthorizationHandler.java b/gremlin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/server/handler/WebSocketAuthorizationHandler.java
index 1220bcee31..22df524985 100644
--- a/gremlin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/server/handler/WebSocketAuthorizationHandler.java
+++ b/gremlin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/server/handler/WebSocketAuthorizationHandler.java
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ public void channelRead(final ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final Object msg) {
                         authorizer.authorize(user, requestMessage);
                         ctx.fireChannelRead(requestMessage);
                         break;
+                    case Tokens.OPS_CLOSE:
+                        ctx.fireChannelRead(requestMessage);
+                        break;
                     default:
                         throw new AuthorizationException("This AuthorizationHandler only handles requests with OPS_BYTECODE or OPS_EVAL.");
                 }