diff --git a/src/framer_async.rs b/src/framer_async.rs
index f63815c..8828501 100644
--- a/src/framer_async.rs
+++ b/src/framer_async.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ where
     TWebSocketType: WebSocketType,
 {
     websocket: WebSocket<TRng, TWebSocketType>,
+    // Small buffer for a websocket frame header, so we can progress
+    // reading data even when we received only a part of websocket header.
+    header_buf: [u8; 16],
+    // How much of header_buf contains data.
+    header_buf_len: usize,
     frame_cursor: usize,
     rx_remainder_len: usize,
 }
@@ -137,6 +142,8 @@ where
             websocket,
             frame_cursor: 0,
             rx_remainder_len: 0,
+            header_buf: [0; 16],
+            header_buf_len: 0,
         }
     }
 
@@ -196,10 +203,15 @@ where
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Return true if framer can make a progress without doing a read from a stream
+    pub fn read_ready(&self) -> bool {
+        self.rx_remainder_len != 0
+    }
+
     // NOTE: any unused bytes read from the stream but not decoded are stored at the end
     // of the buffer to be used next time this read function is called. This also applies to
     // any unused bytes read when the connect handshake was made. Therefore it is important that
-    // the caller does not clear this buffer between calls or use it for anthing other than reads.
+    // the caller does not clear this buffer between calls or use it for anything other than reads.
     pub async fn read<'a, B: Deref<Target = [u8]>, E>(
         &mut self,
         stream: &mut (impl Stream<Item = Result<B, E>> + Sink<&'a [u8], Error = E> + Unpin),
@@ -211,15 +223,22 @@ where
         if self.rx_remainder_len == 0 {
             match stream.next().await {
                 Some(Ok(input)) => {
-                    if buffer.len() < input.len() {
+                    if buffer.len() < input.len() + self.frame_cursor + self.header_buf_len {
                         return Some(Err(FramerError::RxBufferTooSmall(input.len())));
                     }
 
-                    let rx_start = buffer.len() - input.len();
+                    let rx_start = buffer.len() - input.len() - self.header_buf_len;
 
                     // copy to end of buffer
-                    buffer[rx_start..].copy_from_slice(&input);
-                    self.rx_remainder_len = input.len()
+
+                    // copy previous part of frame header if any
+                    buffer[rx_start..rx_start + self.header_buf_len]
+                        .copy_from_slice(&self.header_buf[0..self.header_buf_len]);
+                    // copy new data
+                    buffer[rx_start + self.header_buf_len..].copy_from_slice(&input);
+
+                    self.rx_remainder_len = input.len() + self.header_buf_len;
+                    self.header_buf_len = 0;
                 }
                 Some(Err(e)) => {
                     return Some(Err(FramerError::Io(e)));
@@ -230,9 +249,24 @@ where
 
         let rx_start = buffer.len() - self.rx_remainder_len;
         let (frame_buf, rx_buf) = buffer.split_at_mut(rx_start);
+        let frame_buf_remaining = &mut frame_buf[self.frame_cursor..];
 
-        let ws_result = match self.websocket.read(rx_buf, frame_buf) {
+        let ws_result = match self.websocket.read(rx_buf, frame_buf_remaining) {
             Ok(ws_result) => ws_result,
+            // We might receive part of websocket header. Ex. receive data one byte at a time.
+            // Store enough data in a small buffer so we can at least read the header
+            Err(crate::Error::ReadFrameIncomplete) => {
+                if rx_buf.len() + self.header_buf_len > self.header_buf.len() {
+                    return Some(Err(FramerError::WebSocket(
+                        crate::Error::ReadFrameIncomplete,
+                    )));
+                }
+                self.header_buf[self.header_buf_len..self.header_buf_len + rx_buf.len()]
+                    .copy_from_slice(&rx_buf);
+                self.header_buf_len += rx_buf.len();
+                self.rx_remainder_len -= rx_buf.len();
+                return None;
+            }
             Err(e) => return Some(Err(FramerError::WebSocket(e))),
         };