diff --git a/fastapi_utils/cbv.py b/fastapi_utils/cbv.py
index 231325c..677b931 100644
--- a/fastapi_utils/cbv.py
+++ b/fastapi_utils/cbv.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 import pydantic
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
-from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
+from fastapi.routing import APIRoute, APIWebSocketRoute
 from starlette.routing import Route, WebSocketRoute
 
 PYDANTIC_VERSION = pydantic.VERSION
@@ -108,12 +108,16 @@ def _register_endpoints(router: APIRouter, cls: Type[Any], *urls: str) -> None:
         _allocate_routes_by_method_name(router, url, function_members)
     router_roles = []
     for route in router.routes:
-        if not isinstance(route, APIRoute):
-            raise ValueError("The provided routes should be of type APIRoute")
+        if not (isinstance(route, APIRoute) or isinstance(route, APIWebSocketRoute)):
+            raise ValueError("The provided routes should be of type APIRoute or APIWebSocketRoute")
 
-        route_methods: Any = route.methods
-        cast(Tuple[Any], route_methods)
-        router_roles.append((route.path, tuple(route_methods)))
+        if isinstance(route, APIRoute):
+            route_methods: Any = route.methods
+            cast(Tuple[Any], route_methods)
+            router_roles.append((route.path, tuple(route_methods)))
+
+        if isinstance(route, APIWebSocketRoute):
+            router_roles.append((route.path, tuple(["WS"])))
 
     if len(set(router_roles)) != len(router_roles):
         raise Exception("An identical route role has been implemented more then once")
diff --git a/tests/test_cbv.py b/tests/test_cbv.py
index b5b9f64..c2ca264 100644
--- a/tests/test_cbv.py
+++ b/tests/test_cbv.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 from typing import Any, ClassVar, Optional
 
 import pytest
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request, WebSocket
 from starlette.testclient import TestClient
+from starlette.websockets import WebSocketDisconnect
 
 from fastapi_utils.cbv import cbv
 
@@ -147,3 +148,21 @@ def example(self, request: Request) -> str:
         client = TestClient(router)
         response = client.get("/foo")
         assert response.json() == "http://testserver/bar"
+
+    def test_websocket_router(self, router: APIRouter) -> None:
+        @cbv(router)
+        class Foo:
+            @router.websocket("/ws")
+            async def example(self, websocket: WebSocket) -> None:
+                await websocket.accept()
+                await websocket.send_text("hello")
+                "VALID_VALUE" == await websocket.receive_text()
+                await websocket.close()
+
+        client = TestClient(router)
+        with client.websocket_connect("/ws") as websocket:
+            assert websocket.receive_text() == "hello"
+            websocket.send_text("VALID_VALUE")
+
+            with pytest.raises(WebSocketDisconnect):
+                assert websocket.receive_text()