diff --git a/libvncserver/websockets.c b/libvncserver/websockets.c
index 921015d..d10d992 100644
--- a/libvncserver/websockets.c
+++ b/libvncserver/websockets.c
@@ -440,6 +440,17 @@ webSocketsDecode(rfbClientPtr cl, char *dst, int len)
     return webSocketsDecodeHybi(wsctx, dst, len);
 }
 
+/**
+ * This is a stub function that was once used for Hixie-encoding.
+ * We keep it for API compatibility.
+ */
+rfbBool
+webSocketCheckDisconnect(rfbClientPtr cl)
+{
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+
 /* returns TRUE if there is data waiting to be read in our internal buffer
  * or if is there any pending data in the buffer of the SSL implementation
  */
diff --git a/rfb/rfb.h b/rfb/rfb.h
index 9aace0d..f982b40 100644
--- a/rfb/rfb.h
+++ b/rfb/rfb.h
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ extern rfbBool rfbSetNonBlocking(int sock);
 /* websockets.c */
 
 extern rfbBool webSocketsCheck(rfbClientPtr cl);
+extern rfbBool webSocketCheckDisconnect(rfbClientPtr cl);
 extern int webSocketsEncode(rfbClientPtr cl, const char *src, int len, char **dst);
 extern int webSocketsDecode(rfbClientPtr cl, char *dst, int len);
 extern rfbBool webSocketsHasDataInBuffer(rfbClientPtr cl);