diff --git a/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/jsr356/ClientContainer.java b/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/jsr356/ClientContainer.java
index b1014515a58..0e1bb7f1e72 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/jsr356/ClientContainer.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/websocket/jsr356/ClientContainer.java
@@ -114,6 +114,18 @@ public class ClientContainer extends ContainerLifeCycle implements WebSocketCont
         client.addManaged(client.getHttpClient());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a {@link javax.websocket.WebSocketContainer} using the supplied
+     * {@link HttpClient} for environments where you want to configure
+     * SSL/TLS or Proxy behaviors.
+     *
+     * @param httpClient the HttpClient instance to use
+     */
+    public ClientContainer(final HttpClient httpClient)
+    {
+        this(new SimpleContainerScope(WebSocketPolicy.newClientPolicy()), httpClient);
+    }
+
     /**
      * This is the entry point for ServerContainer, via ServletContext.getAttribute(ServerContainer.class.getName())
      *
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/test/java/examples/SecureClientContainerExample.java b/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/test/java/examples/SecureClientContainerExample.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbba5d2365c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/test/java/examples/SecureClientContainerExample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+//
+//  ========================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) 1995-2019 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+//  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+//  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+//      The Eclipse Public License is available at
+//      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+//      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+//      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+//  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+//  ========================================================================
+//
+
+package examples;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import javax.websocket.ClientEndpointConfig;
+import javax.websocket.WebSocketContainer;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClient;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.LifeCycle;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.jsr356.ClientContainer;
+
+public class SecureClientContainerExample
+{
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+    {
+        WebSocketContainer client = null;
+        try
+        {
+            URI echoUri = URI.create("wss://echo.websocket.org");
+            client = getConfiguredWebSocketContainer();
+
+            ClientEndpointConfig clientEndpointConfig = ClientEndpointConfig.Builder.create()
+                .configurator(new OriginServerConfigurator("https://websocket.org"))
+                .build();
+            EchoEndpoint echoEndpoint = new EchoEndpoint();
+            client.connectToServer(echoEndpoint, clientEndpointConfig, echoUri);
+            System.out.printf("Connecting to : %s%n", echoUri);
+
+            // wait for closed socket connection.
+            echoEndpoint.awaitClose(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        }
+        catch (Throwable t)
+        {
+            t.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            /* Since javax.websocket clients have no defined LifeCycle we
+             * want to either close/stop the client, or exit the JVM
+             * via a System.exit(), otherwise the threads this client keeps
+             * open will prevent the JVM from terminating naturally.
+             * @see https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/websocket-api/issues/212
+             */
+            LifeCycle.stop(client);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Since javax.websocket does not have an API for configuring SSL, each implementation
+     * of javax.websocket has to come up with their own SSL configuration mechanism.
+     *
+     * @return the client WebSocketContainer
+     * @see <a href="https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/websocket-api/issues/210">javax.websocket issue #210</a>
+     */
+    public static WebSocketContainer getConfiguredWebSocketContainer() throws Exception
+    {
+        SslContextFactory ssl = new SslContextFactory.Client();
+        ssl.setExcludeCipherSuites(); // echo.websocket.org use WEAK cipher suites
+        HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient(ssl);
+        ClientContainer clientContainer = new ClientContainer(httpClient);
+        clientContainer.getClient().addManaged(httpClient); // allow clientContainer to own httpClient (for start/stop lifecycle)
+        clientContainer.start();
+        return clientContainer;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/test/java/examples/SecureWebSocketContainerExample.java b/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/test/java/examples/SecureWebSocketContainerExample.java
index 50f2c3fecda..b736f10a2e4 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/test/java/examples/SecureWebSocketContainerExample.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/javax-websocket-client-impl/src/test/java/examples/SecureWebSocketContainerExample.java
@@ -34,18 +34,11 @@ public class SecureWebSocketContainerExample
 {
     public static void main(String[] args)
     {
-        String destUri = "wss://echo.websocket.org";
-        if (args.length > 0)
-        {
-            destUri = args[0];
-        }
-
         WebSocketContainer client = null;
         try
         {
+            URI echoUri = URI.create("wss://echo.websocket.org");
             client = getConfiguredWebSocketContainer();
-            URI echoUri = new URI(destUri);
-
             ClientEndpointConfig clientEndpointConfig = ClientEndpointConfig.Builder.create()
                 .configurator(new OriginServerConfigurator("https://websocket.org"))
                 .build();