diff --git a/graph/subscriptions.js b/graph/subscriptions.js
index 59dd6e923..60afc9c45 100644
--- a/graph/subscriptions.js
+++ b/graph/subscriptions.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const debug = require('debug')('talk:graph:subscriptions');
 const pubsub = require('../services/pubsub');
 const schema = require('./schema');
 const Context = require('./context');
+const plugins = require('../services/plugins');
 
 const {deserializeUser} = require('../services/subscriptions');
 const setupFunctions = require('./setupFunctions');
@@ -16,16 +17,42 @@ const {
 
 const {BASE_PATH} = require('../url');
 
-const onConnect = ({token}, connection) => {
+// Collect all the plugin hooks that should be executed onConnect and
+// onDisconnect.
+const hooks = plugins.get('server', 'websockets')
+  .map(({plugin, websockets}) => {
+    debug(`added websocket hooks ${Object.keys(websockets)} from plugin '${plugin.name}'`);
+
+    return websockets;
+  })
+  .reduce((hooks, {onConnect = null, onDisconnect = null}) => {
+    if (onConnect) {
+      hooks.onConnect.push(onConnect);
+    }
+
+    if (onDisconnect) {
+      hooks.onDisconnect.push(onDisconnect);
+    }
+
+    return hooks;
+  }, {
+    onConnect: [],
+    onDisconnect: [],
+  });
+
+const onConnect = async (connectionParams, connection) => {
 
   // Attach the token from the connection options if it was provided.
-  if (token) {
+  if (connectionParams.token) {
 
     debug('token sent via onConnect, attaching to the headers of the upgrade request');
 
     // Attach it to the upgrade request.
-    connection.upgradeReq.headers['authorization'] = `Bearer ${token}`;
+    connection.upgradeReq.headers['authorization'] = `Bearer ${connectionParams.token}`;
   }
+
+  // Call all the hooks.
+  await Promise.all(hooks.onConnect.map((hook) => hook(connectionParams, connection)));
 };
 
 const onOperation = (parsedMessage, baseParams, connection) => {
@@ -52,6 +79,9 @@ const onOperation = (parsedMessage, baseParams, connection) => {
   return baseParams;
 };
 
+const onDisconnect = (connection) =>
+  Promise.all(hooks.onDisconnect.map((hook) => hook(connection)));
+
 /**
  * This creates a new subscription manager.
  */
@@ -62,6 +92,7 @@ const createSubscriptionManager = (server) => new SubscriptionServer({
     setupFunctions,
   }),
   onConnect,
+  onDisconnect,
   onOperation,
   keepAlive: ms(KEEP_ALIVE)
 }, {
diff --git a/plugins.js b/plugins.js
index 487825be7..577289b25 100644
--- a/plugins.js
+++ b/plugins.js
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ const hookSchemas = {
   resolvers: Joi.object().pattern(/\w/, Joi.object().pattern(/(?:__resolveType|\w+)/, Joi.func())),
   typeDefs: Joi.string(),
   schemaLevelResolveFunction: Joi.func(),
+  websockets: Joi.object({
+    onConnect: Joi.func(),
+    onDisconnect: Joi.func(),
+  }),
 };
 
 /**