diff --git a/src/Rfc6455ClientFactory.php b/src/Rfc6455ClientFactory.php
index 87faf5b..b93bddd 100644
--- a/src/Rfc6455ClientFactory.php
+++ b/src/Rfc6455ClientFactory.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use Amp\Http\Server\Request;
 use Amp\Http\Server\Response;
 use Amp\Socket\Socket;
-use Amp\Websocket\Compression\WebsocketCompressionContextFactory;
+use Amp\Websocket\Compression\WebsocketCompressionContext;
 use Amp\Websocket\ConstantRateLimit;
 use Amp\Websocket\Parser\Rfc6455ParserFactory;
 use Amp\Websocket\Parser\WebsocketParserFactory;
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ final class Rfc6455ClientFactory implements WebsocketClientFactory
     use ForbidSerialization;
 
     /**
-     * @param WebsocketCompressionContextFactory|null $compressionContextFactory Use null to disable compression.
      * @param WebsocketHeartbeatQueue|null $heartbeatQueue Use null to disable automatic heartbeats (pings).
      * @param WebsocketRateLimit|null $rateLimit Use null to disable client rate limits.
      */
     public function __construct(
-        private readonly ?WebsocketCompressionContextFactory $compressionContextFactory = null,
         private readonly ?WebsocketHeartbeatQueue $heartbeatQueue = new PeriodicHeartbeatQueue(),
         private readonly ?WebsocketRateLimit $rateLimit = new ConstantRateLimit(),
         private readonly WebsocketParserFactory $parserFactory = new Rfc6455ParserFactory(),
@@ -42,6 +40,7 @@ public function createClient(
         Request $request,
         Response $response,
         Socket $socket,
+        ?WebsocketCompressionContext $compressionContext,
     ): WebsocketClient {
         if ($socket instanceof ResourceStream) {
             $socketResource = $socket->getResource();
@@ -64,19 +63,6 @@ public function createClient(
             }
         }
 
-        $compressionContext = null;
-        if ($this->compressionContextFactory) {
-            $extensions = \array_map('trim', \explode(',', (string) $request->getHeader('sec-websocket-extensions')));
-
-            foreach ($extensions as $extension) {
-                if ($compressionContext = $this->compressionContextFactory->fromClientHeader($extension, $headerLine)) {
-                    /** @psalm-suppress PossiblyNullArgument */
-                    $response->setHeader('sec-websocket-extensions', $headerLine);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         return new Rfc6455Client(
             socket: $socket,
             masked: false,
diff --git a/src/Rfc6455CompressionNegotiator.php b/src/Rfc6455CompressionNegotiator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f89cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Rfc6455CompressionNegotiator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Amp\Websocket\Server;
+
+use Amp\Http;
+use Amp\Http\Server\Request;
+use Amp\Http\Server\Response;
+use Amp\Websocket\Compression\WebsocketCompressionContext;
+use Amp\Websocket\Compression\WebsocketCompressionContextFactory;
+
+class Rfc6455CompressionNegotiator implements WebsocketCompressionNegotiator
+{
+    public function __construct(private readonly WebsocketCompressionContextFactory $compressionContextFactory)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function negotiateCompression(Request $request, Response $response): ?WebsocketCompressionContext
+    {
+        if ($this->compressionContextFactory) {
+            $extensions = Http\splitHeader($request, 'sec-websocket-extensions') ?? [];
+            foreach ($extensions as $extension) {
+                if ($compressionContext = $this->compressionContextFactory->fromClientHeader($extension, $headerLine)) {
+                    /** @psalm-suppress PossiblyNullArgument */
+                    $response->setHeader('sec-websocket-extensions', $headerLine);
+
+                    return $compressionContext;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Websocket.php b/src/Websocket.php
index c2ef9f0..df23008 100644
--- a/src/Websocket.php
+++ b/src/Websocket.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use Amp\Http\Server\Request;
 use Amp\Http\Server\RequestHandler;
 use Amp\Http\Server\Response;
+use Amp\Websocket\Compression\WebsocketCompressionContext;
 use Amp\Websocket\WebsocketClient;
 use Amp\Websocket\WebsocketCloseCode;
 use Amp\Websocket\WebsocketClosedException;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ public function __construct(
         private readonly WebsocketAcceptor $acceptor,
         private readonly WebsocketClientHandler $clientHandler,
         private readonly WebsocketClientFactory $clientFactory = new Rfc6455ClientFactory(),
+        private readonly ?WebsocketCompressionNegotiator $compressionNegotiator = null,
     ) {
         /** @psalm-suppress PropertyTypeCoercion */
         $this->clients = new \WeakMap();
@@ -51,10 +53,13 @@ public function handleRequest(Request $request): Response
             return $response;
         }
 
+        $compressionContext = $this->compressionNegotiator->negotiateCompression($request, $response);
+
         $response->upgrade(fn (UpgradedSocket $socket) => $this->reapClient(
             socket: $socket,
             request: $request,
             response: $response,
+            compressionContext: $compressionContext,
         ));
 
         return $response;
@@ -64,8 +69,9 @@ private function reapClient(
         UpgradedSocket $socket,
         Request $request,
         Response $response,
+        ?WebsocketCompressionContext $compressionContext,
     ): void {
-        $client = $this->clientFactory->createClient($request, $response, $socket);
+        $client = $this->clientFactory->createClient($request, $response, $socket, $compressionContext);
 
         /** @psalm-suppress RedundantCondition */
         \assert($this->logger->debug(\sprintf(
diff --git a/src/WebsocketClientFactory.php b/src/WebsocketClientFactory.php
index 7dfbc49..cb846a0 100644
--- a/src/WebsocketClientFactory.php
+++ b/src/WebsocketClientFactory.php
@@ -5,12 +5,18 @@
 use Amp\Http\Server\Request;
 use Amp\Http\Server\Response;
 use Amp\Socket\Socket;
+use Amp\Websocket\Compression\WebsocketCompressionContext;
 use Amp\Websocket\WebsocketClient;
 
 interface WebsocketClientFactory
 {
     /**
-     * Creates a Client object based on the given Request.
+     * Creates a {@see WebsocketClient} object based on the given Request.
      */
-    public function createClient(Request $request, Response $response, Socket $socket): WebsocketClient;
+    public function createClient(
+        Request $request,
+        Response $response,
+        Socket $socket,
+        ?WebsocketCompressionContext $compressionContext,
+    ): WebsocketClient;
 }
diff --git a/src/WebsocketCompressionNegotiator.php b/src/WebsocketCompressionNegotiator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d3e347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WebsocketCompressionNegotiator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Amp\Websocket\Server;
+
+use Amp\Http\Server\Request;
+use Amp\Http\Server\Response;
+use Amp\Websocket\Compression\WebsocketCompressionContext;
+
+interface WebsocketCompressionNegotiator
+{
+    public function negotiateCompression(Request $request, Response $response): ?WebsocketCompressionContext;
+}