diff --git a/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/BasicWebSocketConnectorImpl.java b/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/BasicWebSocketConnectorImpl.java
index fb33732ca6c47..7d2487783ccf1 100644
--- a/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/BasicWebSocketConnectorImpl.java
+++ b/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/BasicWebSocketConnectorImpl.java
@@ -117,10 +117,7 @@ public Uni<WebSocketClientConnection> connect() {
         // TODO would it make sense to share clients?
         WebSocketClient client = vertx.createWebSocketClient(populateClientOptions());
 
-        WebSocketConnectOptions connectOptions = new WebSocketConnectOptions()
-                .setSsl(baseUri.getScheme().equals("https"))
-                .setHost(baseUri.getHost())
-                .setPort(baseUri.getPort());
+        WebSocketConnectOptions connectOptions = newConnectOptions(baseUri);
         StringBuilder requestUri = new StringBuilder();
         String mergedPath = mergePath(baseUri.getPath(), replacePathParameters(path));
         requestUri.append(mergedPath);
diff --git a/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/WebSocketConnectorBase.java b/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/WebSocketConnectorBase.java
index ee098d6a43d16..1556899636c9f 100644
--- a/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/WebSocketConnectorBase.java
+++ b/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/WebSocketConnectorBase.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
 import io.vertx.core.http.WebSocketClientOptions;
+import io.vertx.core.http.WebSocketConnectOptions;
 import io.vertx.core.net.SSLOptions;
 
 abstract class WebSocketConnectorBase<THIS extends WebSocketConnectorBase<THIS>> {
@@ -191,4 +192,21 @@ protected WebSocketClientOptions populateClientOptions() {
         }
         return clientOptions;
     }
+
+    protected WebSocketConnectOptions newConnectOptions(URI serverEndpointUri) {
+        WebSocketConnectOptions connectOptions = new WebSocketConnectOptions()
+                .setSsl(isHttps(serverEndpointUri))
+                .setHost(serverEndpointUri.getHost());
+        if (serverEndpointUri.getPort() != -1) {
+            connectOptions.setPort(serverEndpointUri.getPort());
+        } else if (isHttps(serverEndpointUri)) {
+            // If port is undefined and https is used then use 443 by default
+            connectOptions.setPort(443);
+        }
+        return connectOptions;
+    }
+
+    protected boolean isHttps(URI uri) {
+        return "https".equals(uri.getScheme());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/WebSocketConnectorImpl.java b/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/WebSocketConnectorImpl.java
index 359a400f5160a..1b6d9a6af32ec 100644
--- a/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/WebSocketConnectorImpl.java
+++ b/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/runtime/WebSocketConnectorImpl.java
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ public Uni<WebSocketClientConnection> connect() {
             throw new WebSocketClientException(e);
         }
 
-        WebSocketConnectOptions connectOptions = new WebSocketConnectOptions()
-                .setSsl(serverEndpointUri.getScheme().equals("https"))
-                .setHost(serverEndpointUri.getHost())
-                .setPort(serverEndpointUri.getPort());
+        WebSocketConnectOptions connectOptions = newConnectOptions(serverEndpointUri);
         StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder();
         if (serverEndpointUri.getPath() != null) {
             uri.append(serverEndpointUri.getRawPath());