diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index e60ceed8f..aedb565ec 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -659,6 +659,8 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(url_or_none('mms://foo.de'), 'mms://foo.de')
         self.assertEqual(url_or_none('rtspu://foo.de'), 'rtspu://foo.de')
         self.assertEqual(url_or_none('ftps://foo.de'), 'ftps://foo.de')
+        self.assertEqual(url_or_none('ws://foo.de'), 'ws://foo.de')
+        self.assertEqual(url_or_none('wss://foo.de'), 'wss://foo.de')
 
     def test_parse_age_limit(self):
         self.assertEqual(parse_age_limit(None), None)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
index 24525560e..99d725087 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@ def url_or_none(url):
     if not url or not isinstance(url, str):
         return None
     url = url.strip()
-    return url if re.match(r'(?:(?:https?|rt(?:m(?:pt?[es]?|fp)|sp[su]?)|mms|ftps?):)?//', url) else None
+    return url if re.match(r'(?:(?:https?|rt(?:m(?:pt?[es]?|fp)|sp[su]?)|mms|ftps?|wss?):)?//', url) else None
 
 
 def strftime_or_none(timestamp, date_format='%Y%m%d', default=None):