diff --git a/cmd/geth/config.go b/cmd/geth/config.go
index d1cde3766e..d29a8cfc54 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/config.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/config.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func defaultNodeConfig() node.Config {
 	cfg.Name = clientIdentifier
 	cfg.Version = params.VersionWithCommit(git.Commit, git.Date)
 	cfg.HTTPModules = append(cfg.HTTPModules, "eth", "suavex")
-	cfg.WSModules = append(cfg.WSModules, "eth")
+	cfg.WSModules = append(cfg.WSModules, "eth", "suavex")
 	cfg.IPCPath = "geth.ipc"
 	return cfg
 }
diff --git a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
index 0559c0566a..1e28265e9d 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	ipcAPIs  = "admin:1.0 clique:1.0 debug:1.0 engine:1.0 eth:1.0 miner:1.0 net:1.0 rpc:1.0 suavex:1.0 txpool:1.0 web3:1.0"
-	httpAPIs = "eth:1.0 net:1.0 rpc:1.0 web3:1.0"
+	httpAPIs = "eth:1.0 net:1.0 rpc:1.0 suavex:1.0 web3:1.0"
 )
 
 // spawns geth with the given command line args, using a set of flags to minimise