diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 85894780..355fcc64 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ gemspec
 
 gem "byebug", "~> 11.1.3"
 gem "dotenv", "~> 2.8.1"
+gem "eventmachine", "~> 1.2.7"
+gem "faye-websocket", "~> 0.11.3"
 gem "rake", "~> 13.2"
 gem "rspec", "~> 3.13"
 gem "rubocop", "~> 1.50.2"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 56f04af6..d81c2f05 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ GEM
     diff-lcs (1.5.1)
     dotenv (2.8.1)
     event_stream_parser (1.0.0)
+    eventmachine (1.2.7)
     faraday (2.8.1)
       base64
       faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.1)
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ GEM
     faraday-multipart (1.0.4)
       multipart-post (~> 2)
     faraday-net_http (3.0.2)
+    faye-websocket (0.11.3)
+      eventmachine (>= 0.12.0)
+      websocket-driver (>= 0.5.1)
     hashdiff (1.1.0)
     json (2.6.3)
     multipart-post (2.3.0)
@@ -74,6 +78,9 @@ GEM
       addressable (>= 2.8.0)
       crack (>= 0.3.2)
       hashdiff (>= 0.4.0, < 2.0.0)
+    websocket-driver (0.7.6)
+      websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
+    websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -81,6 +88,8 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   byebug (~> 11.1.3)
   dotenv (~> 2.8.1)
+  eventmachine (~> 1.2.7)
+  faye-websocket (~> 0.11.3)
   rake (~> 13.2)
   rspec (~> 3.13)
   rubocop (~> 1.50.2)
diff --git a/lib/openai.rb b/lib/openai.rb
index 0fad1b2e..45b168ee 100644
--- a/lib/openai.rb
+++ b/lib/openai.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 require_relative "openai/audio"
 require_relative "openai/version"
 require_relative "openai/batches"
+require_relative "openai/real_time"
 
 module OpenAI
   class Error < StandardError; end
@@ -46,11 +47,13 @@ class Configuration
                   :log_errors,
                   :organization_id,
                   :uri_base,
+                  :websocket_uri_base,
                   :request_timeout,
                   :extra_headers
 
     DEFAULT_API_VERSION = "v1".freeze
     DEFAULT_URI_BASE = "https://api.openai.com/".freeze
+    DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_URI_BASE = "wss://api.openai.com/".freeze
     DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 120
     DEFAULT_LOG_ERRORS = false
 
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ def initialize
       @log_errors = DEFAULT_LOG_ERRORS
       @organization_id = nil
       @uri_base = DEFAULT_URI_BASE
+      @websocket_uri_base = DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_URI_BASE
       @request_timeout = DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
       @extra_headers = {}
     end
diff --git a/lib/openai/client.rb b/lib/openai/client.rb
index 1a641dde..8a798dbf 100644
--- a/lib/openai/client.rb
+++ b/lib/openai/client.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class Client
       log_errors
       organization_id
       uri_base
+      websocket_uri_base
       request_timeout
       extra_headers
     ].freeze
@@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ def batches
       @batches ||= OpenAI::Batches.new(client: self)
     end
 
+    def real_time
+      @real_time ||= OpenAI::RealTime.new(client: self)
+    end
+
     def moderations(parameters: {})
       json_post(path: "/moderations", parameters: parameters)
     end
diff --git a/lib/openai/http_headers.rb b/lib/openai/http_headers.rb
index 62e3e74e..8f4b72c5 100644
--- a/lib/openai/http_headers.rb
+++ b/lib/openai/http_headers.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ def openai_headers
       }.compact
     end
 
+    def openai_realtime_headers
+      {
+        "Authorization" => "Bearer #{@client.access_token}",
+        "OpenAI-Beta" => "realtime=v1"
+      }
+    end
+
     def azure_headers
       {
         "Content-Type" => "application/json",
diff --git a/lib/openai/real_time.rb b/lib/openai/real_time.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7bddf10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/openai/real_time.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+require "faye/websocket"
+require "eventmachine"
+
+module OpenAI
+  class RealTime
+    include HTTPHeaders
+
+    def initialize(client:)
+      @client = client
+      @websocket = nil
+      @on_message = nil
+    end
+
+    def on_message(&block)
+      @on_message = block
+    end
+
+    def connect(model: "gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-10-01")
+      uri = "#{File.join(@client.websocket_uri_base, @client.api_version, 'realtime')}?model=#{model}"
+
+      EM.run do
+        @websocket = Faye::WebSocket::Client.new(uri, nil, headers: openai_realtime_headers)
+        @websocket.on :message, @on_message
+      end
+    end
+
+    def send_event(event)
+      @websocket.send(event)
+    end
+  end
+end