diff --git a/Libraries/LibWebSocket/WebSocket.cpp b/Libraries/LibWebSocket/WebSocket.cpp
index 5402a1e2f33..2f0b37e1f1b 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWebSocket/WebSocket.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWebSocket/WebSocket.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <AK/Base64.h>
+#include <AK/Endian.h>
 #include <AK/Random.h>
 #include <LibCrypto/Hash/HashManager.h>
 #include <LibWebSocket/Impl/WebSocketImplSerenity.h>
@@ -130,7 +131,11 @@ void WebSocket::close(u16 code, ByteString const& message)
         // Start the WebSocket closing handshake and set this’s ready state to CLOSING (2)."
         auto message_bytes = message.bytes();
         auto close_payload = ByteBuffer::create_uninitialized(message_bytes.size() + 2).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors(); // FIXME: Handle possible OOM situation.
-        close_payload.overwrite(0, (u8*)&code, 2);
+        // Section 5.5.1:
+        // > If there is a body, the first two bytes of the body MUST be a 2-byte unsigned integer (in network byte order)
+        // > representing a status code with value /code/ defined in Section 7.4.
+        NetworkOrdered<u16> network_ordered_code { code };
+        close_payload.overwrite(0, &network_ordered_code, sizeof(network_ordered_code));
         close_payload.overwrite(2, message_bytes.data(), message_bytes.size());
         send_frame(WebSocket::OpCode::ConnectionClose, close_payload, true);
         set_state(InternalState::Closing);