diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d7ad71..aa36ca7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -111,9 +111,11 @@ simple. It has just a couple of methods:
        after the client was last connected (in ms).
      * `{response_limit, integer()}` - the maximum size of a single
        http streaming response (in bytes).
-     * `{hib_timeout, integer()}` - hibernate websocket process after
-       hib_timeout milliseconds of inactivity (5000 by default) to
-       reduce memory footprint. (implementation is incomplete, see #15)
+     * `{hib_timeout, integer() | hibernate}` - hibernate websocket
+       process after hib_timeout milliseconds of inactivity (5000 by
+       default) to reduce memory footprint. Set to 'hibernate' atom to
+       hibernate always (may be inefficient). (implementation is
+       incomplete, see #15)
      * `{logger, fun/3}` - a function called on every request, used
        to print request to the logs (or on the screen by default).
 
diff --git a/src/sockjs_cowboy_handler.erl b/src/sockjs_cowboy_handler.erl
index 4e827d7..630cdc8 100644
--- a/src/sockjs_cowboy_handler.erl
+++ b/src/sockjs_cowboy_handler.erl
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ websocket_terminate(_Reason, _Req, {RawWebsocket, SessionPid, _HT}) ->
 
 %% --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+mh({ok, Req, {RawWebsocket, SessionPid, {TRef, hibernate}}}) ->
+    {ok, Req, {RawWebsocket, SessionPid, {TRef, hibernate}}, hibernate};
+
 mh({ok, Req, {RawWebsocket, SessionPid, {TRef, HibTimeout}}}) ->
     case TRef of
         undefined -> ok;