diff --git a/src/common/sec_websocket_key.rs b/src/common/sec_websocket_key.rs
index 8f6f7c01..0ef63635 100644
--- a/src/common/sec_websocket_key.rs
+++ b/src/common/sec_websocket_key.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,30 @@
+use base64::{engine::general_purpose::STANDARD, Engine};
+use http::HeaderValue;
+
 /// The `Sec-Websocket-Key` header.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
-pub struct SecWebsocketKey(pub(super) http::HeaderValue);
+pub struct SecWebsocketKey(pub(super) HeaderValue);
 
 derive_header! {
     SecWebsocketKey(_),
     name: SEC_WEBSOCKET_KEY
 }
+
+impl From<[u8; 16]> for SecWebsocketKey {
+    fn from(bytes: [u8; 16]) -> Self {
+        let mut value = HeaderValue::from_str(&STANDARD.encode(bytes)).unwrap();
+        value.set_sensitive(true);
+        Self(value)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn from_bytes() {
+        let bytes: [u8; 16] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16];
+        let _ = SecWebsocketKey::from(bytes);
+    }
+}