diff --git a/rolo/serving/twisted.py b/rolo/serving/twisted.py
index 821afc8..4de0c6a 100644
--- a/rolo/serving/twisted.py
+++ b/rolo/serving/twisted.py
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ def __init__(self, request: Request, reactor=reactor):
         self._closeAbortCall = None
         self._transportPaused = False
         self._closeTimeoutPending = False
+        self._messageParts: list[str | bytes] = []
 
     @property
     def closed(self):
@@ -363,6 +364,15 @@ def dataReceived(self, data: bytes) -> None:
             if self.wsproto.state == ConnectionState.LOCAL_CLOSING:
                 # the server closed the websocket already, the listener doesn't consume any more frames
                 continue
+            if isinstance(event, events.Message):
+                # wsproto emits the data of a message as it arrives, frame by frame and in chunks of a
+                # frame, while the listener receives complete messages
+                self._messageParts.append(event.data)
+                if not event.message_finished:
+                    continue
+                data = event.data[:0].join(self._messageParts)
+                self._messageParts = []
+                event = type(event)(data=data)
             # TODO: filter other event types that are not expected by WebSocketAdapter
             # queue the event before ``close()`` queues its poison pill, so the consumer sees the
             # client's close code and reason
diff --git a/tests/websocket/test_websockets.py b/tests/websocket/test_websockets.py
index f0527c9..b0fd491 100644
--- a/tests/websocket/test_websockets.py
+++ b/tests/websocket/test_websockets.py
@@ -320,6 +320,55 @@ def echo_headers(request: WebSocketRequest):
     assert received.get(timeout=5) == b"bar"
 
 
+def test_receive_large_message(serve_websocket_listener):
+    """A frame bigger than a single socket read must still be received as one message."""
+    received = Queue()
+
+    @WebSocketRequest.listener
+    def app(request: WebSocketRequest):
+        with request.accept() as ws:
+            received.put(ws.receive())
+            received.put(ws.receive())
+
+    server = serve_websocket_listener(app)
+
+    client = websocket.WebSocket()
+    client.connect(server.url.replace("http://", "ws://"))
+    client.send("x" * 1024 * 1024)
+    client.send_binary(b"y" * 1024 * 1024)
+
+    assert received.get(timeout=5) == "x" * 1024 * 1024
+    assert received.get(timeout=5) == b"y" * 1024 * 1024
+    client.close()
+
+
+def test_receive_fragmented_message(serve_websocket_listener):
+    """A message sent as several frames (RFC 6455 section 5.4) must be received as one message."""
+    received = Queue()
+
+    @WebSocketRequest.listener
+    def app(request: WebSocketRequest):
+        with request.accept() as ws:
+            received.put(ws.receive())
+            received.put(ws.receive())
+
+    server = serve_websocket_listener(app)
+
+    client = websocket.WebSocket()
+    client.connect(server.url.replace("http://", "ws://"))
+    client.send_frame(websocket.ABNF.create_frame("foo", websocket.ABNF.OPCODE_TEXT, fin=0))
+    client.send_frame(websocket.ABNF.create_frame("bar", websocket.ABNF.OPCODE_CONT, fin=0))
+    # control frames can be sent in the middle of a fragmented message
+    client.ping("ping")
+    client.send_frame(websocket.ABNF.create_frame("baz", websocket.ABNF.OPCODE_CONT, fin=1))
+    client.send_frame(websocket.ABNF.create_frame(b"foo", websocket.ABNF.OPCODE_BINARY, fin=0))
+    client.send_frame(websocket.ABNF.create_frame(b"bar", websocket.ABNF.OPCODE_CONT, fin=1))
+
+    assert received.get(timeout=5) == "foobarbaz"
+    assert received.get(timeout=5) == b"foobar"
+    client.close()
+
+
 def test_send_non_confirming_data(serve_websocket_listener):
     match = Queue()