diff --git a/conn_test.go b/conn_test.go
index 9c85459e..3ca810c5 100644
--- a/conn_test.go
+++ b/conn_test.go
@@ -208,6 +208,37 @@ func TestConn(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("netConn/readLimit", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tt, c1, c2 := newConnTest(t, nil, nil)
+
+		n1 := websocket.NetConn(tt.ctx, c1, websocket.MessageBinary)
+		n2 := websocket.NetConn(tt.ctx, c2, websocket.MessageBinary)
+
+		s := strings.Repeat("papa", 1 << 20)
+		errs := xsync.Go(func() error {
+			_, err := n2.Write([]byte(s))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return n2.Close()
+		})
+
+		b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(n1)
+		assert.Success(t, err)
+
+		_, err = n1.Read(nil)
+		assert.Equal(t, "read error", err, io.EOF)
+
+		select {
+		case err := <-errs:
+			assert.Success(t, err)
+		case <-tt.ctx.Done():
+			t.Fatal(tt.ctx.Err())
+		}
+
+		assert.Equal(t, "read msg", s, string(b))
+	})
+
 	t.Run("wsjson", func(t *testing.T) {
 		tt, c1, c2 := newConnTest(t, nil, nil)
 
diff --git a/netconn.go b/netconn.go
index 1664e29b..c6f8dc13 100644
--- a/netconn.go
+++ b/netconn.go
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ import (
 //
 // A received StatusNormalClosure or StatusGoingAway close frame will be translated to
 // io.EOF when reading.
+//
+// Furthermore, the ReadLimit is set to -1 to disable it.
 func NetConn(ctx context.Context, c *Conn, msgType MessageType) net.Conn {
+	c.SetReadLimit(-1)
+
 	nc := &netConn{
 		c:       c,
 		msgType: msgType,
diff --git a/read.go b/read.go
index 87151dcb..c4234f20 100644
--- a/read.go
+++ b/read.go
@@ -74,10 +74,16 @@ func (c *Conn) CloseRead(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
 // By default, the connection has a message read limit of 32768 bytes.
 //
 // When the limit is hit, the connection will be closed with StatusMessageTooBig.
+//
+// Set to -1 to disable.
 func (c *Conn) SetReadLimit(n int64) {
-	// We add read one more byte than the limit in case
-	// there is a fin frame that needs to be read.
-	c.msgReader.limitReader.limit.Store(n + 1)
+	if n >= 0 {
+		// We read one more byte than the limit in case
+		// there is a fin frame that needs to be read.
+		n++
+	}
+
+	c.msgReader.limitReader.limit.Store(n)
 }
 
 const defaultReadLimit = 32768
@@ -455,7 +461,11 @@ func (lr *limitReader) reset(r io.Reader) {
 }
 
 func (lr *limitReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
-	if lr.n <= 0 {
+	if lr.n < 0 {
+		return lr.r.Read(p)
+	}
+
+	if lr.n == 0 {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("read limited at %v bytes", lr.limit.Load())
 		lr.c.writeError(StatusMessageTooBig, err)
 		return 0, err
@@ -466,6 +476,9 @@ func (lr *limitReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	}
 	n, err := lr.r.Read(p)
 	lr.n -= int64(n)
+	if lr.n < 0 {
+		lr.n = 0
+	}
 	return n, err
 }