diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index c67e8f021b..c1b2870c21 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -93,3 +93,5 @@
 /packages/schema-utils @martykan
 
 /packages/connect-explorer-theme @martykan
+
+/packages/websocket-client @mroz22 @marekrjpolak
diff --git a/packages/websocket-client/README.md b/packages/websocket-client/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72cc5da59e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/websocket-client/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# @trezor/websocket-client
+
+[![NPM](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@trezor/websocket-client.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/@trezor/websocket-client)
+[![Known Vulnerabilities](https://snyk.io/test/github/trezor/trezor-suite/badge.svg?targetFile=packages/websocket-client/package.json)](https://snyk.io/test/github/trezor/trezor-suite/badge.svg?targetFile=packages/websocket-client/package.json)
+
+Shared websocket client implementation
diff --git a/packages/websocket-client/package.json b/packages/websocket-client/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30f950dbf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/websocket-client/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+    "name": "@trezor/websocket-client",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "author": "Trezor <info@trezor.io>",
+    "homepage": "https://github.com/trezor/trezor-suite/tree/develop/packages/websocket",
+    "description": "Shared websocket client implementation",
+    "npmPublishAccess": "public",
+    "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md",
+    "repository": {
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "git://github.com/trezor/trezor-suite.git"
+    },
+    "bugs": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/trezor/trezor-suite/issues"
+    },
+    "sideEffects": false,
+    "main": "src/index",
+    "browser": {
+        "ws": "./src/ws-browser"
+    },
+    "react-native": {
+        "__comment__": "Hotfix for issue where RN metro bundler resolve relatives paths wrong",
+        "ws": "@trezor/websocket-client/src/ws-native.ts"
+    },
+    "publishConfig": {
+        "main": "./lib/index.js",
+        "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
+        "typings": "lib/index.d.ts",
+        "browser": {
+            "ws": "./lib/ws-browser.js"
+        },
+        "react-native": {
+            "__comment__": "Hotfix for issue where RN metro bundler resolve relatives paths wrong",
+            "ws": "@trezor/websocket-client/lib/ws-native.js"
+        }
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "lib/",
+        "!**/*.map"
+    ],
+    "scripts": {
+        "depcheck": "yarn g:depcheck",
+        "test:unit": "jest -c ../../jest.config.base.js",
+        "type-check": "yarn g:tsc --build",
+        "build:lib": "yarn g:rimraf lib && yarn g:tsc --build tsconfig.lib.json && ../../scripts/replace-imports.sh ./lib",
+        "prepublishOnly": "yarn tsx ../../scripts/prepublishNPM.js",
+        "prepublish": "yarn tsx ../../scripts/prepublish.js"
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "@trezor/utils": "workspace:*",
+        "ws": "^8.18.0"
+    },
+    "peerDependencies": {
+        "tslib": "^2.6.2"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/websocket-client/src/client.ts b/packages/websocket-client/src/client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..199484142a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/websocket-client/src/client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+import WebSocket from 'ws';
+
+import { TypedEmitter, createDeferred, createDeferredManager } from '@trezor/utils';
+
+type WebsocketOptions = {
+    url: string;
+    timeout?: number;
+    agent?: WebSocket.ClientOptions['agent'];
+    headers?: WebSocket.ClientOptions['headers'];
+};
+
+type Options = WebsocketOptions & {
+    pingTimeout?: number;
+    connectionTimeout?: number;
+    keepAlive?: boolean;
+    onSending?: (message: Record<string, any>) => void;
+};
+
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 20 * 1000;
+const DEFAULT_PING_TIMEOUT = 50 * 1000;
+
+type WebsocketClientEvents = {
+    error: string;
+    disconnected: undefined;
+};
+
+export type WebsocketRequest = Record<string, any>;
+export type WebsocketResponse = WebSocket.Data;
+
+export abstract class WebsocketClient<Events extends Record<string, any>> extends TypedEmitter<
+    Events & WebsocketClientEvents
+> {
+    readonly options: Options;
+
+    public readonly messages;
+    private readonly emitter: TypedEmitter<WebsocketClientEvents> = this;
+
+    private ws?: WebSocket;
+    private pingTimeout?: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
+    private connectPromise?: Promise<void>;
+
+    protected abstract createWebsocket(): WebSocket;
+    protected abstract ping(): Promise<unknown>;
+
+    constructor(options: Options) {
+        super();
+        this.options = options;
+        this.messages = createDeferredManager({
+            timeout: this.options.timeout || DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+            onTimeout: this.onTimeout.bind(this),
+        });
+    }
+
+    protected initWebsocket({ url, timeout, headers, agent }: WebsocketOptions) {
+        // url validation
+        if (typeof url !== 'string') {
+            throw new Error('websocket_no_url');
+        }
+        if (url.startsWith('http')) {
+            url = url.replace('http', 'ws');
+        }
+
+        return new WebSocket(url, { timeout, headers, agent });
+    }
+
+    private setPingTimeout() {
+        clearTimeout(this.pingTimeout);
+
+        const doPing = () => {
+            if (this.isConnected()) {
+                return this.onPing().catch(() => {});
+            }
+        };
+
+        this.pingTimeout = this.isConnected()
+            ? setTimeout(doPing, this.options.pingTimeout || DEFAULT_PING_TIMEOUT)
+            : undefined;
+    }
+
+    protected onPing() {
+        return this.ping();
+    }
+
+    private onTimeout() {
+        const { ws } = this;
+        if (!ws) return;
+        this.messages.rejectAll(new Error('websocket_timeout'));
+        ws.close();
+    }
+
+    private onError() {
+        this.onClose();
+    }
+
+    protected sendMessage(message: WebsocketRequest) {
+        const { ws } = this;
+        if (!ws || !this.isConnected()) throw new Error('websocket_not_initialized');
+        const { promiseId, promise } = this.messages.create();
+
+        const req = { id: promiseId.toString(), ...message };
+
+        this.setPingTimeout();
+
+        this.options.onSending?.(message);
+
+        ws.send(JSON.stringify(req));
+
+        return promise;
+    }
+
+    protected sendRawMessage(message: WebSocket.Data) {
+        const { ws } = this;
+        if (!ws || !this.isConnected()) throw new Error('websocket_not_initialized');
+
+        ws.send(message, {
+            binary: typeof message !== 'string',
+        });
+
+        this.setPingTimeout();
+    }
+
+    // TODO: data type generic
+    // `messageValidation` - additionally validates `data` in the subclass
+    //  returns `payload` or throws error to automatically resolve/reject pending message
+    //  returns `undefined` to resolve pending message manually in the subclass
+    protected onMessage(
+        message: WebsocketResponse,
+        messageValidation?: (data: Record<string, any>) => Record<string, any> | void,
+    ) {
+        try {
+            const data = JSON.parse(message.toString());
+            const messageId = Number(data.id);
+            try {
+                const payload = messageValidation ? messageValidation(data) : data;
+                if (payload) {
+                    this.messages.resolve(messageId, payload);
+                }
+            } catch (error) {
+                this.messages.reject(messageId, error);
+            }
+        } catch {
+            // empty
+        } finally {
+            this.setPingTimeout();
+        }
+    }
+
+    async connect() {
+        // if connecting already, just return the promise
+        if (this.connectPromise) {
+            return this.connectPromise;
+        }
+
+        if (this.isConnected()) return Promise.resolve();
+
+        if (this.ws?.readyState === WebSocket.CLOSING) {
+            await new Promise<void>(resolve => this.emitter.once('disconnected', resolve));
+        }
+
+        // create deferred promise
+        const dfd = createDeferred();
+        this.connectPromise = dfd.promise;
+
+        const ws = this.createWebsocket();
+
+        // set connection timeout before WebSocket initialization
+        const connectionTimeout = setTimeout(
+            () => {
+                ws.emit('error', new Error('websocket_timeout'));
+                try {
+                    ws.once('error', () => {}); // hack; ws throws uncaughtably when there's no error listener
+                    ws.close();
+                } catch {
+                    // empty
+                }
+            },
+            this.options.connectionTimeout || this.options.timeout || DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+        );
+
+        ws.once('error', error => {
+            clearTimeout(connectionTimeout);
+            this.onClose();
+            dfd.reject(new Error(error.message));
+        });
+        ws.on('open', () => {
+            clearTimeout(connectionTimeout);
+            this.init();
+            dfd.resolve();
+        });
+
+        this.ws = ws;
+
+        // wait for onopen event
+        return dfd.promise.finally(() => {
+            this.connectPromise = undefined;
+        });
+    }
+
+    private init() {
+        const { ws } = this;
+        if (!ws || !this.isConnected()) {
+            throw Error('Websocket init cannot be called');
+        }
+
+        // remove previous listeners and add new listeners
+        ws.removeAllListeners();
+        ws.on('error', _error => this.onError());
+        ws.on('message', message => this.onMessage(message));
+        ws.on('close', () => {
+            this.emitter.emit('disconnected');
+            this.onClose();
+        });
+    }
+
+    disconnect() {
+        if (this.isConnected()) {
+            const disconnectPromise = new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+                this.ws?.once('close', resolve);
+            });
+            this.ws?.close();
+
+            return disconnectPromise;
+        }
+
+        return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+
+    isConnected() {
+        return this.ws?.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN;
+    }
+
+    private onClose() {
+        clearTimeout(this.pingTimeout);
+
+        this.ws?.removeAllListeners();
+        this.messages.rejectAll(new Error('Websocket closed unexpectedly'));
+    }
+
+    dispose() {
+        this.removeAllListeners();
+        this.disconnect();
+        this.onClose();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/websocket-client/src/index.ts b/packages/websocket-client/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7240b7a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/websocket-client/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { WebsocketClient, type WebsocketRequest, type WebsocketResponse } from './client';
diff --git a/packages/websocket-client/src/ws-browser.ts b/packages/websocket-client/src/ws-browser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4990b1740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/websocket-client/src/ws-browser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+
+/**
+ * Provides `EventEmitter` interface for native browser `WebSocket`,
+ * same, as `ws` package provides.
+ */
+class WSWrapper extends EventEmitter {
+    private _ws: WebSocket;
+    static CONNECTING = 0;
+    static OPEN = 1;
+    static CLOSING = 2;
+    static CLOSED = 3;
+
+    constructor(url: string, _protocols: any, _websocketOptions: any) {
+        super();
+
+        this._ws = new WebSocket(url);
+
+        this._ws.onclose = () => {
+            this.emit('close');
+        };
+
+        this._ws.onopen = () => {
+            this.emit('open');
+        };
+
+        // WebSocket error Event does not contain any useful description.
+        // https://websockets.spec.whatwg.org//#dom-websocket-onerror
+        // If the user agent was required to fail the WebSocket connection,
+        // or if the WebSocket connection was closed after being flagged as full,
+        // fire an event named error at the WebSocket object.
+        // https://stackoverflow.com/a/31003057
+        this._ws.onerror = _event => {
+            this.emit('error', new Error(`WsWrapper error. Ready state: ${this.readyState}`));
+        };
+
+        this._ws.onmessage = message => {
+            this.emit('message', message.data);
+        };
+    }
+
+    close() {
+        if (this.readyState === WSWrapper.OPEN) {
+            this._ws.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    send(message: any) {
+        if (this.readyState !== WSWrapper.OPEN) {
+            throw new Error(`Connection is not open. state: ${this.readyState}`);
+        }
+        this._ws.send(message);
+    }
+
+    get readyState() {
+        return this._ws.readyState;
+    }
+}
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export
+export default WSWrapper;
diff --git a/packages/websocket-client/src/ws-native.ts b/packages/websocket-client/src/ws-native.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f168545666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/websocket-client/src/ws-native.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+
+/**
+ * Provides `EventEmitter` interface for React Native `WebSocket`,
+ * same, as `ws` package provides.
+ */
+class WSWrapper extends EventEmitter {
+    private _ws: WebSocket;
+    static CONNECTING = 0;
+    static OPEN = 1;
+    static CLOSING = 2;
+    static CLOSED = 3;
+
+    constructor(url: string, _protocols: any, _websocketOptions: any) {
+        super();
+
+        // React Native WebSocket is able to accept headers compared to the native browser `WebSocket`.
+        // @ts-expect-error
+        this._ws = new WebSocket(url, ['wss'], {
+            headers: {
+                'User-Agent': 'Trezor Suite Native',
+            },
+        });
+
+        this._ws.onclose = () => {
+            this.emit('close');
+        };
+
+        this._ws.onopen = () => {
+            this.emit('open');
+        };
+
+        // WebSocket error Event does not contain any useful description.
+        // https://websockets.spec.whatwg.org//#dom-websocket-onerror
+        // If the user agent was required to fail the WebSocket connection,
+        // or if the WebSocket connection was closed after being flagged as full,
+        // fire an event named error at the WebSocket object.
+        // https://stackoverflow.com/a/31003057
+        this._ws.onerror = _event => {
+            this.emit('error', new Error(`WsWrapper error. Ready state: ${this.readyState}`));
+        };
+
+        this._ws.onmessage = message => {
+            this.emit('message', message.data);
+        };
+    }
+
+    close() {
+        if (this.readyState === WSWrapper.OPEN) {
+            this._ws.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    send(message: any) {
+        if (this.readyState !== WSWrapper.OPEN) {
+            throw new Error(`Connection is not open. state: ${this.readyState}`);
+        }
+        this._ws.send(message);
+    }
+
+    get readyState() {
+        return this._ws.readyState;
+    }
+}
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export
+export default WSWrapper;
diff --git a/packages/websocket-client/tests/client.test.ts b/packages/websocket-client/tests/client.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed0e46485d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/websocket-client/tests/client.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+import { ServerOptions, WebSocket } from 'ws';
+
+import { WebsocketClient } from '../src/client';
+
+class Client extends WebsocketClient<{ 'foo-event': 'bar-event' }> {
+    createWebsocket() {
+        return this.initWebsocket(this.options);
+    }
+    ping() {
+        return this.sendMessage({ method: 'ping' });
+    }
+    sendMessage(message: Record<string, any>) {
+        return super.sendMessage(message);
+    }
+}
+
+class Server extends WebSocket.Server {
+    private _url: string;
+    fixtures?: any[];
+
+    constructor(options: ServerOptions, callback?: () => void) {
+        super(options, callback);
+
+        this._url = `ws://localhost:${options.port}`;
+        this.on('connection', ws => {
+            ws.on('message', data => this.sendResponse(ws, data));
+        });
+    }
+
+    public getUrl() {
+        return this._url;
+    }
+
+    private sendResponse(client: WebSocket, data: any) {
+        const request = JSON.parse(data);
+        const { id, method } = request;
+        let response;
+
+        if (method === 'init') {
+            response = { success: true };
+        }
+
+        if (method === 'ping') {
+            response = { success: true };
+        }
+
+        if (!response) {
+            response = {
+                success: false,
+                error: { message: `unknown response for method ${method}` },
+            };
+        }
+
+        client.send(JSON.stringify({ ...response, id }));
+    }
+}
+
+const createServer = async () => {
+    const port = 12345;
+    const server = new Server({ port });
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        server.once('listening', () => resolve());
+        server.once('error', error => reject(error));
+    });
+
+    return { server, url: `ws://localhost:${port}` };
+};
+
+describe('WebsocketClient', () => {
+    let server: Server;
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        const r = await createServer();
+        server = r.server;
+    });
+
+    afterAll(() => {
+        server.close();
+    });
+
+    it('success', async () => {
+        const cli = new Client({ url: server.getUrl(), pingTimeout: 500 });
+        await cli.connect();
+
+        // types check:
+        cli.on('foo-event', event => {
+            if (event === 'bar-event') {
+                //
+            }
+        });
+
+        const resp = await cli.sendMessage({ method: 'init' });
+        expect(resp.success).toEqual(true);
+
+        await cli.disconnect();
+    });
+
+    it('ping', async () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers();
+
+        const cli = new Client({ url: server.getUrl(), pingTimeout: 5000 });
+        const pingSpy = jest.spyOn(cli, 'ping');
+        await cli.connect();
+
+        // call first messages to init ping
+        const resp = await cli.sendMessage({ method: 'init' });
+        expect(resp.success).toEqual(true);
+        // wait for ping
+        await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(4 * 5000);
+        expect(pingSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+
+        await cli.disconnect();
+
+        pingSpy.mockRestore();
+        jest.useRealTimers();
+    });
+
+    it('reconnect with sync disconnect()', async () => {
+        const cli = new Client({ url: server.getUrl() });
+        await cli.connect();
+        cli.disconnect(); // NOTE: intentionally not awaited
+        await cli.connect();
+
+        const resp = await cli.sendMessage({ method: 'init' });
+        expect(resp.success).toEqual(true);
+
+        cli.disconnect();
+    });
+
+    it('client.disconnect()', async () => {
+        const cli = new Client({ url: server.getUrl() });
+        const disconnectedSpy = jest.fn();
+        cli.on('disconnected', disconnectedSpy);
+
+        // calling before connection
+        await cli.disconnect();
+        expect(disconnectedSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+
+        await cli.connect();
+        await cli.disconnect();
+        expect(disconnectedSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('client.dispose()', async () => {
+        const cli = new Client({ url: server.getUrl() });
+        const disconnectedSpy = jest.fn();
+        cli.on('disconnected', disconnectedSpy);
+
+        // calling before connection
+        cli.dispose();
+        expect(disconnectedSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+
+        // set listener again, previous .dispose removed it
+        cli.on('disconnected', disconnectedSpy);
+        await cli.connect();
+        cli.dispose();
+        expect(disconnectedSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    });
+
+    it('throws connection error', async () => {
+        const cli = new Client({ url: 'invalid-url' });
+
+        await expect(() => cli.connect()).rejects.toThrow('invalid-url');
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/websocket-client/tsconfig.json b/packages/websocket-client/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ec4519c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/websocket-client/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+    "compilerOptions": { "outDir": "libDev" },
+    "references": [{ "path": "../utils" }]
+}
diff --git a/packages/websocket-client/tsconfig.lib.json b/packages/websocket-client/tsconfig.lib.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9e91da72f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/websocket-client/tsconfig.lib.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    "extends": "../../tsconfig.lib.json",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "outDir": "./lib",
+        "lib": ["webworker"],
+        "types": ["jest", "node", "web"]
+    },
+    "include": ["./src"],
+    "references": [
+        {
+            "path": "../utils"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a776e12c90..006c130ab2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -12953,6 +12953,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
+"@trezor/websocket-client@workspace:packages/websocket-client":
+  version: 0.0.0-use.local
+  resolution: "@trezor/websocket-client@workspace:packages/websocket-client"
+  dependencies:
+    "@trezor/utils": "workspace:*"
+    ws: "npm:^8.18.0"
+  peerDependencies:
+    tslib: ^2.6.2
+  languageName: unknown
+  linkType: soft
+
 "@trysound/sax@npm:0.2.0":
   version: 0.2.0
   resolution: "@trysound/sax@npm:0.2.0"