diff --git a/autobahn/rawsocket/__init__.py b/autobahn/rawsocket/__init__.py
index cf524813..8a4c67bf 100644
--- a/autobahn/rawsocket/__init__.py
+++ b/autobahn/rawsocket/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,3 @@
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 #
 ###############################################################################
-
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import
diff --git a/autobahn/rawsocket/util.py b/autobahn/rawsocket/util.py
index 0c098f88..66ecf8bd 100644
--- a/autobahn/rawsocket/util.py
+++ b/autobahn/rawsocket/util.py
@@ -129,6 +129,3 @@ def parse_url(url):
         raise Exception("invalid port {}".format(port))
 
     return parsed.scheme == "rss", parsed.hostname, port
-
-
-print create_url('crossbar.io', 9000, True)
diff --git a/autobahn/twisted/wamp.py b/autobahn/twisted/wamp.py
index 08a3650f..7d7d74c3 100644
--- a/autobahn/twisted/wamp.py
+++ b/autobahn/twisted/wamp.py
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ from twisted.internet.defer import inlineCallbacks
 
 from autobahn.wamp import protocol
 from autobahn.wamp.types import ComponentConfig
-from autobahn.websocket.util import parse_url
+from autobahn.websocket.util import parse_url as parse_ws_url
+from autobahn.rawsocket.util import parse_url as parse_rs_url
 from autobahn.twisted.websocket import WampWebSocketClientFactory
+from autobahn.twisted.rawsocket import WampRawSocketClientFactory
 
 # new API
 # from autobahn.twisted.connection import Connection
@@ -160,8 +162,6 @@ class ApplicationRunner(object):
             txaio.config.loop = reactor
             txaio.start_logging(level='info')
 
-        isSecure, host, port, resource, path, params = parse_url(self.url)
-
         if callable(make):
             # factory for use ApplicationSession
             def create():
@@ -182,8 +182,19 @@ class ApplicationRunner(object):
         else:
             create = make
 
-        # create a WAMP-over-WebSocket transport client factory
-        transport_factory = WampWebSocketClientFactory(create, url=self.url, serializers=self.serializers, proxy=self.proxy, headers=self.headers)
+        if self.url.startswith(u'rs'):
+            # try to parse RawSocket URL ..
+            isSecure, host, port = parse_rs_url(self.url)
+
+            # create a WAMP-over-RawSocket transport client factory
+            transport_factory = WampRawSocketClientFactory(create)
+
+        else:
+            # try to parse WebSocket URL ..
+            isSecure, host, port, resource, path, params = parse_ws_url(self.url)
+
+            # create a WAMP-over-WebSocket transport client factory
+            transport_factory = WampWebSocketClientFactory(create, url=self.url, serializers=self.serializers, proxy=self.proxy, headers=self.headers)
 
         # supress pointless log noise like
         # "Starting factory <autobahn.twisted.websocket.WampWebSocketClientFactory object at 0x2b737b480e10>""
diff --git a/examples/twisted/wamp/client_using_apprunner.py b/examples/twisted/wamp/client_using_apprunner.py
index 1acc658b..0ef62ba9 100644
--- a/examples/twisted/wamp/client_using_apprunner.py
+++ b/examples/twisted/wamp/client_using_apprunner.py
@@ -65,5 +65,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # reconnects (if automatically reconnected)
     session = MyAppSession(ComponentConfig(u'realm1', {}))
 
-    runner = ApplicationRunner(u'ws://localhost:8080/ws', u'realm1')
+    if False:
+        runner = ApplicationRunner(u'ws://localhost:8080/ws', u'realm1')
+    else:
+        runner = ApplicationRunner(u'rs://localhost:8080', u'realm1')
+
     runner.run(session, auto_reconnect=True)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e6e8bb81..715089cb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ setup(
         'autobahn.wamp.test',
         'autobahn.websocket',
         'autobahn.websocket.test',
+        'autobahn.rawsocket',
+        'autobahn.rawsocket.test',
         'autobahn.asyncio',
         'autobahn.twisted',
         'twisted.plugins'