diff --git a/gql/transport/websockets.py b/gql/transport/websockets.py
index b4fd3dec..6004442d 100644
--- a/gql/transport/websockets.py
+++ b/gql/transport/websockets.py
@@ -175,6 +175,23 @@ async def _receive(self) -> str:
 
         return answer
 
+    async def _wait_ack(self) -> None:
+        """Wait for the connection_ack message. Keep alive messages are ignored
+        """
+
+        while True:
+            init_answer = await self._receive()
+
+            answer_type, answer_id, execution_result = self._parse_answer(init_answer)
+
+            if answer_type == "connection_ack":
+                return
+
+            if answer_type != "ka":
+                raise TransportProtocolError(
+                    "Websocket server did not return a connection ack"
+                )
+
     async def _send_init_message_and_wait_ack(self) -> None:
         """Send init message to the provided websocket and wait for the connection ACK.
 
@@ -188,14 +205,7 @@ async def _send_init_message_and_wait_ack(self) -> None:
         await self._send(init_message)
 
         # Wait for the connection_ack message or raise a TimeoutError
-        init_answer = await asyncio.wait_for(self._receive(), self.ack_timeout)
-
-        answer_type, answer_id, execution_result = self._parse_answer(init_answer)
-
-        if answer_type != "connection_ack":
-            raise TransportProtocolError(
-                "Websocket server did not return a connection ack"
-            )
+        await asyncio.wait_for(self._wait_ack(), self.ack_timeout)
 
     async def _send_stop_message(self, query_id: int) -> None:
         """Send stop message to the provided websocket connection and query_id.
diff --git a/tests/test_websocket_exceptions.py b/tests/test_websocket_exceptions.py
index 9c1f7a17..aed27189 100644
--- a/tests/test_websocket_exceptions.py
+++ b/tests/test_websocket_exceptions.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ async def test_websocket_transport_protocol_errors(event_loop, client_and_server
 
 async def server_without_ack(ws, path):
     # Sending something else than an ack
-    await WebSocketServer.send_keepalive(ws)
+    await WebSocketServer.send_complete(ws, 1)
     await ws.wait_closed()
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_websocket_query.py b/tests/test_websocket_query.py
index 4d235d95..13014c28 100644
--- a/tests/test_websocket_query.py
+++ b/tests/test_websocket_query.py
@@ -472,3 +472,43 @@ async def test_websocket_add_extra_parameters_to_connect(event_loop, server):
 
     async with Client(transport=sample_transport) as session:
         await session.execute(query)
+
+
+async def server_sending_keep_alive_before_connection_ack(ws, path):
+    await WebSocketServer.send_keepalive(ws)
+    await WebSocketServer.send_keepalive(ws)
+    await WebSocketServer.send_keepalive(ws)
+    await WebSocketServer.send_keepalive(ws)
+    await WebSocketServer.send_connection_ack(ws)
+    result = await ws.recv()
+    print(f"Server received: {result}")
+    await ws.send(query1_server_answer.format(query_id=1))
+    await WebSocketServer.send_complete(ws, 1)
+    await ws.wait_closed()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "server", [server_sending_keep_alive_before_connection_ack], indirect=True
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("query_str", [query1_str])
+async def test_websocket_non_regression_bug_108(
+    event_loop, client_and_server, query_str
+):
+
+    # This test will check that we now ignore keepalive message
+    # arriving before the connection_ack
+    # See bug #108
+
+    session, server = client_and_server
+
+    query = gql(query_str)
+
+    result = await session.execute(query)
+
+    print("Client received:", result)
+
+    continents = result["continents"]
+    africa = continents[0]
+
+    assert africa["code"] == "AF"