diff --git a/cometd-java/cometd-java-client/cometd-java-client-websocket/cometd-java-client-websocket-javax/src/main/java/org/cometd/client/websocket/javax/WebSocketTransport.java b/cometd-java/cometd-java-client/cometd-java-client-websocket/cometd-java-client-websocket-javax/src/main/java/org/cometd/client/websocket/javax/WebSocketTransport.java
index 7bd8b85153..198ff72405 100644
--- a/cometd-java/cometd-java-client/cometd-java-client-websocket/cometd-java-client-websocket-javax/src/main/java/org/cometd/client/websocket/javax/WebSocketTransport.java
+++ b/cometd-java/cometd-java-client/cometd-java-client-websocket/cometd-java-client-websocket-javax/src/main/java/org/cometd/client/websocket/javax/WebSocketTransport.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
-
 import javax.websocket.ClientEndpointConfig;
 import javax.websocket.CloseReason;
 import javax.websocket.ContainerProvider;
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@
 import javax.websocket.MessageHandler;
 import javax.websocket.Session;
 import javax.websocket.WebSocketContainer;
-
 import org.cometd.bayeux.Message.Mutable;
 import org.cometd.client.transport.ClientTransport;
 import org.cometd.client.transport.TransportListener;
@@ -258,6 +256,13 @@ public void afterResponse(HandshakeResponse hr) {
     public static class Factory extends ContainerLifeCycle implements ClientTransport.Factory {
         private final WebSocketContainer container = ContainerProvider.getWebSocketContainer();
 
+        public Factory() {
+            // The WebSocketContainer comes from the Servlet Container,
+            // so its lifecycle cannot be managed by this class due to
+            // classloader differences; we just add it for dump() purposes.
+            addBean(container, false);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public ClientTransport newClientTransport(String url, Map<String, Object> options) {
             ScheduledExecutorService scheduler = (ScheduledExecutorService)options.get(ClientTransport.SCHEDULER_OPTION);