diff --git a/axum/CHANGELOG.md b/axum/CHANGELOG.md
index 7483c6c3..2589459b 100644
--- a/axum/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/axum/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   you likely need to re-enable the `tokio` feature ([#1382])
 - **breaking:** `handler::{WithState, IntoService}` are merged into one type,
   named `HandlerService` ([#1418])
+- **added:** String and binary `From` impls have been added to `extract::ws::Message`
+  to be more inline with `tungstenite` ([#1421])
 
 [#1368]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/1368
 [#1371]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/1371
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#1408]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/1408
 [#1414]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/1414
 [#1418]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/1418
+[#1421]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/1421
 
 # 0.6.0-rc.2 (10. September, 2022)
 
diff --git a/axum/src/extract/ws.rs b/axum/src/extract/ws.rs
index 4156a16c..a48f9a73 100644
--- a/axum/src/extract/ws.rs
+++ b/axum/src/extract/ws.rs
@@ -545,6 +545,30 @@ impl Message {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<String> for Message {
+    fn from(string: String) -> Self {
+        Message::Text(string)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'s> From<&'s str> for Message {
+    fn from(string: &'s str) -> Self {
+        Message::Text(string.into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'b> From<&'b [u8]> for Message {
+    fn from(data: &'b [u8]) -> Self {
+        Message::Binary(data.into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Vec<u8>> for Message {
+    fn from(data: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+        Message::Binary(data)
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Message> for Vec<u8> {
     fn from(msg: Message) -> Self {
         msg.into_data()