diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0f17753..f78bf9ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ If your company or project is using this library, feel free to open an issue or
 - [Abaddon](https://github.com/uowuo/abaddon), An alternative Discord client made with C++/gtkmm 
 - [NovaCoin](https://github.com/novacoin-project/novacoin), a hybrid scrypt PoW + PoS based cryptocurrency.
 - [Candy](https://github.com/lanthora/candy), A WebSocket and TUN based VPN for Linux 
+- [ITGmania](https://github.com/itgmania/itgmania), a cross platform Dance Dance Revolution-like emulator.
 
 ## Alternative libraries
 
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.cpp
index 97c87b97..f24612ff 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ namespace ix
         mbedtls_x509_crt_init(&_cacert);
         mbedtls_x509_crt_init(&_cert);
         mbedtls_pk_init(&_pkey);
+        // Initialize the PSA Crypto API if requested.
+        // This allows the X.509/TLS libraries to use PSA for crypto operations.
+        // See: https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/blob/development/docs/use-psa-crypto.md
+        #if defined(IXWEBSOCKET_MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO)
+        psa_crypto_init();
+        #endif
     }
 
     bool SocketMbedTLS::loadSystemCertificates(std::string& errorMsg)