diff --git a/daphne/utils.py b/daphne/utils.py
index b066433..8fc339b 100644
--- a/daphne/utils.py
+++ b/daphne/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 from twisted.web.http_headers import Headers
 
 
+def header_value(headers, header_name):
+    value = headers[header_name]
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        value = value[0]
+    return value.decode("utf-8")
+
+
 def parse_x_forwarded_for(headers,
                           address_header_name='X-Forwarded-For',
                           port_header_name='X-Forwarded-Port',
@@ -27,7 +34,7 @@ def parse_x_forwarded_for(headers,
     address_header_name = address_header_name.lower().encode("utf-8")
     result = original
     if address_header_name in headers:
-        address_value = headers[address_header_name][0].decode("utf-8")
+        address_value = header_value(headers, address_header_name)
 
         if ',' in address_value:
             address_value = address_value.split(",")[-1].strip()
@@ -47,7 +54,7 @@ def parse_x_forwarded_for(headers,
             # header to avoid inconsistent results.
             port_header_name = port_header_name.lower().encode("utf-8")
             if port_header_name in headers:
-                port_value = headers[port_header_name][0].decode("utf-8")
+                port_value = header_value(headers, port_header_name)
                 try:
                     result[1] = int(port_value)
                 except ValueError:

diff --git a/daphne/tests/test_utils.py b/daphne/tests/test_utils.py
index 61fe1a3..10a10f3 100644
--- a/daphne/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/daphne/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ from twisted.web.http_headers import Headers
 from ..utils import parse_x_forwarded_for
 
 
-class TestXForwardedForParsing(TestCase):
+class TestXForwardedForHttpParsing(TestCase):
     """
-    Tests that the parse_x_forwarded_for util correcly parses headers.
+    Tests that the parse_x_forwarded_for util correctly parses twisted Header.
     """
 
     def test_basic(self):
@@ -59,3 +59,57 @@ class TestXForwardedForParsing(TestCase):
     def test_no_original(self):
         headers = Headers({})
         self.assertIsNone(parse_x_forwarded_for(headers))
+
+
+class TestXForwardedForWsParsing(TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests that the parse_x_forwarded_for util correctly parses dict headers.
+    """
+
+    def test_basic(self):
+        headers = {
+            b'X-Forwarded-For': b'10.1.2.3',
+            b'X-Forwarded-Port': b'1234',
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(
+            parse_x_forwarded_for(headers),
+            ['10.1.2.3', 1234]
+        )
+
+    def test_address_only(self):
+        headers = {
+            b'X-Forwarded-For': b'10.1.2.3',
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(
+            parse_x_forwarded_for(headers),
+            ['10.1.2.3', 0]
+        )
+
+    def test_port_in_address(self):
+        headers = {
+            b'X-Forwarded-For': b'10.1.2.3:5123',
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(
+            parse_x_forwarded_for(headers),
+            ['10.1.2.3', 5123]
+        )
+
+    def test_multiple_proxys(self):
+        headers = {
+            b'X-Forwarded-For': b'10.1.2.3, 10.1.2.4',
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(
+            parse_x_forwarded_for(headers),
+            ['10.1.2.4', 0]
+        )
+
+    def test_original(self):
+        headers = {}
+        self.assertEqual(
+            parse_x_forwarded_for(headers, original=['127.0.0.1', 80]),
+            ['127.0.0.1', 80]
+        )
+
+    def test_no_original(self):
+        headers = {}
+        self.assertIsNone(parse_x_forwarded_for(headers))

--proxy-headers error
Hi,

I just tested `daphne` with `--proxy-headers` behind a nginx server, and got the following exception when my browser initiates the websocket connection:

```
2017-02-07 15:13:43,115 ERROR    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/path/ve/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/daphne/ws_protocol.py", line 62, in onConnect
    self.requestHeaders,
AttributeError: 'WebSocketProtocol' object has no attribute 'requestHeaders'
```

I'm using the channels-examples/databinding app with the following virtualenv content:
```
appdirs==1.4.0
asgi-redis==1.0.0
asgiref==1.0.0
autobahn==0.17.1
channels==1.0.3
constantly==15.1.0
daphne==1.0.2
Django==1.10.5
incremental==16.10.1
msgpack-python==0.4.8
packaging==16.8
pyparsing==2.1.10
redis==2.10.5
six==1.10.0
Twisted==16.6.0
txaio==2.6.0
uWSGI==2.0.14
zope.interface==4.3.3
```

Is it a version compatibility issue, or a bug maybe ?

Thanks !
daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForWsParsing::test_address_only daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForWsParsing::test_basic daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForWsParsing::test_multiple_proxys daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForWsParsing::test_port_in_address
daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForHttpParsing::test_address_only daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForHttpParsing::test_basic daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForHttpParsing::test_multiple_proxys daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForHttpParsing::test_no_original daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForHttpParsing::test_original daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForHttpParsing::test_port_in_address daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForWsParsing::test_no_original daphne/tests/test_utils.py::TestXForwardedForWsParsing::test_original