diff --git a/socketio/asyncio_server.py b/socketio/asyncio_server.py
index cbd812bf..f0e4679a 100644
--- a/socketio/asyncio_server.py
+++ b/socketio/asyncio_server.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import engineio
 
 from . import asyncio_manager
+from . import exceptions
 from . import packet
 from . import server
 
@@ -320,11 +321,18 @@ async def _handle_connect(self, sid, namespace):
         """Handle a client connection request."""
         namespace = namespace or '/'
         self.manager.connect(sid, namespace)
-        if await self._trigger_event('connect', namespace, sid,
-                                     self.environ[sid]) is False:
+
+        try:
+            success = await self._trigger_event('connect', namespace, sid, self.environ[sid])
+        except exceptions.ConnectionRefusedError as exc:
+            fail_reason = exc.get_info()
+            success = False
+        else:
+            fail_reason = None
+
+        if success is False:
             self.manager.disconnect(sid, namespace)
-            await self._send_packet(sid, packet.Packet(packet.ERROR,
-                                                       namespace=namespace))
+            await self._send_packet(sid, packet.Packet(packet.ERROR, data=fail_reason, namespace=namespace))
             if sid in self.environ:  # pragma: no cover
                 del self.environ[sid]
             return False
diff --git a/socketio/exceptions.py b/socketio/exceptions.py
index 5bd86979..2c325f2e 100644
--- a/socketio/exceptions.py
+++ b/socketio/exceptions.py
@@ -4,3 +4,17 @@ class SocketIOError(Exception):
 
 class ConnectionError(SocketIOError):
     pass
+
+
+class ConnectionRefusedError(ConnectionError):
+    """
+    Raised when connection is refused on the application level
+    """
+    def __init__(self, info):
+        self._info = info
+
+    def get_info(self):
+        """
+        This method could be overridden in subclass to add extra logic for data output
+        """
+        return self._info
diff --git a/socketio/server.py b/socketio/server.py
index 449c94a1..8151e535 100644
--- a/socketio/server.py
+++ b/socketio/server.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import six
 
 from . import base_manager
+from . import exceptions
 from . import packet
 from . import namespace
 
@@ -485,11 +486,17 @@ def _handle_connect(self, sid, namespace):
         """Handle a client connection request."""
         namespace = namespace or '/'
         self.manager.connect(sid, namespace)
-        if self._trigger_event('connect', namespace, sid,
-                               self.environ[sid]) is False:
+        try:
+            success = self._trigger_event('connect', namespace, sid, self.environ[sid])
+        except exceptions.ConnectionRefusedError as exc:
+            fail_reason = exc.get_info()
+            success = False
+        else:
+            fail_reason = None
+
+        if success is False:
             self.manager.disconnect(sid, namespace)
-            self._send_packet(sid, packet.Packet(packet.ERROR,
-                                                 namespace=namespace))
+            self._send_packet(sid, packet.Packet(packet.ERROR, data=fail_reason, namespace=namespace))
             if sid in self.environ:  # pragma: no cover
                 del self.environ[sid]
             return False