diff --git a/t/sanity.t b/t/sanity.t
index c035d3b..62fb007 100644
--- a/t/sanity.t
+++ b/t/sanity.t
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ __DATA__
   --without-lua_redis_parser         disable the lua-redis-parser library
   --without-lua_rds_parser           disable the lua-rds-parser library
   --without-lua_resty_memcached      disable the lua-resty-memcached library
+  --without-lua_resty_redis          disable the lua-resty-redis library
 
   --without-lua51                    disable the bundled Lua 5.1 interpreter
   --with-lua51=PATH                  specify the external installation of Lua 5.1 by PATH
@@ -2485,3 +2486,62 @@ install: all
 clean:
 	rm -rf build
 
+
+=== TEST 43: --without-lua_resty_redis
+--- cmd: ./configure --dry-run --without-lua_resty_redis
+--- out
+platform: linux (linux)
+cp -rp bundle/ build
+cd build
+cd lua-5.1.4
+gmake linux
+gmake install INSTALL_TOP=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua
+export LUA_LIB='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/lib'
+export LUA_INC='$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include'
+cd ..
+cd nginx-1.0.11
+./configure --prefix=/usr/local/openresty/nginx \
+  --add-module=../ngx_devel_kit-0.2.17 \
+  --add-module=../echo-nginx-module-0.38rc1 \
+  --add-module=../xss-nginx-module-0.03rc9 \
+  --add-module=../ngx_coolkit-0.2rc1 \
+  --add-module=../set-misc-nginx-module-0.22rc5 \
+  --add-module=../form-input-nginx-module-0.07rc5 \
+  --add-module=../encrypted-session-nginx-module-0.02 \
+  --add-module=../ngx_lua-0.5.0rc16 \
+  --add-module=../headers-more-nginx-module-0.17rc1 \
+  --add-module=../srcache-nginx-module-0.13rc3 \
+  --add-module=../array-var-nginx-module-0.03rc1 \
+  --add-module=../memc-nginx-module-0.13rc3 \
+  --add-module=../redis2-nginx-module-0.08rc3 \
+  --add-module=../upstream-keepalive-nginx-module-0.7 \
+  --add-module=../auth-request-nginx-module-0.2 \
+  --add-module=../rds-json-nginx-module-0.12rc7 \
+  --add-module=../rds-csv-nginx-module-0.05rc1 \
+  --with-http_ssl_module
+cd ../..
+Type the following commands to build and install:
+    gmake
+    gmake install
+
+--- makefile
+.PHONY: all install clean
+
+all:
+	cd $OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-5.1.4 && $(MAKE) linux
+	cd $OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-cjson-1.0.3 && $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) LUA_INCLUDE_DIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include LUA_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/openresty/lualib CC=gcc
+	cd $OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-redis-parser-0.09rc6 && $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) LUA_INCLUDE_DIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include LUA_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/openresty/lualib CC=gcc
+	cd $OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-rds-parser-0.04 && $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) LUA_INCLUDE_DIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include LUA_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/openresty/lualib CC=gcc
+	cd $OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/nginx-1.0.11 && $(MAKE)
+
+install: all
+	cd $OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-5.1.4 && $(MAKE) install INSTALL_TOP=$(DESTDIR)/usr/local/openresty/lua
+	cd $OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-cjson-1.0.3 && $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) LUA_INCLUDE_DIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include LUA_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/openresty/lualib CC=gcc
+	cd $OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-redis-parser-0.09rc6 && $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) LUA_INCLUDE_DIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include LUA_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/openresty/lualib CC=gcc
+	cd $OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-rds-parser-0.04 && $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) LUA_INCLUDE_DIR=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-root/usr/local/openresty/lua/include LUA_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/openresty/lualib CC=gcc
+	cd $OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/lua-resty-memcached-0.05 && $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) LUA_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/openresty/lualib INSTALL=$OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/install
+	cd $OPENRESTY_BUILD_DIR/nginx-1.0.11 && $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf build
+
diff --git a/util/configure b/util/configure
index 295d2c1..cf90a04 100755
--- a/util/configure
+++ b/util/configure
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ for my $opt (@ARGV) {
     } elsif ($opt eq '--without-lua_resty_memcached') {
         $resty_opts{no_lua_resty_memcached} = 1;
 
+    } elsif ($opt eq '--without-lua_resty_redis') {
+        $resty_opts{no_lua_resty_redis} = 1;
+
     } elsif ($opt eq '--without-lua_rds_parser') {
         $resty_opts{no_lua_rds_parser} = 1;
 
@@ -765,6 +768,20 @@ _EOC_
             push @make_install_cmds, "cd $root_dir/build/$dir && " .
                 "\$(MAKE) install$extra_opts";
         }
+
+        unless ($opts->{no_lua_resty_redis}) {
+            my $name = 'lua-resty-redis';
+            my $dir = auto_complete $name;
+            if (!defined $dir) {
+                die "No $name found";
+            }
+
+            my $extra_opts = " DESTDIR=\$(DESTDIR) LUA_LIB_DIR=$lualib_prefix"
+                ." INSTALL=$root_dir/build/install";
+
+            push @make_install_cmds, "cd $root_dir/build/$dir && " .
+                "\$(MAKE) install$extra_opts";
+        }
     }
 
     # prepare nginx configure line
@@ -864,6 +881,7 @@ _EOC_
   --without-lua_redis_parser         disable the lua-redis-parser library
   --without-lua_rds_parser           disable the lua-rds-parser library
   --without-lua_resty_memcached      disable the lua-resty-memcached library
+  --without-lua_resty_redis          disable the lua-resty-redis library
 
   --without-lua51                    disable the bundled Lua 5.1 interpreter
   --with-lua51=PATH                  specify the external installation of Lua 5.1 by PATH
diff --git a/util/mirror-tarballs b/util/mirror-tarballs
index 5b28bc3..180951a 100755
--- a/util/mirror-tarballs
+++ b/util/mirror-tarballs
@@ -263,6 +263,13 @@ mv agentzh-lua-resty-memcached-* lua-resty-memcached-$ver || exit 1
 
 #################################
 
+ver=0.05
+$root/util/get-tarball "http://github.com/agentzh/lua-resty-redis/tarball/v$ver" -O "lua-resty-redis-$ver.tar.gz" || exit 1
+tar -xzf lua-resty-redis-$ver.tar.gz || exit 1
+mv agentzh-lua-resty-redis-* lua-resty-redis-$ver || exit 1
+
+#################################
+
 rm *.tar.gz
 
 cd ..