diff --git a/app/config/config.go b/app/config/config.go
index c09b27f..f0a81c0 100644
--- a/app/config/config.go
+++ b/app/config/config.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 type RedisConfig struct {
 	Addr     string `yaml:"addr"`
+	User     string `yaml:"user"`
 	Password string `yaml:"password"`
 	DB       int    `yaml:"db"`
 	CacheID  string `yaml:"cache_id"`
diff --git a/app/config/config_test.go b/app/config/config_test.go
index 9d95755..d9aad83 100644
--- a/app/config/config_test.go
+++ b/app/config/config_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		Redis: RedisConfig{
 			Addr:     "localhost:6379",
+			User:     "myuser",
 			Password: "passwd",
 			DB:       4,
 			Prefix:   "some::ship",
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ telegram:
   channel: -123456789
 redis:
   addr: "localhost:6379"
+  user: "myuser"
   password: "passwd"
   db: 4
   prefix: "some::ship"
diff --git a/cmd/thalos/main.go b/cmd/thalos/main.go
index b5284f1..d8390e7 100644
--- a/cmd/thalos/main.go
+++ b/cmd/thalos/main.go
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Connect to redis
 	rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
 		Addr:     conf.Redis.Addr,
+		Username: conf.Redis.User,
 		Password: conf.Redis.Password,
 		DB:       conf.Redis.DB,
 	})
diff --git a/config.example.yml b/config.example.yml
index afcad35..0935d91 100644
--- a/config.example.yml
+++ b/config.example.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ redis:
   # Address (and port) to redis server
   addr: "localhost:6379"
 
+  # Username to use when authenticating
+  user: ""
+
   # Password to use when authenticating
   pasword: ""