diff --git a/base.php b/base.php
index da9e926..b66657c 100644
--- a/base.php
+++ b/base.php
@@ -495,3 +495,4 @@ function cronjob_db_create($software, $instance, $sql, $time=3600) {
 
 // classes
 require 'classes/PgDatabase.php';
+require 'classes/RedisDatabase.php';
diff --git a/classes/RedisDatabase.php b/classes/RedisDatabase.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7aa63d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/RedisDatabase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+class RedisDatabase extends Redis {
+
+	public function __construct($software, $instance) {
+		$config = instance_config($software, $instance);
+		try {
+			$this->connect($config['redis_host'], $config['redis_port']);
+			if (isset($config['redis_password']))
+				$this->auth($config['redis_password']);
+		} catch (RedisException $e) {
+			return apiresult(['error' => 'Could not connect to Redis: '.strval($e)]);
+		}
+
+		if ($this->ping())
+			return true;
+		return false;
+	}
+}