diff --git a/gluon/contrib/redis_cache.py b/gluon/contrib/redis_cache.py
index 634b91f3..01b98d19 100644
--- a/gluon/contrib/redis_cache.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/redis_cache.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def RedisCache(*args, **vars):
     Usage example: put in models
 
     from gluon.contrib.redis_cache import RedisCache
-    cache.redis = RedisCache('localhost:6379',db=None, debug=True, with_lock=True)
+    cache.redis = RedisCache('localhost:6379',db=None, debug=True, with_lock=True, password=None)
 
     :param db: redis db to use (0..16)
     :param debug: if True adds to stats() the total_hits and misses
@@ -77,8 +77,9 @@ class RedisClient(object):
     MAX_RETRIES = 5
     RETRIES = 0
 
-    def __init__(self, server='localhost:6379', db=None, debug=False, with_lock=False):
+    def __init__(self, server='localhost:6379', db=None, debug=False, with_lock=False, password=None):
         self.server = server
+        self.password = password
         self.db = db or 0
         host, port = (self.server.split(':') + ['6379'])[:2]
         port = int(port)
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ class RedisClient(object):
 
         self.cache_set_key = 'w2p:%s:___cache_set' % (self.request.application)
 
-        self.r_server = redis.Redis(host=host, port=port, db=self.db)
+        self.r_server = redis.Redis(host=host, port=port, db=self.db, password=self.password)
 
     def __call__(self, key, f, time_expire=300, with_lock=None):
         if with_lock is None:
diff --git a/gluon/contrib/redis_session.py b/gluon/contrib/redis_session.py
index 2daa8184..1e88f86c 100644
--- a/gluon/contrib/redis_session.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/redis_session.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def RedisSession(*args, **vars):
     """
     Usage example: put in models
     from gluon.contrib.redis_session import RedisSession
-    sessiondb = RedisSession('localhost:6379',db=0, session_expiry=False)
+    sessiondb = RedisSession('localhost:6379',db=0, session_expiry=False, password=None)
     session.connect(request, response, db = sessiondb)
 
     Simple slip-in storage for session
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ class RedisClient(object):
     _release_script = None
 
     def __init__(self, server='localhost:6379', db=None, debug=False,
-            session_expiry=False, with_lock=False):
+            session_expiry=False, with_lock=False, password=None):
         """session_expiry can be an integer, in seconds, to set the default expiration
            of sessions. The corresponding record will be deleted from the redis instance,
            and there's virtually no need to run sessions2trash.py
         """
         self.server = server
+        self.password = password
         self.db = db or 0
         host, port = (self.server.split(':') + ['6379'])[:2]
         port = int(port)
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class RedisClient(object):
             self.app = current.request.application
         else:
             self.app = ''
-        self.r_server = redis.Redis(host=host, port=port, db=self.db)
+        self.r_server = redis.Redis(host=host, port=port, db=self.db, password=self.password)
         if with_lock:
             RedisClient._release_script = \
                     self.r_server.register_script(_LUA_RELEASE_LOCK)