diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1c98525c..ac321744 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,27 @@ jobs:
     - python: pypy3.5-7.0
       <<: *integration_job
       env: TOXENV=pypy3-integration-py-amqp
+    - python: 2.7
+      <<: *integration_job
+      env: TOXENV=2.7-integration-redis
+    - python: 3.5
+      <<: *integration_job
+      env: TOXENV=3.5-integration-redis
+    - python: 3.6
+      <<: *integration_job
+      env: TOXENV=3.6-integration-redis
+    - python: 3.7
+      <<: *integration_job
+      env: TOXENV=3.7-linux-integration-redis
+    - python: 3.8
+      <<: *integration_job
+      env: TOXENV=3.8-linux-integration-redis
+    - python: pypy2.7-7.1.1
+      <<: *integration_job
+      env: TOXENV=pypy-integration-redis
+    - python: pypy3.5-7.0
+      <<: *integration_job
+      env: TOXENV=pypy3-integration-redis
 
 install:
     - pip --disable-pip-version-check install -U pip setuptools wheel | cat
diff --git a/t/integration/test_redis.py b/t/integration/test_redis.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4a94a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/integration/test_redis.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+from contextlib import closing
+import os
+
+import pytest
+import kombu
+
+def get_connection(
+        hostname, port, vhost):
+    return kombu.Connection('redis://{}:{}'.format(hostname, port))
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def connection(request):
+    # this fixture yields plain connections to broker and TLS encrypted
+    return get_connection(
+        hostname=os.environ.get('REDIS_HOST', 'localhost'),
+        port=os.environ.get('REDIS_6379_TCP', '6379'),
+        vhost=getattr(
+            request.config, "slaveinput", {}
+        ).get("slaveid", None),
+    )
+
+@pytest.mark.env('redis')
+@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=5, reruns_delay=2)
+def test_connect(connection):
+    connection.connect()
+    connection.close()
+
+@pytest.mark.env('redis')
+@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=5, reruns_delay=2)
+def test_publish_consume(connection):
+    test_queue = kombu.Queue('test', routing_key='test')
+
+    def callback(body, message):
+        assert body == {'hello': 'world'}
+        assert message.content_type == 'application/x-python-serialize'
+        message.delivery_info['routing_key'] == 'test'
+        message.delivery_info['exchange'] == ''
+        message.ack()
+        assert message.payload == body
+
+    with connection as conn:
+        with conn.channel() as channel:
+            producer = kombu.Producer(channel)
+            producer.publish(
+                {'hello': 'world'},
+                retry=True,
+                exchange=test_queue.exchange,
+                routing_key=test_queue.routing_key,
+                declare=[test_queue],
+                serializer='pickle'
+            )
+
+            consumer = kombu.Consumer(conn, [test_queue], accept=['pickle'])
+            consumer.register_callback(callback)
+            with consumer:
+                conn.drain_events(timeout=1)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.env('redis')
+@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=5, reruns_delay=2)
+def test_simple_publish_consume(connection):
+    with connection as conn:
+        with closing(conn.SimpleQueue('simple_test')) as queue:
+            queue.put({'Hello': 'World'}, headers={'k1': 'v1'})
+            message = queue.get(timeout=1)
+            assert message.payload == {'Hello': 'World'}
+            assert message.content_type == 'application/json'
+            assert message.content_encoding == 'utf-8'
+            assert message.headers == {'k1': 'v1'}
+            message.ack()
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6a95c602..3d665f4f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 envlist =
     {2.7,pypy,pypy3,3.5,3.6,3.7-{linux,windows},3.8{linux,windows}}-unit
     {2.7,pypy,pypy3,3.5,3.6,3.7-{linux,windows},3.8{linux,windows}}-integration-py-amqp
+    {2.7,pypy,pypy3,3.5,3.6,3.7-{linux,windows},3.8{linux,windows}}-integration-redis
     flake8
     flakeplus
     apicheck
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ deps=
 commands =
     unit: python -bb -m pytest -rxs -xv --cov=kombu --cov-report=xml --no-cov-on-fail {posargs}
     integration-py-amqp: py.test -xv -E py-amqp t/integration {posargs:-n2}
+    integration-redis: py.test -xv -E redis t/integration {posargs:-n2}
 
 basepython =
     2.7,flakeplus,flake8,linkcheck,cov: python2.7
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ install_command = python -m pip --disable-pip-version-check install {opts} {pack
 
 docker =
     integration-py-amqp: rabbitmq:alpine
+    integration-redis: redis:alpine
 
 dockerenv =
     PYAMQP_INTEGRATION_INSTANCE=1
@@ -53,6 +56,14 @@ healthcheck_timeout = 10
 healthcheck_retries = 30
 healthcheck_start_period = 5
 
+[docker:redis:alpine]
+ports = 6379:6379/tcp
+healthcheck_cmd = /bin/sh -c 'redis-cli ping'
+healthcheck_interval = 10
+healthcheck_timeout = 10
+healthcheck_retries = 30
+healthcheck_start_period = 5
+
 [testenv:apicheck]
 commands = pip install -U -r{toxinidir}/requirements/dev.txt
     sphinx-build -j2 -b apicheck -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees docs docs/_build/apicheck