diff --git a/kombu/transport/redis.py b/kombu/transport/redis.py
index bd81a89e..0ca41e29 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/redis.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/redis.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from . import virtual
 
 try:
     import redis
+    import redis.sentinel
 except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
     redis = None     # noqa
 
@@ -453,6 +454,8 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
          'priority_steps')  # <-- do not add comma here!
     )
 
+    connection_class = redis.Connection
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super_ = super(Channel, self)
         super_.__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -832,7 +835,7 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
     def _connparams(self, async=False):
         conninfo = self.connection.client
         connparams = {'host': conninfo.hostname or '127.0.0.1',
-                      'port': conninfo.port or DEFAULT_PORT,
+                      'port': conninfo.port or self.connection.default_port,
                       'virtual_host': conninfo.virtual_host,
                       'password': conninfo.password,
                       'max_connections': self.max_connections,
@@ -859,7 +862,7 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
         channel = self
         connection_cls = (
             connparams.get('connection_class') or
-            redis.Connection
+            self.connection_class
             )
 
         if async:
@@ -867,7 +870,9 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
                 def disconnect(self):
                     super(Connection, self).disconnect()
                     channel._on_connection_disconnect(self)
-            connparams['connection_class'] = Connection
+            connection_cls = Connection
+
+        connparams['connection_class'] = connection_cls
 
         return connparams
 
@@ -919,6 +924,7 @@ class Channel(virtual.Channel):
     def async_pool(self):
         if self._async_pool is None:
             self._async_pool = self._get_pool(async=True)
+        return self._async_pool
 
     @cached_property
     def client(self):
@@ -1023,31 +1029,38 @@ class SentinelChannel(Channel):
     """
 
     from_transport_options = Channel.from_transport_options + (
-        'service_name',
-        'password',
+        'master_name',
         'min_other_sentinels',
-        'sentinel_timeout')
+        'sentinel_kwargs')
 
-    @cached_property
-    def _sentinel_managed_pool(self):
+    connection_class = redis.sentinel.SentinelManagedConnection
 
-        connparams = self._connparams()
+    def _sentinel_managed_pool(self, async=False):
+        connparams = self._connparams(async)
+
+        additional_params = connparams.copy()
+
+        del additional_params['host']
+        del additional_params['port']
 
         sentinel = redis.sentinel.Sentinel(
             [(connparams['host'], connparams['port'])],
-            min_other_sentinels=getattr(self, 'min_other_sentinels', None),
-            password=getattr(self, 'password', connparams['password']),
-            sentinel_kwargs={"socket_timeout": getattr(self, 'sentinel_timeout', self.socket_timeout)},
+            min_other_sentinels=getattr(self, 'min_other_sentinels', 0),
+            sentinel_kwargs=getattr(self, 'sentinel_kwargs', {}),
+            **additional_params
         )
 
-        return sentinel.master_for(
-            self.service_name,
-            self.Client,
-            socket_timeout=self.socket_timeout).connection_pool
+        master_name = getattr(self, 'master_name', None)
 
-    def _get_pool(self):
-        return self._sentinel_managed_pool
+        return sentinel.master_for(
+            master_name,
+            self.Client,
+        ).connection_pool
+
+    def _get_pool(self, async=False):
+        return self._sentinel_managed_pool(False)
 
 
 class SentinelTransport(Transport):
+    default_port = 26379
     Channel = SentinelChannel