diff --git a/pagure/__init__.py b/pagure/__init__.py
index e361219..2174776 100644
--- a/pagure/__init__.py
+++ b/pagure/__init__.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from logging.handlers import SMTPHandler
 
 import flask
 import pygit2
+import redis
 from flask_fas_openid import FAS
 from functools import wraps
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ if 'PAGURE_CONFIG' in os.environ:
 
 FAS = FAS(APP)
 SESSION = pagure.lib.create_session(APP.config['DB_URL'])
+REDIS = redis.StrictRedis(
+    host=APP.config['REDIS_HOST'],
+    port=APP.config['REDIS_PORT'],
+    db=APP.config['REDIS_DB'])
 
 if not APP.debug:
     APP.logger.addHandler(pagure.mail_logging.get_mail_handler(
diff --git a/pagure/default_config.py b/pagure/default_config.py
index 5bb57c2..d7330fa 100644
--- a/pagure/default_config.py
+++ b/pagure/default_config.py
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH = 4 * 1024 * 1024  # 4 megabytes
 # IP addresses allowed to access the internal endpoints
 IP_ALLOWED_INTERNAL = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost', '::1']
 
+# Redis configuration
+REDIS_HOST = 'localhost'
+REDIS_PORT = 6379
+REDIS_DB = 'pagure'
+
 # Folder containing to the git repos
 GIT_FOLDER = os.path.join(
     os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)),