diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bedb73be..26b39acd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Unreleased
+
+* Add new Redis healthcheck and relevant tests (https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_app_config/pull/183)
+
 # 2.8.2
 
 * Allow apps to configure the host and protocol for Statsd ([#180](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_app_config/pull/180))
diff --git a/lib/govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck.rb b/lib/govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck.rb
index 0244e6be..71e29edd 100644
--- a/lib/govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck.rb
+++ b/lib/govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 require "govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck/active_record"
 require "govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck/mongoid"
 require "govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck/rails_cache"
+require "govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck/redis"
 require "govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck/sidekiq_redis"
 require "govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck/threshold_check"
 require "govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck/sidekiq_queue_check"
diff --git a/lib/govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck/redis.rb b/lib/govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck/redis.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7042679c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck/redis.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+module GovukHealthcheck
+  class Redis
+    def name
+      :redis
+    end
+
+    def status
+      client = ::Redis.new
+
+      client.set("healthcheck", "val")
+      client.get("healthcheck")
+      client.del("healthcheck")
+
+      client.close
+
+      GovukHealthcheck::OK
+    rescue StandardError
+      GovukHealthcheck::CRITICAL
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/govuk_healthcheck/redis_spec.rb b/spec/lib/govuk_healthcheck/redis_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccc9a453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/govuk_healthcheck/redis_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+require "govuk_app_config/govuk_healthcheck"
+require_relative "shared_interface"
+
+RSpec.describe GovukHealthcheck::Redis do
+  let(:redis) { double(:redis) }
+  let(:redis_client) { double(:redis_client, set: "OK", get: "val", del: 1, close: nil) }
+
+  before do
+    stub_const("Redis", redis)
+    allow(redis).to receive(:new).and_return(redis_client)
+  end
+
+  context "when the database is connected" do
+    before { allow(redis_client).to receive(:set) }
+    it_behaves_like "a healthcheck"
+    it "returns OK" do
+      expect(redis_client).to receive(:set).with(anything, anything)
+      expect(subject.status).to eq(GovukHealthcheck::OK)
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when the database is not connected" do
+    before { allow(redis_client).to receive(:set).with(anything, anything).and_raise("error") }
+    it_behaves_like "a healthcheck"
+    it "returns CRITICAL" do
+      expect(subject.status).to eq(GovukHealthcheck::CRITICAL)
+    end
+  end
+end