diff --git a/src/Stash/Driver/Redis.php b/src/Stash/Driver/Redis.php
index f8371c5e..b5158551 100644
--- a/src/Stash/Driver/Redis.php
+++ b/src/Stash/Driver/Redis.php
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ class Redis implements DriverInterface
      */
     protected $keyCache = array();
 
+    protected $redisArrayOptionNames = array(
+        "previous",
+        "function",
+        "distributor",
+        "index",
+        "autorehash",
+        "pconnect",
+        "retry_interval",
+        "lazy_connect",
+        "connect_timeout",
+    );
+
     /**
      * Initializes the driver.
      *
@@ -147,6 +159,13 @@ public function setOptions(array $options = array())
 
         } else {
 
+            $redisArrayOptions = array();
+            foreach ($this->redisArrayOptionNames as $optionName) {
+                if (array_key_exists($optionName, $options)) {
+                    $redisArrayOptions[$optionName] = $options[$optionName];
+                }
+            }
+
             $serverArray = array();
             foreach ($servers as $server) {
                 $serverString = $server['server'];
@@ -156,7 +175,7 @@ public function setOptions(array $options = array())
                 $serverArray[] = $serverString;
             }
 
-            $redis = new \RedisArray($serverArray);
+            $redis = new \RedisArray($serverArray, $redisArrayOptions);
         }
 
         // select database
diff --git a/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/AbstractDriverTest.php b/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/AbstractDriverTest.php
index 3312e183..59df4815 100644
--- a/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/AbstractDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/AbstractDriverTest.php
@@ -65,10 +65,13 @@ protected function setUp()
         }
     }
 
-    protected function getFreshDriver()
+    protected function getFreshDriver(array $options = null)
     {
         $driverClass = $this->driverClass;
-        $options = $this->getOptions();
+
+        if ($options === null) {
+            $options = $this->getOptions();
+        }
 
         if (!$driverClass::isAvailable()) {
             return false;
diff --git a/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/RedisArrayTest.php b/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/RedisArrayTest.php
index fbc7524d..eafe04f6 100644
--- a/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/RedisArrayTest.php
+++ b/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/RedisArrayTest.php
@@ -64,4 +64,50 @@ public function itShouldConstructARedisArray()
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf('\RedisArray', $redisArray);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function itShouldPassOptionsToRedisArray()
+    {
+        $redisArrayOptions = array(
+            "previous"        => "something",
+            "function"        => function ($key) { return $key; },
+            "distributor"     => function ($key) { return 0; },
+            "index"           => "something",
+            "autorehash"      => "something",
+            "pconnect"        => "something",
+            "retry_interval"  => "something",
+            "lazy_connect"    => "something",
+            "connect_timeout" => "something",
+        );
+
+        $driverOptions = array_merge(
+            $this->getOptions(),
+            $redisArrayOptions
+        );
+
+        if (!extension_loaded('uopz')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('uopz extension is necessarry in order to stub "new".');
+        }
+
+        uopz_backup('\RedisArray', '__construct');
+
+        $self = $this;
+        uopz_function(
+            '\RedisArray',
+            '__construct',
+            function ($serverArray, $actualRedisArrayOptions) use ($self, $redisArrayOptions) {
+                $self->assertEquals(
+                    $redisArrayOptions,
+                    $actualRedisArrayOptions
+                );
+            }
+        );
+
+        $this->getFreshDriver($driverOptions);
+
+        uopz_restore('\RedisArray', '__construct');
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/travis/php_setup.sh b/tests/travis/php_setup.sh
index 4bf3582b..492fed17 100755
--- a/tests/travis/php_setup.sh
+++ b/tests/travis/php_setup.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ else
     rm -Rf phpredis
     echo "Finished installing phpredis extension."
 
+    echo ""
+    echo "******************************"
+    echo "Installing uopz extension if possible (PHP >=5.4)."
+    echo "******************************"
+    set +e
+    pecl install uopz
+    set -e
+    echo "Finished installing uopz extension."
+
     echo ""
     echo "*********************"
     echo "Updating php.ini file"