diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3254a0f..0fb789a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ dist
 *.egg
 .idea
 *.sublime*
+*.swp
+virtualenv
+venv
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1b9bf65..f0b41f5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,5 @@ matrix:
     - python: "pypy"
       env: DJANGO="django>=1.4,<2.0"
 install:
-  - pip install $DJANGO
-  - pip install -q redis
+  - pip install -r <(cat dev_requirements.txt | sed "s/django/$DJANGO/")
 script: python setup.py nosetests
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index dbbfb63..147f510 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 nose
 django
-redis
\ No newline at end of file
+redis==2.10.3
diff --git a/redis_sessions/__init__.py b/redis_sessions/__init__.py
index 8411e55..aece342 100644
--- a/redis_sessions/__init__.py
+++ b/redis_sessions/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.6.1'
+__version__ = '0.6.2'
diff --git a/redis_sessions/session.py b/redis_sessions/session.py
index 35e7025..57972a8 100644
--- a/redis_sessions/session.py
+++ b/redis_sessions/session.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ def __init__(self, session_key):
 
         if settings.SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_LIST is not None:
             self.connection_type = 'sentinel'
+        if settings.SESSION_REDIS_CONNECTION_OBJECT is not None:
+            self.connection_type = 'connection_object'
         else:
             if settings.SESSION_REDIS_POOL is not None:
                 server_key, server = self.get_server(session_key, settings.SESSION_REDIS_POOL)
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ def __init__(self, session_key):
                 self.connection_type = 'redis_unix_url'
             elif settings.SESSION_REDIS_HOST is not None:
                 self.connection_type = 'redis_host'
-            
+
         self.connection_key += self.connection_type
 
     def get_server(self, key, servers_pool):
@@ -61,7 +63,9 @@ def get(self):
         if self.connection_key in self.__redis:
             return self.__redis[self.connection_key]
 
-        if self.connection_type == 'sentinel':
+        if self.connection_type == 'connection_object':
+            self.__redis[self.connection_key] = settings.SESSION_REDIS_CONNECTION_OBJECT
+        elif self.connection_type == 'sentinel':
             from redis.sentinel import Sentinel
             self.__redis[self.connection_key] = Sentinel(
                 settings.SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_LIST,
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ def delete(self, session_key=None):
     @classmethod
     def clear_expired(cls):
         pass
-        
+
     def get_real_stored_key(self, session_key):
         """Return the real key name in redis storage
         @return string
diff --git a/redis_sessions/settings.py b/redis_sessions/settings.py
index 6b89378..c7797d8 100644
--- a/redis_sessions/settings.py
+++ b/redis_sessions/settings.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # SESSION_REDIS - Default
 SESSION_REDIS = getattr(settings, 'SESSION_REDIS', {})
-
+SESSION_REDIS_CONNECTION_OBJECT = getattr(settings, 'SESSION_REDIS_CONNECTION_OBJECT', None)
 SESSION_REDIS_HOST = SESSION_REDIS.get('host', 'localhost')
 SESSION_REDIS_PORT = SESSION_REDIS.get('port', 6379)
 SESSION_REDIS_SOCKET_TIMEOUT = SESSION_REDIS.get('socket_timeout', 0.1)
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@
 
 # should be on the format [(host, port), (host, port), (host, port)]
 SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_LIST = getattr(settings, 'SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_LIST', None)
-SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_MASTER_ALIAS = getattr(settings, 'SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_MASTER_ALIAS', None)
\ No newline at end of file
+SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_MASTER_ALIAS = getattr(settings, 'SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_MASTER_ALIAS', None)
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index fbef31d..253b4fa 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -167,11 +167,32 @@ def test_redis_pool_server_select():
         eq_(server_key, 0)
 
 
+def test_redis_connection_object():
+    settings.SESSION_REDIS_CONNECTION_OBJECT = redis.StrictRedis(
+        host='redis',
+        port=1234,
+        db=12,
+    )
+
+    from redis_sessions.session import SessionStore
+
+    redis_session = SessionStore()
+    server = redis_session.server
+
+    host = server.connection_pool.connection_kwargs.get('host')
+    port = server.connection_pool.connection_kwargs.get('port')
+    db = server.connection_pool.connection_kwargs.get('db')
+
+    eq_(host, 'redis')
+    eq_(port, 1234)
+    eq_(db, 12)
+
+
 def test_with_unix_url_config():
     pass
 
     # Uncomment this in `redis.conf`:
-    # 
+    #
     # unixsocket /tmp/redis.sock
     # unixsocketperm 755