diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16f2e96e..76e94b71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ This setting is independent from `LUMIGO_DEBUG`, that is, `LUMIGO_DEBUG` does no
 * `LUMIGO_SWITCH_OFF=TRUE`: This option disables the Lumigo OpenTelemetry Distro entirely; no instrumentation will be injected, no tracing data will be collected.
 * `LUMIGO_AUTO_FILTER_EMPTY_SQS`: This option enables the automatic filtering of empty SQS messages from being sent to Lumigo SaaS. For more information, refer to the [Filtering out empty SQS messages](#filtering-out-empty-sqs-messages) section.
 * `LUMIGO_DISABLE_PG_INSTRUMENTATION=true`: This option disables the automatic instrumentation of [postgres](https://www.npmjs.com/package/pg).
+* `LUMIGO_DISABLE_REDIS_INSTRUMENTATION=true`: This option disables the automatic instrumentation of [redis](https://www.npmjs.com/package/redis).
 * `LUMIGO_DISABLE_NEST_INSTRUMENTATION=true`: This option disables the automatic instrumentation of [@nestjs/core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nestjs/core).
 * `LUMIGO_SECRET_MASKING_REGEX='["regex1", "regex2"]'`: Prevents Lumigo from sending keys that match the supplied regular expressions in process environment data, HTTP headers, payloads and queries. All regular expressions are case-insensitive. The "magic" value `all` will redact everything. By default, Lumigo applies the following regular expressions: `[".*pass.*", ".*key.*", ".*secret.*", ".*credential.*", ".*passphrase.*"]`. More fine-grained settings can be applied via the following environment variables, which will override `LUMIGO_SECRET_MASKING_REGEX` for a specific type of data:
   * `LUMIGO_SECRET_MASKING_REGEX_HTTP_REQUEST_BODIES` applies secret redaction to HTTP request bodies
diff --git a/src/instrumentations/redis/RedisInstrumentation.test.js b/src/instrumentations/redis/RedisInstrumentation.test.js
index c9d47f11..3f951d13 100644
--- a/src/instrumentations/redis/RedisInstrumentation.test.js
+++ b/src/instrumentations/redis/RedisInstrumentation.test.js
@@ -1,13 +1,29 @@
 import LumigoRedisInstrumentation from './RedisInstrumentation';
+import child_process from 'child_process';
 
 describe('LumigoRedisInstrumentation', () => {
+  const oldEnv = Object.assign({}, process.env);
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    process.env = { ...oldEnv };
+  });
+
   afterEach(() => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
+    process.env = { ...oldEnv };
   });
 
   let lumigoRedisInstrumentation = new LumigoRedisInstrumentation();
 
-  test('getInstrumentedModule should return "redis"', () => {
+  test('disable redis instrumentation', () => {
+    const child_process = require('child_process');
+    child_process.execSync('npm install redis@4.0.0', { stdio: 'inherit' });
+
+    process.env.LUMIGO_DISABLE_REDIS_INSTRUMENTATION = 'true';
+    expect(lumigoRedisInstrumentation.isApplicable()).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  test('getInstrumentedModule should return "redis and be applicable"', () => {
     expect(lumigoRedisInstrumentation.getInstrumentedModule()).toEqual('redis');
+    expect(lumigoRedisInstrumentation.isApplicable()).toEqual(true);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/instrumentations/redis/RedisInstrumentation.ts b/src/instrumentations/redis/RedisInstrumentation.ts
index 40306764..9dbb9b8e 100644
--- a/src/instrumentations/redis/RedisInstrumentation.ts
+++ b/src/instrumentations/redis/RedisInstrumentation.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ import { getSpanAttributeMaxLength } from '../../utils';
 import { TracingInstrumentor } from '../instrumentor';
 
 export default class LumigoRedisInstrumentation extends TracingInstrumentor<RedisInstrumentation> {
+  override isApplicable(): boolean {
+    return (
+      super.isApplicable() &&
+      process.env.LUMIGO_DISABLE_REDIS_INSTRUMENTATION?.toLocaleLowerCase() !== 'true'
+    );
+  }
+
   getInstrumentedModule(): string {
     return 'redis';
   }