diff --git a/smile_redis_session_store/README.rst b/smile_redis_session_store/README.rst
index ac79174eb..67c771042 100644
--- a/smile_redis_session_store/README.rst
+++ b/smile_redis_session_store/README.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Available options
 * `redis_port` (default: 6379): Redis port
 * `redis_dbindex` (default: 1): Redis database index
 * `redis_pass` (default: None): Redis password
+* `sentinel_pool`: list of sentinel nodes, a pair like `(hostname, port)`
+* `master_name` (default: mymaster): Redis master name
 
 
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diff --git a/smile_redis_session_store/redis_session_store.py b/smile_redis_session_store/redis_session_store.py
index 8a985da49..a21e5e312 100644
--- a/smile_redis_session_store/redis_session_store.py
+++ b/smile_redis_session_store/redis_session_store.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def is_redis_session_store_activated():
 
 try:
     import redis
+    from redis.sentinel import Sentinel
 except ImportError:
     if is_redis_session_store_activated():
         raise ImportError('Please install package python-redis: apt-get install python-redis')
@@ -48,10 +49,22 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(RedisSessionStore, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.expire = kwargs.get('expire', SESSION_TIMEOUT)
         self.key_prefix = kwargs.get('key_prefix', '')
-        self.redis = redis.Redis(host=tools.config.get('redis_host', 'localhost'),
-                                 port=int(tools.config.get('redis_port', 6379)),
-                                 db=int(tools.config.get('redis_dbindex', 1)),
-                                 password=tools.config.get('redis_pass', None))
+        # sentinel pool mode
+        if tools.config.get('sentinel_pool', None):
+            sentinels = Sentinel(eval(tools.config.get('sentinel_pool')), socket_timeout=0.1)
+            self.redis = sentinels.master_for(
+                tools.config.get('master_name', 'mymaster'),
+                redis_class=redis.Redis,
+                socket_timeout=0.1,
+                db=int(tools.config.get('redis_dbindex', 1)),
+                password=tools.config.get('redis_pass', None))
+        else:
+            self.redis = redis.Redis(
+                host=tools.config.get('redis_host', 'localhost'),
+                port=int(tools.config.get('redis_port', 6379)),
+                db=int(tools.config.get('redis_dbindex', 1)),
+                password=tools.config.get('redis_pass', None))
+
         self._is_redis_server_running()
 
     def save(self, session):