diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/NativeRedisSessionHandler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/NativeRedisSessionHandler.php
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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler;
+
+/**
+ * NativeRedisSessionStorage.
+ *
+ * Driver for the redis session save hadlers provided by the redis PHP extension.
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/nicolasff/phpredis
+ *
+ * @author Andrej Hudec <pulzarraider@gmail.com>
+ */
+class NativeRedisSessionHandler extends NativeSessionHandler
+{
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * @param string $savePath Path of redis server.
+     */
+    public function __construct($savePath = 'tcp://127.0.0.1:6379?persistent=0')
+    {
+        if (!extension_loaded('redis')) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('PHP does not have "redis" session module registered');
+        }
+
+        if (null === $savePath) {
+            $savePath = ini_get('session.save_path');
+        }
+
+        ini_set('session.save_handler', 'redis');
+        ini_set('session.save_path', $savePath);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/NativeRedisSessionHandlerTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/NativeRedisSessionHandlerTest.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Tests\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler\NativeRedisSessionHandler;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\NativeSessionStorage;
+
+/**
+ * Test class for NativeRedisSessionHandlerTest.
+ *
+ * @runTestsInSeparateProcesses
+ */
+class NativeRedisSessionHandlerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testSaveHandlers()
+    {
+        if (!extension_loaded('redis')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Skipped tests Redis extension is not present');
+        }
+
+        $storage = new NativeSessionStorage(array('name' => 'TESTING'), new NativeRedisSessionHandler('tcp://127.0.0.1:6379?persistent=0'));
+
+        if (version_compare(phpversion(), '5.4.0', '<')) {
+            $this->assertEquals('redis', $storage->getSaveHandler()->getSaveHandlerName());
+            $this->assertEquals('redis', ini_get('session.save_handler'));
+        } else {
+            $this->assertEquals('redis', $storage->getSaveHandler()->getSaveHandlerName());
+            $this->assertEquals('user', ini_get('session.save_handler'));
+        }
+
+        $this->assertEquals('tcp://127.0.0.1:6379?persistent=0', ini_get('session.save_path'));
+        $this->assertEquals('TESTING', ini_get('session.name'));
+    }
+}
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