diff --git a/README b/README
index 71d5d19..eea4337 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ env.password secret-password
 
 and/or
 
+[redis_*]
+env.REDISCLI_AUTH password1234
+
+and/or
+
 [redis_remoteserverip_remoteserverport]
 env.password another-secret-password
 
@@ -48,3 +53,9 @@ and/or
 
 [redis_socket_socketpath]
 env.password another-secret-password
+
+If redis-cli is not in the default PATH, you can set the location of the
+redis-cli binary in the config file ala /etc/munin/plugin-conf.d/redis:
+
+[redis_*]
+env.redis_cli /opt/rh/rh-redis5/root/usr/bin/redis-cli
diff --git a/redis_ b/redis_
index 80ed6ac..c97e513 100755
--- a/redis_
+++ b/redis_
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 #%# family=auto
 #%# capabilities=autoconf suggest
 
+# location of redis-cli - defaults to redis-cli found in $PATH
+redis_cli=${redis_cli:-redis-cli}
+
 ip_socket=$(echo $0 | awk -F_ '{ print $2 }')
 if [[ $ip_socket = "socket" ]]; then
 tmp_var=$(echo $0 | awk -F_ '{ s = ""; for (i = 3; i <= NF; i++) s = s $i "/"; print s }')
@@ -39,13 +42,13 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
-    redis-cli $ip_socket $port_path $passwd info >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo yes && exit 0
+    $redis_cli $ip_socket $port_path $passwd info >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo yes && exit 0
     echo no
     exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "suggest" ]; then
-    redis-cli $ip_socket $port_path $passwd info >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo ${ip_socket}_${port_path}
+    $redis_cli $ip_socket $port_path $passwd info >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo ${ip_socket}_${port_path}
     exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
     # Expose all possibles graphes according to server's capabilities
-    redis-cli $ip_socket $port_path $passwd info | awk -v port=${muninport} -F: '
+    $redis_cli $ip_socket $port_path $passwd info | awk -v port=${muninport} -F: '
 
     /^changes_since_last_save:|^rdb_changes_since_last_save:/ {
         print "multigraph redis_changes_since_last_save_"port;
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
     exit $?
 fi
 
-redis-cli $ip_socket $port_path $passwd info | awk -v port=${muninport} -F: '
+$redis_cli $ip_socket $port_path $passwd info | awk -v port=${muninport} -F: '
 
    /^changes_since_last_save:|^rdb_changes_since_last_save:/ {
         print "multigraph redis_changes_since_last_save_"port;