diff --git a/src/lua.c b/src/lua.c
index 1d4db3b10257..b8e2ca8eccc4 100644
--- a/src/lua.c
+++ b/src/lua.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <lauxlib.h>
 
 lua_State *luaState;
+redisClient *fakeClient;
 
 static void *luaZalloc (void *ud, void *ptr, size_t osize, size_t nsize) {
     (void)ud;
@@ -26,12 +27,18 @@ static int luaPanic (lua_State *L) {
 }
 
 void initLua(void) {
+    fakeClient = zmalloc(sizeof(redisClient));
+    selectDb(fakeClient, 0);
+
     luaState = lua_newstate(luaZalloc, NULL);
     if (!luaState) {
         redisPanic("Unable to initialize Lua!");
     }
     lua_atpanic(luaState, &luaPanic);
     luaL_openlibs(luaState);
+
+    lua_pushcfunction(luaState, luaExecRedisCommand);
+    lua_setglobal(luaState, "redis");
 }
 
 void luaexecCommand(redisClient *c) {
@@ -72,3 +79,25 @@ void luaGenericExecCommand(redisClient *c, const char *code) {
         return;
     }
 }
+
+int luaExecRedisCommand(lua_State *L) {
+    int nargs = lua_gettop(L);
+    const char *cmdname = lua_tostring(L, 1);
+
+    struct redisCommand *cmd = lookupCommandByCString(cmdname);
+    if (nargs != cmd->arity) {
+        lua_pushstring(L, "incorrect number of arguments");
+        lua_error(L);
+    }
+    fakeClient->argc = nargs;
+    fakeClient->argv = zmalloc(sizeof(robj) * nargs);
+    for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++) {
+        char *param = lua_tostring(L, i + 1);
+        fakeClient->argv[i] = createStringObject(param, strlen(param));
+    }
+
+    call(fakeClient, cmd);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/lua.h b/src/lua.h
index 24c94b4a4e54..ccecfbe62b2b 100644
--- a/src/lua.h
+++ b/src/lua.h
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef __LUA_H
 #define __LUA_H
 
+#include <lua.h>
 #include "redis.h"
 
 void initLua(void);
 void luaGenericExecCommand(redisClient *c, const char *);
+int luaExecRedisCommand(lua_State *L);
 
 #endif