diff --git a/CHANGES/6931.feature b/CHANGES/6931.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15e5ebc10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/6931.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow a user to use Unix Domain Socket (UDS) for the redis server.
diff --git a/roles/pulp_redis/README.md b/roles/pulp_redis/README.md
index b7318f394..f254b1a19 100644
--- a/roles/pulp_redis/README.md
+++ b/roles/pulp_redis/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ pulp_redis
 
 Install and start Redis, and install RQ in the Pulp virtualenv.
 
+Role Variables
+--------------
+
+* `pulp_redis_bind`: Interface and Port where Redis service will listen. One can specify a unix path (ie. 'unix:/var/run/redis/redis.sock'). Defaults to `127.0.0.1:6379`
+
 Shared Variables
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/roles/pulp_redis/defaults/main.yml b/roles/pulp_redis/defaults/main.yml
index f47097ce5..08c0c69f0 100644
--- a/roles/pulp_redis/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pulp_redis/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 pulp_install_dir: '/usr/local/lib/pulp'
 pulp_user: pulp
+pulp_redis_bind: '127.0.0.1:6379'
diff --git a/roles/pulp_redis/handlers/main.yml b/roles/pulp_redis/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..830026bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/pulp_redis/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- name: restart redis
+  systemd:
+    name: "{{ pulp_redis_server_name }}"
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/pulp_redis/tasks/configure_tcp.yml b/roles/pulp_redis/tasks/configure_tcp.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f3ac1b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/pulp_redis/tasks/configure_tcp.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+- name: Set pulp_redis_host and pulp_redis_port fact
+  set_fact:
+    pulp_redis_host: '{{ pulp_redis_bind.split(":")[0] }}'
+    pulp_redis_port: '{{ pulp_redis_bind.split(":")[1] }}'
+
+- name: Ensure Redis will listen on the specified TCP socket
+  lineinfile:
+    path: '{{ pulp_redis_conf_file }}'
+    regexp: '{{ item.regexp }}'
+    line: '{{ item.line }}'
+  loop:
+    - regexp: '^port '
+      line: 'port {{ pulp_redis_port }}'
+    - regexp: '^bind '
+      line: 'bind {{ pulp_redis_host }}'
+  notify: restart redis
diff --git a/roles/pulp_redis/tasks/configure_uds.yml b/roles/pulp_redis/tasks/configure_uds.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9868bd8b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/pulp_redis/tasks/configure_uds.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+- name: Configure pulp_redis_socket_file fact
+  set_fact:
+    pulp_redis_socket_file: '{{ pulp_redis_bind | replace("unix:", "") }}'
+
+- name: Ensure pulp is part of group redis
+  user:
+    name: '{{ pulp_user }}'
+    groups: redis
+    append: true
+
+- name: Ensure Redis will not listen on a TCP socket
+  lineinfile:
+    path: '{{ pulp_redis_conf_file }}'
+    regexp: '{{ item.regexp }}'
+    line: '{{ item.line }}'
+  loop:
+    - regexp: '^port '
+      line: 'port 0'
+    - regexp: '^unixsocket '
+      line: 'unixsocket {{ pulp_redis_socket_file }}'
+    - regexp: '^unixsocketperm '
+      line: 'unixsocketperm 775'
+  notify: restart redis
diff --git a/roles/pulp_redis/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pulp_redis/tasks/main.yml
index 754053c14..8118b641d 100644
--- a/roles/pulp_redis/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pulp_redis/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@
         name: redis
         state: present
 
+    - name: Configure Redis to listen on Unix Domain Socket
+      include_tasks: configure_uds.yml
+      when: "pulp_redis_bind.startswith('unix:')"
+
+    - name: Configure Redis to listen on TCP socket
+      include_tasks: configure_tcp.yml
+      when: "not pulp_redis_bind.startswith('unix:')"
+
     - name: Start Redis
       systemd:
         name: "{{ pulp_redis_server_name }}"
diff --git a/roles/pulp_redis/vars/CentOS.yml b/roles/pulp_redis/vars/CentOS.yml
index 108fd7993..5c5422853 100644
--- a/roles/pulp_redis/vars/CentOS.yml
+++ b/roles/pulp_redis/vars/CentOS.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pulp_preq_packages:
   - python36
   - python36-devel
 pulp_redis_server_name: redis
+pulp_redis_conf_file: '/etc/redis.conf'
diff --git a/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Debian.yml b/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Debian.yml
index 6ba5b2814..82e20b4c1 100644
--- a/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Debian.yml
+++ b/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ pulp_preq_packages:
   - python3
   - python3-dev
 pulp_redis_server_name: redis-server
+pulp_redis_conf_file: '/etc/redis/redis.conf'
 ...
diff --git a/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Fedora.yml b/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Fedora.yml
index c520e73cd..89150889d 100644
--- a/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Fedora.yml
+++ b/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Fedora.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ pulp_preq_packages:
   - python3-devel
 
 pulp_redis_server_name: redis
+pulp_redis_conf_file: '/etc/redis.conf'
diff --git a/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Ubuntu.yml b/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Ubuntu.yml
index c8b4b651e..32f050d90 100644
--- a/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Ubuntu.yml
+++ b/roles/pulp_redis/vars/Ubuntu.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pulp_preq_packages:
   - python3
   - python3-dev
 pulp_redis_server_name: redis-server
+pulp_redis_conf_file: '/etc/redis/redis.conf'