diff --git a/lib/logstash/inputs/couchdb_changes.rb b/lib/logstash/inputs/couchdb_changes.rb
index 3a7cc12..f63c71d 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/inputs/couchdb_changes.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/inputs/couchdb_changes.rb
@@ -132,16 +132,29 @@ def register
   module SequenceDB
     class File
       def initialize(file)
-        @sequence_path = file
+        @uri = URI.parse(file)
+        if @uri.scheme == "redis"
+          @entry = @uri.path.split(File::SEPARATOR)[-1]
+          @uri.path = @uri.path.split(File::SEPARATOR)[0...-1].join(File::Separator)
+          @client = Redis.new(url: @uri)
+        end
       end
 
       def read
-        ::File.exists?(@sequence_path) ? ::File.read(@sequence_path).chomp.strip : 0
+        if @uri.scheme.nil?
+          ::File.exists?(@sequence_path) ? ::File.read(@sequence_path).chomp.strip : 0
+        elsif @uri.scheme == "redis"
+          @client.get(@entry)
+        end
       end
 
       def write(sequence = nil)
         sequence = 0 if sequence.nil?
-        ::File.write(@sequence_path, sequence.to_s)
+        if @uri.scheme.nil?
+          ::File.write(@sequence_path, sequence.to_s)
+        elsif @uri.scheme == "redis"
+          @client.set(@entry, sequence)
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/logstash-input-couchdb_changes.gemspec b/logstash-input-couchdb_changes.gemspec
index c684464..393872b 100644
--- a/logstash-input-couchdb_changes.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-input-couchdb_changes.gemspec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency "stud", '>= 0.0.22'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'logstash-codec-plain'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'json'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'redis'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'ftw', '~> 0.0.42'
   s.add_development_dependency 'logstash-devutils'