diff --git a/plugins/redis/redis.go b/plugins/redis/redis.go
index f142e6ef7..5492e1cc6 100644
--- a/plugins/redis/redis.go
+++ b/plugins/redis/redis.go
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ func gatherInfoOutput(
 	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	tags map[string]string,
 ) error {
+	var keyspace_hits, keyspace_misses uint64 = 0, 0
+
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(rdr)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		line := scanner.Text()
@@ -185,6 +187,15 @@ func gatherInfoOutput(
 
 		val := strings.TrimSpace(parts[1])
 		ival, err := strconv.ParseUint(val, 10, 64)
+
+		if name == "keyspace_hits" {
+			keyspace_hits = ival
+		}
+
+		if name == "keyspace_misses" {
+			keyspace_misses = ival
+		}
+
 		if err == nil {
 			acc.Add(metric, ival, tags)
 			continue
@@ -197,6 +208,11 @@ func gatherInfoOutput(
 
 		acc.Add(metric, fval, tags)
 	}
+	var keyspace_hitrate float64 = 0.0
+	if keyspace_hits != 0 || keyspace_misses != 0 {
+		keyspace_hitrate = float64(keyspace_hits) / float64(keyspace_hits+keyspace_misses)
+	}
+	acc.Add("keyspace_hitrate", keyspace_hitrate, tags)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/redis/redis_test.go b/plugins/redis/redis_test.go
index 2b369e0a1..f1d00345b 100644
--- a/plugins/redis/redis_test.go
+++ b/plugins/redis/redis_test.go
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ func TestRedis_ParseMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		{"sync_partial_err", 0},
 		{"expired_keys", 0},
 		{"evicted_keys", 0},
-		{"keyspace_hits", 0},
-		{"keyspace_misses", 0},
+		{"keyspace_hits", 1},
+		{"keyspace_misses", 1},
 		{"pubsub_channels", 0},
 		{"pubsub_patterns", 0},
 		{"latest_fork_usec", 0},
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ func TestRedis_ParseMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		{"used_cpu_user", 0.05},
 		{"used_cpu_sys_children", 0.00},
 		{"used_cpu_user_children", 0.00},
+		{"keyspace_hitrate", 0.50},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range checkFloat {
@@ -151,8 +152,8 @@ sync_partial_ok:0
 sync_partial_err:0
 expired_keys:0
 evicted_keys:0
-keyspace_hits:0
-keyspace_misses:0
+keyspace_hits:1
+keyspace_misses:1
 pubsub_channels:0
 pubsub_patterns:0
 latest_fork_usec:0