diff --git a/redis/config.go b/redis/config.go
index c858a4beb..2ec26aab1 100644
--- a/redis/config.go
+++ b/redis/config.go
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// authenticate to each Redis instance.
 	cmd.PasswordConfig
 
+	// DB is the database number in Redis
+	DB int `validate:"min=0"`
+
 	// ShardAddrs is a map of shard names to IP address:port pairs. The go-redis
 	// `Ring` client will shard reads and writes across the provided Redis
 	// Servers based on a consistent hashing algorithm.
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ func NewRingFromConfig(c Config, stats prometheus.Registerer, log blog.Logger) (
 
 	inner := redis.NewRing(&redis.RingOptions{
 		Addrs:     c.ShardAddrs,
+		DB:        c.DB,
 		Username:  c.Username,
 		Password:  password,
 		TLSConfig: tlsConfig,