diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b05512b..dc8d7877 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+* redis: add variable for configure unixsocketperm
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/redis/defaults/main.yml b/redis/defaults/main.yml
index a64fb832..cb8d451d 100644
--- a/redis/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/redis/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ redis_conf_path: /etc/redis/redis.conf
 redis_port: 6379
 redis_bind_interface: 127.0.0.1
 redis_unixsocket: '/var/run/redis/redis.sock'
+redis_unixsocketperm: 770
 redis_pidfile: "/var/run/redis/{{ redis_daemon }}.pid"
 redis_timeout: 300
 
diff --git a/redis/templates/redis.conf.j2 b/redis/templates/redis.conf.j2
index 4dcdba86..f2f17c70 100644
--- a/redis/templates/redis.conf.j2
+++ b/redis/templates/redis.conf.j2
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ bind {{ redis_bind_interface }}
 
 {% if redis_unixsocket %}
 unixsocket {{ redis_unixsocket }}
+unixsocketperm {{ redis_unixsocketperm }}
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if redis_password %}