diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 937693c..068ab94 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -357,6 +357,8 @@ These should be defined in your ``settings.py`` file.
 * ``DEFENDER_REDIS_URL``\ : String: the redis url for defender.
   [Default: ``redis://localhost:6379/0``\ ]
   (Example with password: ``redis://:mypassword@localhost:6379/0``\ )
+* ``DEFENDER_REDIS_PASSWORD_QUOTE``\ : Boolean: if special character in redis password(like '@'), we can quote password(urllib.quote_plus("password!@#")), and set to True.
+  [Default: ``False``\ ]
 * ``DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME``\ : String: the name of your cache client on the CACHES django setting. If set, ``DEFENDER_REDIS_URL`` will be ignored.
   [Default: ``None``\ ]
 * ``DEFENDER_STORE_ACCESS_ATTEMPTS``\ : Boolean: If you want to store the login
diff --git a/defender/config.py b/defender/config.py
index 18afde4..cc6b710 100644
--- a/defender/config.py
+++ b/defender/config.py
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ def get_setting(variable, default=None):
 # redis server host
 DEFENDER_REDIS_URL = get_setting("DEFENDER_REDIS_URL")
 
+# redis password quote for special character
+DEFENDER_REDIS_PASSWORD_QUOTE = get_setting("DEFENDER_REDIS_PASSWORD_QUOTE", False)
+
 # reuse declared cache from django settings
 DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME = get_setting("DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME")
 
diff --git a/defender/connection.py b/defender/connection.py
index 172c6fe..de00d94 100644
--- a/defender/connection.py
+++ b/defender/connection.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ def get_redis_connection():
             # django_redis.cache.RedisCache case (django-redis package)
             return cache.client.get_client(True)
     else:  # pragma: no cover
-        redis_config = parse_redis_url(config.DEFENDER_REDIS_URL)
+        redis_config = parse_redis_url(
+            config.DEFENDER_REDIS_URL, config.DEFENDER_REDIS_PASSWORD_QUOTE)
         return redis.StrictRedis(
             host=redis_config.get("HOST"),
             port=redis_config.get("PORT"),
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ def get_redis_connection():
         )
 
 
-def parse_redis_url(url):
+def parse_redis_url(url, password_quote):
     """Parses a redis URL."""
 
     # create config with some sane defaults
@@ -68,7 +69,10 @@ def parse_redis_url(url):
     if path:
         redis_config.update({"DB": int(path)})
     if url.password:
-        redis_config.update({"PASSWORD": url.password})
+        password = url.password
+        if password_quote:
+            password = urlparse.unquote(password)
+        redis_config.update({"PASSWORD": password})
     if url.hostname:
         redis_config.update({"HOST": url.hostname})
     if url.port:
diff --git a/defender/tests.py b/defender/tests.py
index 9609f86..598d64c 100644
--- a/defender/tests.py
+++ b/defender/tests.py
@@ -491,54 +491,69 @@ class AccessAttemptTest(DefenderTestCase):
     def test_parse_redis_url(self):
         """ test the parse_redis_url method """
         # full regular
-        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://user:password@localhost2:1234/2")
+        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://user:password@localhost2:1234/2", False)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("HOST"), "localhost2")
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("DB"), 2)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PASSWORD"), "password")
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PORT"), 1234)
 
         # full non local
-        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://user:pass@www.localhost.com:1234/2")
+        conf = parse_redis_url(
+            "redis://user:pass@www.localhost.com:1234/2", False)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("HOST"), "www.localhost.com")
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("DB"), 2)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PASSWORD"), "pass")
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PORT"), 1234)
 
         # no user name
-        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://password@localhost2:1234/2")
+        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://password@localhost2:1234/2", False)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("HOST"), "localhost2")
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("DB"), 2)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PASSWORD"), None)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PORT"), 1234)
 
         # no user name 2 with colon
-        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://:password@localhost2:1234/2")
+        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://:password@localhost2:1234/2", False)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("HOST"), "localhost2")
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("DB"), 2)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PASSWORD"), "password")
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PORT"), 1234)
 
         # Empty
-        conf = parse_redis_url(None)
+        conf = parse_redis_url(None, False)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("HOST"), "localhost")
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("DB"), 0)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PASSWORD"), None)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PORT"), 6379)
 
         # no db
-        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://:password@localhost2:1234")
+        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://:password@localhost2:1234", False)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("HOST"), "localhost2")
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("DB"), 0)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PASSWORD"), "password")
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PORT"), 1234)
 
         # no password
-        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://localhost2:1234/0")
+        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://localhost2:1234/0", False)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("HOST"), "localhost2")
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("DB"), 0)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PASSWORD"), None)
         self.assertEqual(conf.get("PORT"), 1234)
 
+        # password with special character and set the password_quote = True
+        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://:calmkart%23%40%21@localhost:6379/0", True)
+        self.assertEqual(conf.get("HOST"), "localhost")
+        self.assertEqual(conf.get("DB"), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(conf.get("PASSWORD"), "calmkart#@!")
+        self.assertEqual(conf.get("PORT"), 6379)
+
+        # password without special character and set the password_quote = True
+        conf = parse_redis_url("redis://:password@localhost2:1234", True)
+        self.assertEqual(conf.get("HOST"), "localhost2")
+        self.assertEqual(conf.get("DB"), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(conf.get("PASSWORD"), "password")
+        self.assertEqual(conf.get("PORT"), 1234)
+
     @patch("defender.config.DEFENDER_REDIS_NAME", "default")
     def test_get_redis_connection_django_conf(self):
         """ get the redis connection """