diff --git a/object_database/frontends/database_server.py b/object_database/frontends/database_server.py
index 9c6ca404..afdc3cbc 100755
--- a/object_database/frontends/database_server.py
+++ b/object_database/frontends/database_server.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def main(argv):
         help="path to (self-signed) SSL certificate",
     )
     parser.add_argument("--redis_port", type=int, default=None)
+    parser.add_argument("--redis_host", type=str, default=None)
     parser.add_argument("--inmem", default=False, action="store_true")
 
     parsedArgs = parser.parse_args(argv[1:])
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def main(argv):
     if parsedArgs.inmem:
         mem_store = InMemoryPersistence()
     else:
-        mem_store = RedisPersistence(port=parsedArgs.redis_port)
+        mem_store = RedisPersistence(host=parsedArgs.redis_host, port=parsedArgs.redis_port)
 
     ssl_ctx = sslContextFromCertPathOrNone(parsedArgs.ssl_path)
     databaseServer = TcpServer(
diff --git a/object_database/frontends/service_manager.py b/object_database/frontends/service_manager.py
index 91f862c9..b38f9c15 100755
--- a/object_database/frontends/service_manager.py
+++ b/object_database/frontends/service_manager.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def startServiceManagerProcess(
     sslPath=None,
     proxyPort=None,
     redisPort=None,
+    redisHost=None,
 ):
     if not verbose:
         kwargs = dict(stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
@@ -102,6 +103,10 @@ def startServiceManagerProcess(
         cmd.append("--redis_port")
         cmd.append(str(redisPort))
 
+    if redisHost is not None:
+        cmd.append("--redis_host")
+        cmd.append(redisHost)
+
     if logDir:
         logsPath = os.path.join(tempDirectoryName, "logs")
         cmd.extend(["--logdir", logsPath])
@@ -273,6 +278,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
         help="path to (self-signed) SSL certificate",
     )
     parser.add_argument("--redis_port", type=int, default=None, required=False)
+    parser.add_argument("--redis_host", type=str, default=None, required=False)
     parser.add_argument("--fd-limit", type=int, default=4096, required=False)
 
     parser.add_argument("--max_gb_ram", type=float, default=None, required=False)
@@ -400,7 +406,7 @@ def shutdownCleanly(signalNumber, frame):
             databaseServer = TcpServer(
                 ownHostname,
                 parsedArgs.port,
-                RedisPersistence(port=parsedArgs.redis_port)
+                RedisPersistence(host=parsedArgs.redis_host, port=parsedArgs.redis_port)
                 if parsedArgs.redis_port is not None
                 else InMemoryPersistence(),
                 ssl_context=ssl_ctx,
diff --git a/object_database/persistence.py b/object_database/persistence.py
index ecfe2dbc..4859ae0a 100644
--- a/object_database/persistence.py
+++ b/object_database/persistence.py
@@ -146,13 +146,16 @@ def delete(self, key):
 
 
 class RedisPersistence(object):
-    def __init__(self, db=0, port=None):
+    def __init__(self, db=0, port=None, host=None):
         self.lock = threading.RLock()
         kwds = {}
 
         if port is not None:
             kwds["port"] = port
 
+        if host is not None:
+            kwds["host"] = host
+
         self.redis = redis.StrictRedis(db=db, **kwds)
         self.cache = {}