diff --git a/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/AbstractRedisBolt.java b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/AbstractRedisBolt.java
index 0c64f43005f..83bd4fb8726 100644
--- a/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/AbstractRedisBolt.java
+++ b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/AbstractRedisBolt.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.storm.redis.bolt;
 
+import org.apache.storm.redis.common.config.JedisConfig;
 import org.apache.storm.task.OutputCollector;
 import org.apache.storm.task.TopologyContext;
 import org.apache.storm.topology.base.BaseRichBolt;
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@
 import org.apache.storm.redis.common.config.JedisPoolConfig;
 import org.apache.storm.redis.common.container.JedisCommandsContainerBuilder;
 import org.apache.storm.redis.common.container.JedisCommandsInstanceContainer;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import redis.clients.jedis.JedisCommands;
 
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -49,27 +52,20 @@
  */
 // TODO: Separate Jedis / JedisCluster to provide full operations for each environment to users
 public abstract class AbstractRedisBolt extends BaseRichBolt {
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractRedisBolt.class);
+
     protected OutputCollector collector;
 
     private transient JedisCommandsInstanceContainer container;
 
-    private JedisPoolConfig jedisPoolConfig;
-    private JedisClusterConfig jedisClusterConfig;
-
-    /**
-     * Constructor for single Redis environment (JedisPool)
-     * @param config configuration for initializing JedisPool
-     */
-    public AbstractRedisBolt(JedisPoolConfig config) {
-        this.jedisPoolConfig = config;
-    }
+    private JedisConfig jedisConfig;
 
     /**
-     * Constructor for Redis Cluster environment (JedisCluster)
-     * @param config configuration for initializing JedisCluster
+     * Constructor for single Redis or Redis cluster environment
+     * @param config configuration for initializing JedisPool or JedisCluster
      */
-    public AbstractRedisBolt(JedisClusterConfig config) {
-        this.jedisClusterConfig = config;
+    public AbstractRedisBolt(JedisConfig config) {
+        this.jedisConfig = config;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -80,10 +76,12 @@ public void prepare(Map map, TopologyContext topologyContext, OutputCollector co
         // FIXME: stores map (stormConf), topologyContext and expose these to derived classes
         this.collector = collector;
 
-        if (jedisPoolConfig != null) {
-            this.container = JedisCommandsContainerBuilder.build(jedisPoolConfig);
-        } else if (jedisClusterConfig != null) {
-            this.container = JedisCommandsContainerBuilder.build(jedisClusterConfig);
+        if (jedisConfig instanceof JedisPoolConfig) {
+            LOG.info("Using Jedis Pool Config");
+            this.container = JedisCommandsContainerBuilder.build((JedisPoolConfig) jedisConfig);
+        } else if (jedisConfig instanceof JedisClusterConfig) {
+            LOG.info("Using Jedis Cluster Config");
+            this.container = JedisCommandsContainerBuilder.build((JedisClusterConfig) jedisConfig);
         } else {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Jedis configuration not found");
         }
diff --git a/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/RedisLookupBolt.java b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/RedisLookupBolt.java
index 968ade0daf4..f454a80b5bd 100644
--- a/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/RedisLookupBolt.java
+++ b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/RedisLookupBolt.java
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
  */
 package org.apache.storm.redis.bolt;
 
+import org.apache.storm.redis.common.config.JedisConfig;
 import org.apache.storm.topology.OutputFieldsDeclarer;
 import org.apache.storm.tuple.Tuple;
 import org.apache.storm.tuple.Values;
 import org.apache.storm.redis.common.mapper.RedisDataTypeDescription;
 import org.apache.storm.redis.common.mapper.RedisLookupMapper;
-import org.apache.storm.redis.common.config.JedisClusterConfig;
-import org.apache.storm.redis.common.config.JedisPoolConfig;
 import redis.clients.jedis.JedisCommands;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -39,11 +38,11 @@ public class RedisLookupBolt extends AbstractRedisBolt {
     private final String additionalKey;
 
     /**
-     * Constructor for single Redis environment (JedisPool)
-     * @param config configuration for initializing JedisPool
+     * Constructor for single Redis or Redis cluster environment
+     * @param config configuration for initializing JedisPool or JedisCluster
      * @param lookupMapper mapper containing which datatype, query key, output key that Bolt uses
      */
-    public RedisLookupBolt(JedisPoolConfig config, RedisLookupMapper lookupMapper) {
+    public RedisLookupBolt(JedisConfig config, RedisLookupMapper lookupMapper) {
         super(config);
 
         this.lookupMapper = lookupMapper;
@@ -53,20 +52,6 @@ public RedisLookupBolt(JedisPoolConfig config, RedisLookupMapper lookupMapper) {
         this.additionalKey = dataTypeDescription.getAdditionalKey();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor for Redis Cluster environment (JedisCluster)
-     * @param config configuration for initializing JedisCluster
-     * @param lookupMapper mapper containing which datatype, query key, output key that Bolt uses
-     */
-    public RedisLookupBolt(JedisClusterConfig config, RedisLookupMapper lookupMapper) {
-        super(config);
-
-        this.lookupMapper = lookupMapper;
-
-        RedisDataTypeDescription dataTypeDescription = lookupMapper.getDataTypeDescription();
-        this.dataType = dataTypeDescription.getDataType();
-        this.additionalKey = dataTypeDescription.getAdditionalKey();
-    }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
diff --git a/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/RedisStoreBolt.java b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/RedisStoreBolt.java
index 00ff2186dad..81609d67049 100644
--- a/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/RedisStoreBolt.java
+++ b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/bolt/RedisStoreBolt.java
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.storm.redis.bolt;
 
-import org.apache.storm.redis.common.config.JedisClusterConfig;
-import org.apache.storm.redis.common.config.JedisPoolConfig;
+import org.apache.storm.redis.common.config.JedisConfig;
 import org.apache.storm.redis.common.mapper.RedisDataTypeDescription;
 import org.apache.storm.redis.common.mapper.RedisStoreMapper;
 import org.apache.storm.topology.OutputFieldsDeclarer;
@@ -36,25 +35,11 @@ public class RedisStoreBolt extends AbstractRedisBolt {
     private final String additionalKey;
 
     /**
-     * Constructor for single Redis environment (JedisPool)
-     * @param config configuration for initializing JedisPool
+     * Constructor for single Redis or Redis cluster environment
+     * @param config configuration for initializing JedisPool or JedisCluster
      * @param storeMapper mapper containing which datatype, storing value's key that Bolt uses
      */
-    public RedisStoreBolt(JedisPoolConfig config, RedisStoreMapper storeMapper) {
-        super(config);
-        this.storeMapper = storeMapper;
-
-        RedisDataTypeDescription dataTypeDescription = storeMapper.getDataTypeDescription();
-        this.dataType = dataTypeDescription.getDataType();
-        this.additionalKey = dataTypeDescription.getAdditionalKey();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Constructor for Redis Cluster environment (JedisCluster)
-     * @param config configuration for initializing JedisCluster
-     * @param storeMapper mapper containing which datatype, storing value's key that Bolt uses
-     */
-    public RedisStoreBolt(JedisClusterConfig config, RedisStoreMapper storeMapper) {
+    public RedisStoreBolt(JedisConfig config, RedisStoreMapper storeMapper) {
         super(config);
         this.storeMapper = storeMapper;
 
diff --git a/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/common/config/JedisClusterConfig.java b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/common/config/JedisClusterConfig.java
index d8696aaca7a..a4e62814ee3 100644
--- a/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/common/config/JedisClusterConfig.java
+++ b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/common/config/JedisClusterConfig.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 /**
  * Configuration for JedisCluster.
  */
-public class JedisClusterConfig implements Serializable {
+public class JedisClusterConfig implements Serializable, JedisConfig {
     private Set<InetSocketAddress> nodes;
     private int timeout;
     private int maxRedirections;
diff --git a/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/common/config/JedisConfig.java b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/common/config/JedisConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20ad95fddb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/common/config/JedisConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package org.apache.storm.redis.common.config;
+
+public interface JedisConfig {
+}
diff --git a/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/common/config/JedisPoolConfig.java b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/common/config/JedisPoolConfig.java
index 149bdad078f..f6bf5188eae 100644
--- a/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/common/config/JedisPoolConfig.java
+++ b/external/storm-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/redis/common/config/JedisPoolConfig.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 /**
  * Configuration for JedisPool.
  */
-public class JedisPoolConfig implements Serializable {
+public class JedisPoolConfig implements Serializable, JedisConfig {
 
     private String host;
     private int port;