diff --git a/redis/client.py b/redis/client.py
index 4a9e33a21e..828c45a90e 100755
--- a/redis/client.py
+++ b/redis/client.py
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ class Redis(Commands, object):
         'MODULE LIST': lambda r: [pairs_to_dict(m) for m in r],
         'OBJECT': parse_object,
         'PING': lambda r: str_if_bytes(r) == 'PONG',
+        'QUIT': bool_ok,
         'STRALGO': parse_stralgo,
         'PUBSUB NUMSUB': parse_pubsub_numsub,
         'RANDOMKEY': lambda r: r and r or None,
diff --git a/redis/commands.py b/redis/commands.py
index 29877dbef9..915dabf7f1 100644
--- a/redis/commands.py
+++ b/redis/commands.py
@@ -535,6 +535,12 @@ def ping(self):
         "Ping the Redis server"
         return self.execute_command('PING')
 
+    def quit(self):
+        """Ask the server to close the connection.
+        https://redis.io/commands/quit
+        """
+        return self.execute_command('QUIT')
+
     def save(self):
         """
         Tell the Redis server to save its data to disk,
diff --git a/tests/test_commands.py b/tests/test_commands.py
index 0c9ca1eb57..dc8c210e5d 100644
--- a/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -478,6 +478,9 @@ def test_object(self, r):
     def test_ping(self, r):
         assert r.ping()
 
+    def test_quit(self, r):
+        assert r.quit()
+
     def test_slowlog_get(self, r, slowlog):
         assert r.slowlog_reset()
         unicode_string = chr(3456) + 'abcd' + chr(3421)