diff --git a/redis/asyncio/client.py b/redis/asyncio/client.py
index ffd68c14d0..5ef1f3292e 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/client.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/client.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     WatchError,
 )
 from redis.typing import ChannelT, EncodableT, KeyT
-from redis.utils import safe_str, str_if_bytes
+from redis.utils import HIREDIS_AVAILABLE, _set_info_logger, safe_str, str_if_bytes
 
 PubSubHandler = Callable[[Dict[str, str]], Awaitable[None]]
 _KeyT = TypeVar("_KeyT", bound=KeyT)
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ def __init__(
         shard_hint: Optional[str] = None,
         ignore_subscribe_messages: bool = False,
         encoder=None,
+        push_handler_func: Optional[Callable] = None,
     ):
         self.connection_pool = connection_pool
         self.shard_hint = shard_hint
@@ -666,6 +667,7 @@ def __init__(
         # we need to know the encoding options for this connection in order
         # to lookup channel and pattern names for callback handlers.
         self.encoder = encoder
+        self.push_handler_func = push_handler_func
         if self.encoder is None:
             self.encoder = self.connection_pool.get_encoder()
         if self.encoder.decode_responses:
@@ -678,6 +680,8 @@ def __init__(
                 b"pong",
                 self.encoder.encode(self.HEALTH_CHECK_MESSAGE),
             ]
+        if self.push_handler_func is None:
+            _set_info_logger()
         self.channels = {}
         self.pending_unsubscribe_channels = set()
         self.patterns = {}
@@ -757,6 +761,8 @@ async def connect(self):
             self.connection.register_connect_callback(self.on_connect)
         else:
             await self.connection.connect()
+        if self.push_handler_func is not None and not HIREDIS_AVAILABLE:
+            self.connection._parser.set_push_handler(self.push_handler_func)
 
     async def _disconnect_raise_connect(self, conn, error):
         """
@@ -797,7 +803,9 @@ async def parse_response(self, block: bool = True, timeout: float = 0):
             await conn.connect()
 
         read_timeout = None if block else timeout
-        response = await self._execute(conn, conn.read_response, timeout=read_timeout)
+        response = await self._execute(
+            conn, conn.read_response, timeout=read_timeout, push_request=True
+        )
 
         if conn.health_check_interval and response == self.health_check_response:
             # ignore the health check message as user might not expect it
@@ -927,8 +935,8 @@ def ping(self, message=None) -> Awaitable:
         """
         Ping the Redis server
         """
-        message = "" if message is None else message
-        return self.execute_command("PING", message)
+        args = ["PING", message] if message is not None else ["PING"]
+        return self.execute_command(*args)
 
     async def handle_message(self, response, ignore_subscribe_messages=False):
         """
@@ -936,6 +944,10 @@ async def handle_message(self, response, ignore_subscribe_messages=False):
         with a message handler, the handler is invoked instead of a parsed
         message being returned.
         """
+        if response is None:
+            return None
+        if isinstance(response, bytes):
+            response = [b"pong", response] if response != b"PONG" else [b"pong", b""]
         message_type = str_if_bytes(response[0])
         if message_type == "pmessage":
             message = {
diff --git a/redis/asyncio/connection.py b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
index d9c95834d5..bc872ff358 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/connection.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
@@ -485,15 +485,29 @@ async def read_response(
         self,
         disable_decoding: bool = False,
         timeout: Optional[float] = None,
+        push_request: Optional[bool] = False,
     ):
         """Read the response from a previously sent command"""
         read_timeout = timeout if timeout is not None else self.socket_timeout
         try:
-            if read_timeout is not None:
+            if (
+                read_timeout is not None
+                and self.protocol == "3"
+                and not HIREDIS_AVAILABLE
+            ):
+                async with async_timeout(read_timeout):
+                    response = await self._parser.read_response(
+                        disable_decoding=disable_decoding, push_request=push_request
+                    )
+            elif read_timeout is not None:
                 async with async_timeout(read_timeout):
                     response = await self._parser.read_response(
                         disable_decoding=disable_decoding
                     )
+            elif self.protocol == "3" and not HIREDIS_AVAILABLE:
+                response = await self._parser.read_response(
+                    disable_decoding=disable_decoding, push_request=push_request
+                )
             else:
                 response = await self._parser.read_response(
                     disable_decoding=disable_decoding
diff --git a/redis/client.py b/redis/client.py
index 15dddc9bd7..71048f548f 100755
--- a/redis/client.py
+++ b/redis/client.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 )
 from redis.lock import Lock
 from redis.retry import Retry
-from redis.utils import safe_str, str_if_bytes
+from redis.utils import HIREDIS_AVAILABLE, _set_info_logger, safe_str, str_if_bytes
 
 SYM_EMPTY = b""
 EMPTY_RESPONSE = "EMPTY_RESPONSE"
@@ -1429,6 +1429,7 @@ def __init__(
         shard_hint=None,
         ignore_subscribe_messages=False,
         encoder=None,
+        push_handler_func=None,
     ):
         self.connection_pool = connection_pool
         self.shard_hint = shard_hint
@@ -1438,6 +1439,7 @@ def __init__(
         # we need to know the encoding options for this connection in order
         # to lookup channel and pattern names for callback handlers.
         self.encoder = encoder
+        self.push_handler_func = push_handler_func
         if self.encoder is None:
             self.encoder = self.connection_pool.get_encoder()
         self.health_check_response_b = self.encoder.encode(self.HEALTH_CHECK_MESSAGE)
@@ -1445,6 +1447,8 @@ def __init__(
             self.health_check_response = ["pong", self.HEALTH_CHECK_MESSAGE]
         else:
             self.health_check_response = [b"pong", self.health_check_response_b]
+        if self.push_handler_func is None:
+            _set_info_logger()
         self.reset()
 
     def __enter__(self):
@@ -1515,6 +1519,8 @@ def execute_command(self, *args):
             # register a callback that re-subscribes to any channels we
             # were listening to when we were disconnected
             self.connection.register_connect_callback(self.on_connect)
+            if self.push_handler_func is not None and not HIREDIS_AVAILABLE:
+                self.connection._parser.set_push_handler(self.push_handler_func)
         connection = self.connection
         kwargs = {"check_health": not self.subscribed}
         if not self.subscribed:
@@ -1580,7 +1586,7 @@ def try_read():
                     return None
             else:
                 conn.connect()
-            return conn.read_response()
+            return conn.read_response(push_request=True)
 
         response = self._execute(conn, try_read)
 
@@ -1739,8 +1745,8 @@ def ping(self, message=None):
         """
         Ping the Redis server
         """
-        message = "" if message is None else message
-        return self.execute_command("PING", message)
+        args = ["PING", message] if message is not None else ["PING"]
+        return self.execute_command(*args)
 
     def handle_message(self, response, ignore_subscribe_messages=False):
         """
@@ -1750,6 +1756,8 @@ def handle_message(self, response, ignore_subscribe_messages=False):
         """
         if response is None:
             return None
+        if isinstance(response, bytes):
+            response = [b"pong", response] if response != b"PONG" else [b"pong", b""]
         message_type = str_if_bytes(response[0])
         if message_type == "pmessage":
             message = {
diff --git a/redis/connection.py b/redis/connection.py
index 85509f7ef7..19c80e08f5 100644
--- a/redis/connection.py
+++ b/redis/connection.py
@@ -406,13 +406,18 @@ def can_read(self, timeout=0):
             self.disconnect()
             raise ConnectionError(f"Error while reading from {host_error}: {e.args}")
 
-    def read_response(self, disable_decoding=False):
+    def read_response(self, disable_decoding=False, push_request=False):
         """Read the response from a previously sent command"""
 
         host_error = self._host_error()
 
         try:
-            response = self._parser.read_response(disable_decoding=disable_decoding)
+            if self.protocol == "3" and not HIREDIS_AVAILABLE:
+                response = self._parser.read_response(
+                    disable_decoding=disable_decoding, push_request=push_request
+                )
+            else:
+                response = self._parser.read_response(disable_decoding=disable_decoding)
         except socket.timeout:
             self.disconnect()
             raise TimeoutError(f"Timeout reading from {host_error}")
@@ -705,8 +710,9 @@ def _connect(self):
 class UnixDomainSocketConnection(AbstractConnection):
     "Manages UDS communication to and from a Redis server"
 
-    def __init__(self, path="", **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, path="", socket_timeout=None, **kwargs):
         self.path = path
+        self.socket_timeout = socket_timeout
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
     def repr_pieces(self):
diff --git a/redis/parsers/resp3.py b/redis/parsers/resp3.py
index 2753d39f1a..93fb6ff554 100644
--- a/redis/parsers/resp3.py
+++ b/redis/parsers/resp3.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Any, Union
 
 from ..exceptions import ConnectionError, InvalidResponse, ResponseError
@@ -9,10 +10,21 @@
 class _RESP3Parser(_RESPBase):
     """RESP3 protocol implementation"""
 
-    def read_response(self, disable_decoding=False):
+    def __init__(self, socket_read_size):
+        super().__init__(socket_read_size)
+        self.push_handler_func = self.handle_push_response
+
+    def handle_push_response(self, response):
+        logger = getLogger("push_response")
+        logger.info("Push response: " + str(response))
+        return response
+
+    def read_response(self, disable_decoding=False, push_request=False):
         pos = self._buffer.get_pos()
         try:
-            result = self._read_response(disable_decoding=disable_decoding)
+            result = self._read_response(
+                disable_decoding=disable_decoding, push_request=push_request
+            )
         except BaseException:
             self._buffer.rewind(pos)
             raise
@@ -20,7 +32,7 @@ def read_response(self, disable_decoding=False):
             self._buffer.purge()
             return result
 
-    def _read_response(self, disable_decoding=False):
+    def _read_response(self, disable_decoding=False, push_request=False):
         raw = self._buffer.readline()
         if not raw:
             raise ConnectionError(SERVER_CLOSED_CONNECTION_ERROR)
@@ -77,9 +89,26 @@ def _read_response(self, disable_decoding=False):
             response = {
                 self._read_response(
                     disable_decoding=disable_decoding
-                ): self._read_response(disable_decoding=disable_decoding)
+                ): self._read_response(
+                    disable_decoding=disable_decoding, push_request=push_request
+                )
                 for _ in range(int(response))
             }
+        # push response
+        elif byte == b">":
+            response = [
+                self._read_response(
+                    disable_decoding=disable_decoding, push_request=push_request
+                )
+                for _ in range(int(response))
+            ]
+            res = self.push_handler_func(response)
+            if not push_request:
+                return self._read_response(
+                    disable_decoding=disable_decoding, push_request=push_request
+                )
+            else:
+                return res
         else:
             raise InvalidResponse(f"Protocol Error: {raw!r}")
 
@@ -87,21 +116,37 @@ def _read_response(self, disable_decoding=False):
             response = self.encoder.decode(response)
         return response
 
+    def set_push_handler(self, push_handler_func):
+        self.push_handler_func = push_handler_func
+
 
 class _AsyncRESP3Parser(_AsyncRESPBase):
-    async def read_response(self, disable_decoding: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, socket_read_size):
+        super().__init__(socket_read_size)
+        self.push_handler_func = self.handle_push_response
+
+    def handle_push_response(self, response):
+        logger = getLogger("push_response")
+        logger.info("Push response: " + str(response))
+        return response
+
+    async def read_response(
+        self, disable_decoding: bool = False, push_request: bool = False
+    ):
         if self._chunks:
             # augment parsing buffer with previously read data
             self._buffer += b"".join(self._chunks)
             self._chunks.clear()
         self._pos = 0
-        response = await self._read_response(disable_decoding=disable_decoding)
+        response = await self._read_response(
+            disable_decoding=disable_decoding, push_request=push_request
+        )
         # Successfully parsing a response allows us to clear our parsing buffer
         self._clear()
         return response
 
     async def _read_response(
-        self, disable_decoding: bool = False
+        self, disable_decoding: bool = False, push_request: bool = False
     ) -> Union[EncodableT, ResponseError, None]:
         if not self._stream or not self.encoder:
             raise ConnectionError(SERVER_CLOSED_CONNECTION_ERROR)
@@ -166,9 +211,31 @@ async def _read_response(
                 )
                 for _ in range(int(response))
             }
+        # push response
+        elif byte == b">":
+            response = [
+                (
+                    await self._read_response(
+                        disable_decoding=disable_decoding, push_request=push_request
+                    )
+                )
+                for _ in range(int(response))
+            ]
+            res = self.push_handler_func(response)
+            if not push_request:
+                return await (
+                    self._read_response(
+                        disable_decoding=disable_decoding, push_request=push_request
+                    )
+                )
+            else:
+                return res
         else:
             raise InvalidResponse(f"Protocol Error: {raw!r}")
 
         if isinstance(response, bytes) and disable_decoding is False:
             response = self.encoder.decode(response)
         return response
+
+    def set_push_handler(self, push_handler_func):
+        self.push_handler_func = push_handler_func
diff --git a/redis/utils.py b/redis/utils.py
index a6e620088b..148d15246b 100644
--- a/redis/utils.py
+++ b/redis/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from functools import wraps
 from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Union
@@ -117,3 +118,16 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
         return wrapper
 
     return decorator
+
+
+def _set_info_logger():
+    """
+    Set up a logger that log info logs to stdout.
+    (This is used by the default push response handler)
+    """
+    if "push_response" not in logging.root.manager.loggerDict.keys():
+        logger = logging.getLogger("push_response")
+        logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+        handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        logger.addHandler(handler)
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_pubsub.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_pubsub.py
index 0c0b7dbca6..8cd5cf6fba 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_pubsub.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_pubsub.py
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
 import redis.asyncio as redis
 from redis.exceptions import ConnectionError
 from redis.typing import EncodableT
+from redis.utils import HIREDIS_AVAILABLE
 from tests.conftest import skip_if_server_version_lt
 
 from .compat import create_task, mock
+from .conftest import get_protocol_version
 
 
 def with_timeout(t):
@@ -420,6 +422,23 @@ async def test_get_message_without_subscribe(self, r: redis.Redis, pubsub):
         assert expect in info.exconly()
 
 
+class TestPubSubRESP3Handler:
+    def my_handler(self, message):
+        self.message = ["my handler", message]
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(HIREDIS_AVAILABLE, reason="PythonParser only")
+    async def test_push_handler(self, r):
+        if get_protocol_version(r) in [2, "2", None]:
+            return
+        p = r.pubsub(push_handler_func=self.my_handler)
+        await p.subscribe("foo")
+        assert await wait_for_message(p) is None
+        assert self.message == ["my handler", [b"subscribe", b"foo", 1]]
+        assert await r.publish("foo", "test message") == 1
+        assert await wait_for_message(p) is None
+        assert self.message == ["my handler", [b"message", b"foo", b"test message"]]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.onlynoncluster
 class TestPubSubAutoDecoding:
     """These tests only validate that we get unicode values back"""
@@ -995,13 +1014,15 @@ async def get_msg():
         assert msg is not None
         # timeout waiting for another message which never arrives
         assert pubsub.connection.is_connected
-        with patch("redis.parsers._AsyncRESP2Parser.read_response") as mock1:
+        with patch("redis.parsers._AsyncRESP2Parser.read_response") as mock1, patch(
+            "redis.parsers._AsyncHiredisParser.read_response"
+        ) as mock2, patch("redis.parsers._AsyncRESP3Parser.read_response") as mock3:
             mock1.side_effect = BaseException("boom")
-            with patch("redis.parsers._AsyncHiredisParser.read_response") as mock2:
-                mock2.side_effect = BaseException("boom")
+            mock2.side_effect = BaseException("boom")
+            mock3.side_effect = BaseException("boom")
 
-                with pytest.raises(BaseException):
-                    await get_msg()
+            with pytest.raises(BaseException):
+                await get_msg()
 
         # the timeout on the read should not cause disconnect
         assert pubsub.connection.is_connected
diff --git a/tests/test_pubsub.py b/tests/test_pubsub.py
index 48c0f3ac47..e1e4311511 100644
--- a/tests/test_pubsub.py
+++ b/tests/test_pubsub.py
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@
 
 import redis
 from redis.exceptions import ConnectionError
+from redis.utils import HIREDIS_AVAILABLE
 
-from .conftest import _get_client, skip_if_redis_enterprise, skip_if_server_version_lt
+from .conftest import (
+    _get_client,
+    is_resp2_connection,
+    skip_if_redis_enterprise,
+    skip_if_server_version_lt,
+)
 
 
 def wait_for_message(pubsub, timeout=0.5, ignore_subscribe_messages=False):
@@ -352,6 +358,23 @@ def test_unicode_pattern_message_handler(self, r):
         )
 
 
+class TestPubSubRESP3Handler:
+    def my_handler(self, message):
+        self.message = ["my handler", message]
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(HIREDIS_AVAILABLE, reason="PythonParser only")
+    def test_push_handler(self, r):
+        if is_resp2_connection(r):
+            return
+        p = r.pubsub(push_handler_func=self.my_handler)
+        p.subscribe("foo")
+        assert wait_for_message(p) is None
+        assert self.message == ["my handler", [b"subscribe", b"foo", 1]]
+        assert r.publish("foo", "test message") == 1
+        assert wait_for_message(p) is None
+        assert self.message == ["my handler", [b"message", b"foo", b"test message"]]
+
+
 class TestPubSubAutoDecoding:
     "These tests only validate that we get unicode values back"
 
@@ -767,13 +790,15 @@ def get_msg():
         assert msg is not None
         # timeout waiting for another message which never arrives
         assert is_connected()
-        with patch("redis.parsers._RESP2Parser.read_response") as mock1:
+        with patch("redis.parsers._RESP2Parser.read_response") as mock1, patch(
+            "redis.parsers._HiredisParser.read_response"
+        ) as mock2, patch("redis.parsers._RESP3Parser.read_response") as mock3:
             mock1.side_effect = BaseException("boom")
-            with patch("redis.parsers._HiredisParser.read_response") as mock2:
-                mock2.side_effect = BaseException("boom")
+            mock2.side_effect = BaseException("boom")
+            mock3.side_effect = BaseException("boom")
 
-                with pytest.raises(BaseException):
-                    get_msg()
+            with pytest.raises(BaseException):
+                get_msg()
 
         # the timeout on the read should not cause disconnect
         assert is_connected()