diff --git a/templates/default/redis.init.erb b/templates/default/redis.init.erb
index 2c5a8366..f3275613 100644
--- a/templates/default/redis.init.erb
+++ b/templates/default/redis.init.erb
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ case "$1" in
                 echo "Redis stopped"
         fi
         ;;
+    status)
+        if [ -f $PIDFILE ]
+        then
+            echo "process is running"
+            PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
+            echo "pid is $PID"
+        else
+            echo "Redis server is not running ..."
+        fi
+        ;;
     *)
         echo "Please use start or stop as first argument"
         ;;