diff --git a/functions b/functions
index b991268..1b2ac21 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ service_create() {
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service directory"
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT/data" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service data directory"
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT/config" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service config directory"
-  curl -sSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/${PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION:0:3}/redis.conf" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/config/redis.conf" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to download the default redis.conf to the config directory"
+  if [[ -z $REDIS_CONFIG_PATH ]] ; then
+    curl -sSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/${PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION:0:3}/redis.conf" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/config/redis.conf" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to download the default redis.conf to the config directory"
+  else
+    cp "$REDIS_CONFIG_PATH" "$SERVICE_ROOT/config/redis.conf" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to copy the ${REDIS_CONFIG_PATH} to the config directory"
+  fi
   PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
   if [[ -n "$SERVICE_PASSWORD" ]]; then
     PASSWORD="$SERVICE_PASSWORD"