diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6667eceb94a..3f6cc3a8268 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ v 7.3.0
   - Zen mode (fullscreen) for issues/MR/notes (Robert Schilling)
   - Add ability to configure webhook timeout via gitlab.yml (Wes Gurney)
   - Sort project merge requests in asc or desc order for updated_at or created_at field (sponsored by O'Reilly Media)
+  - Add Redis socket support to 'rake gitlab:shell:install'
 
 v 7.2.1
   - Delete orphaned labels during label migration (James Brooks)
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/shell.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/shell.rake
index ece3ad58385..71716ae1856 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/shell.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/shell.rake
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       Dir.chdir(target_dir) do
         sh "git fetch origin && git reset --hard $(git describe #{args.tag} || git describe origin/#{args.tag})"
 
-        redis_url = URI.parse(ENV['REDIS_URL'] || "redis://localhost:6379")
-
         config = {
           user: user,
           gitlab_url: gitlab_url,
@@ -34,14 +32,21 @@ namespace :gitlab do
           auth_file: File.join(home_dir, ".ssh", "authorized_keys"),
           redis: {
             bin: %x{which redis-cli}.chomp,
-            host: redis_url.host,
-            port: redis_url.port,
             namespace: "resque:gitlab"
           }.stringify_keys,
           log_level: "INFO",
           audit_usernames: false
         }.stringify_keys
 
+        redis_url = URI.parse(ENV['REDIS_URL'] || "redis://localhost:6379")
+
+        if redis_url.scheme == 'unix'
+          config['redis']['socket'] = redis_url.path
+        else
+          config['redis']['host'] = redis_url.host
+          config['redis']['port'] = redis_url.port
+        end
+
         # Generate config.yml based on existing gitlab settings
         File.open("config.yml", "w+") {|f| f.puts config.to_yaml}