diff --git a/lib/emergency_banner/display.rb b/lib/emergency_banner/display.rb
index cfa92da7a..de9171f9d 100644
--- a/lib/emergency_banner/display.rb
+++ b/lib/emergency_banner/display.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class Display
     class << self
       def client
         @client ||= Redis.new(
+          url: ENV.fetch("EMERGENCY_BANNER_REDIS_URL", ENV["REDIS_URL"]),
           reconnect_attempts: [
             15,
             30,
diff --git a/test/unit/emergency_banner/display_test.rb b/test/unit/emergency_banner/display_test.rb
index f6a6bf24e..70fb108a9 100644
--- a/test/unit/emergency_banner/display_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/emergency_banner/display_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,51 @@
     @banner = EmergencyBanner::Display.new
   end
 
+  context ".client" do
+    context "when the EMERGENCY_BANNER_REDIS_URL environment variable has been set" do
+      should "use that value as the URL for the Redis client" do
+        mock_env("EMERGENCY_BANNER_REDIS_URL" => "redis://emergency-banner") do
+          EmergencyBanner::Display.instance_variable_set(:@client, nil)
+
+          Redis.expects(:new).with(
+            url: "redis://emergency-banner",
+            reconnect_attempts: [
+              15,
+              30,
+              45,
+              60,
+            ],
+          )
+
+          EmergencyBanner::Display.client
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the EMERGENCY_BANNER_REDIS_URL environment variable has not been set" do
+      should "use the default REDIS_URL as the URL for the Redis client" do
+        mock_env({
+          "EMERGENCY_BANNER_REDIS_URL" => nil,
+          "REDIS_URL" => "redis://my-redis-url",
+        }) do
+          EmergencyBanner::Display.instance_variable_set(:@client, nil)
+
+          Redis.expects(:new).with(
+            url: "redis://my-redis-url",
+            reconnect_attempts: [
+              15,
+              30,
+              45,
+              60,
+            ],
+          )
+
+          EmergencyBanner::Display.client
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   context "#enabled?" do
     should "return enabled is false when redis connection times out and send an error notification" do
       err = Redis::CannotConnectError.new("Timed out connecting to Redis")
@@ -155,5 +200,15 @@
       assert_nil @banner.link_text
     end
   end
+
+  def mock_env(partial_env_hash)
+    old_env = ENV.to_hash
+    ENV.update partial_env_hash
+    begin
+      yield
+    ensure
+      ENV.replace old_env
+    end
+  end
 end
 # rubocop:enable Rails/RefuteMethods