diff --git a/integration-tests/redis-client/README.md b/integration-tests/redis-client/README.md
index d943e88df2ca1..49ca9cce84971 100644
--- a/integration-tests/redis-client/README.md
+++ b/integration-tests/redis-client/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 
 ## Running the tests
 
-By default, the tests of this module are disabled.
+By default, the tests of this module are disabled. To activate the test, use the `-Dtest-redis` option. 
+
+NB: Tests in this module will attempt a connection to a local Redis listening on the default port. 
+If you have specific requirements, you can define a specific connection URL with `-Dquarkus.redis.hosts=host:port`.
+Or, you can use the `-Ddocker` option to start the Redis Server container automatically. 
+
+### Running tests in JVM mode
 
 To run, you can run the following command:
 
@@ -10,12 +16,22 @@ To run, you can run the following command:
 mvn clean install -Dtest-redis
 ```
 
-NB: Tests in this module will attempt a connection to a local Redis listening on the default port. 
-If you have specific requirements, you can define a specific connection URL with `-Dquarkus.redis.hosts=host:port`.
+Alternatively, to run the tests in JVM mode with Redis Server started as a Docker container, you can run the following command:
 
+```
+mvn clean install -Dtest-redis -Ddocker
+```
+
+### Running tests in native mode
 
 Additionally, you can generate a native image and run the tests for this native image by adding `-Dnative`:
 
 ```
 mvn clean install -Dtest-redis -Dnative
 ```
+
+You can also use the `-Ddocker` system property (as shown below), if you want the Redis Server container to be started automatically.
+
+```
+mvn clean install -Dtest-redis -Dnative -Ddocker
+```
diff --git a/integration-tests/redis-client/pom.xml b/integration-tests/redis-client/pom.xml
index 32f6240a0a865..fa7fc6a0116e8 100644
--- a/integration-tests/redis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/redis-client/pom.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,88 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>docker-redis</id>
+            <activation>
+                <property>
+                    <name>docker</name>
+                </property>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <redis.url>localhost:6379</redis.url>
+            </properties>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <images>
+                                <image>
+                                    <name>redis:5.0.8-alpine</name>
+                                    <alias>quarkus-test-redis</alias>
+                                    <run>
+                                        <ports>
+                                            <port>6379:6379</port>
+                                        </ports>
+                                        <log>
+                                            <prefix>Redis:</prefix>
+                                            <date>default</date>
+                                            <color>cyan</color>
+                                        </log>
+                                        <!-- Speed things up a bit by not actually flushing writes to disk -->
+                                        <wait>
+                                            <!-- good docs found at: http://dmp.fabric8.io/#start-wait -->
+                                            <time>20000</time>
+                                            <!-- wait until Redis is actually up by checking if we can ping the server-->
+                                            <exec>
+                                                <postStart>redis-cli PING</postStart>
+                                            </exec>
+                                        </wait>
+                                    </run>
+                                </image>
+                            </images>
+                            <!--Stops all redis images currently running, not just those we just started.
+                              Useful to stop processes still running from a previously failed integration test run -->
+                            <allContainers>true</allContainers>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>docker-start</id>
+                                <phase>compile</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>stop</goal>
+                                    <goal>start</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>docker-stop</id>
+                                <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>stop</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>docker-prune</id>
+                                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>exec</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <executable>${basedir}/../../.github/docker-prune.sh</executable>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
 
         <profile>
             <id>native-image</id>