diff --git a/backend/open_webui/apps/socket/main.py b/backend/open_webui/apps/socket/main.py
index e41ef8412..8355cbcd8 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/apps/socket/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/apps/socket/main.py
@@ -2,16 +2,29 @@ import asyncio
 
 import socketio
 from open_webui.apps.webui.models.users import Users
-from open_webui.env import ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT
+from open_webui.env import (
+    ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT,
+    WEBSOCKET_MANAGER,
+    WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL,
+)
 from open_webui.utils.utils import decode_token
 
-sio = socketio.AsyncServer(
-    cors_allowed_origins=[],
-    async_mode="asgi",
-    transports=(["polling", "websocket"] if ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT else ["polling"]),
-    allow_upgrades=ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT,
-    always_connect=True,
-)
+
+if WEBSOCKET_MANAGER == "redis":
+    mgr = socketio.AsyncRedisManager(WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL)
+    sio = socketio.AsyncServer(client_manager=mgr)
+else:
+    sio = socketio.AsyncServer(
+        cors_allowed_origins=[],
+        async_mode="asgi",
+        transports=(
+            ["polling", "websocket"] if ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT else ["polling"]
+        ),
+        allow_upgrades=ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT,
+        always_connect=True,
+    )
+
+
 app = socketio.ASGIApp(sio, socketio_path="/ws/socket.io")
 
 # Dictionary to maintain the user pool
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/env.py b/backend/open_webui/env.py
index 89422e57b..504eeea54 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/env.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/env.py
@@ -302,3 +302,7 @@ if WEBUI_AUTH and WEBUI_SECRET_KEY == "":
 ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT = (
     os.environ.get("ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT", "True").lower() == "true"
 )
+
+WEBSOCKET_MANAGER = os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_MANAGER", "")
+
+WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL = os.environ.get("WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL", "redis://localhost:6379/0")