diff --git a/dicos/90_redis.xml b/dicos/90_redis.xml
index 494ef27..497b930 100644
--- a/dicos/90_redis.xml
+++ b/dicos/90_redis.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <creole>
     <files>
         <!-- System configuration -->
+        <file filelist='redis' name='/etc/sysctl.d/100-redis-tuning.conf' source='redis_sysctl.conf' mkdir='True' rm='True'/>
         <file filelist='redis' name='/etc/redis/redis.conf' mkdir='True' rm='True'/>
         <file filelist='redisSlave' name='/etc/redis/redis-slave.conf' mkdir='True' rm='True'/>
         <file filelist='redisCl' name='/etc/redis/cluster.conf' source='redis-cluster.conf' mkdir='True' rm='True'/>
diff --git a/tmpl/redis_sysctl.conf b/tmpl/redis_sysctl.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5e6960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmpl/redis_sysctl.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+net.core.somaxconn = 512