diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b493c9b6..0ab9c18c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ var connectionDetails = {
   password:  "",
   port:      6379,
   database:  0,
-  namespace: "resque",
+  namespace: "resque", // Also allow array of strings
 }
 
 var worker = new NodeResque.Worker({connection: connectionDetails, queues: 'math'}, jobs);
diff --git a/__tests__/core/connection.js b/__tests__/core/connection.js
index 40afa468..656bcc7b 100644
--- a/__tests__/core/connection.js
+++ b/__tests__/core/connection.js
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ describe('connection', () => {
       expect(prefixedConnection.key('thing')).toBe(`customNamespace:thing`)
     })
 
+    test('keys built with a array namespace are correct', () => {
+      connection.options.namespace = ['custom', 'namespace']
+      expect(connection.key('thing')).toBe(`custom:namespace:thing`)
+
+      prefixedConnection.options.namespace = ['custom', 'namespace']
+      expect(prefixedConnection.key('thing')).toBe(`custom:namespace:thing`)
+    })
+
     test('will properly build namespace strings dynamically', async () => {
       connection.options.namespace = specHelper.namespace
       expect(connection.key('thing')).toBe(specHelper.namespace + ':thing')
diff --git a/lib/connection.js b/lib/connection.js
index bd1de932..1420ccb1 100644
--- a/lib/connection.js
+++ b/lib/connection.js
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ class Connection extends EventEmitter {
   key () {
     let args
     args = (arguments.length >= 1 ? [].slice.call(arguments, 0) : [])
-    args.unshift(this.options.namespace)
+    if (Array.isArray(this.options.namespace)) {
+      args.unshift(...this.options.namespace)
+    } else {
+      args.unshift(this.options.namespace)
+    }
     args = args.filter((e) => { return String(e).trim() })
     return args.join(':')
   }