diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b3efa7e..b43eb30 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
 			<version>1.1.2</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>com.github.kstyrc</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>embedded-redis</artifactId>
+                    <version>0.6</version>
+                    <scope>test</scope>
+                </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<distributionManagement>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/cwbase/logback/RedisAppenderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/cwbase/logback/RedisAppenderTest.java
index decaa50..8a04f00 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/cwbase/logback/RedisAppenderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/cwbase/logback/RedisAppenderTest.java
@@ -21,12 +21,26 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import redis.embedded.RedisServer;
 
 public class RedisAppenderTest {
 
+        static RedisServer redisServer;
 	String key = "logstash";
 	Jedis redis;
 
+        @BeforeClass
+        public static void beforeClass() throws IOException {
+            redisServer = new RedisServer(6379);
+            redisServer.start();
+        }
+        @AfterClass
+        public static void afterClass() {
+            redisServer.stop();
+        }
 	@Test
 	public void logTest() throws Exception {
 		// refer to logback.xml in test folder