diff --git a/types/bull/bull-tests.tsx b/types/bull/bull-tests.tsx
index 1552febf85..e0854cfafa 100644
--- a/types/bull/bull-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/bull/bull-tests.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
  * Created by Bruno Grieder
  */
 
+import * as Redis from "ioredis";
 import * as Queue from "bull";
 
 const videoQueue = new Queue('video transcoding', 'redis://127.0.0.1:6379');
 const audioQueue = new Queue('audio transcoding', {redis: {port: 6379, host: '127.0.0.1'}}); // Specify Redis connection using object
 const imageQueue = new Queue('image transcoding');
-const pdfQueue = new Queue('pdf transcoding');
 
 videoQueue.process((job, done) => {
     // job.data contains the custom data passed when the job was created
@@ -67,6 +67,28 @@ videoQueue.add({video: 'http://example.com/video1.mov'});
 audioQueue.add({audio: 'http://example.com/audio1.mp3'});
 imageQueue.add({image: 'http://example.com/image1.tiff'});
 
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Re-using Redis Connections
+//
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+const client = new Redis();
+const subscriber = new Redis();
+
+const pdfQueue = new Queue('pdf transcoding', {
+    createClient: (type: string, options: Redis.RedisOptions) => {
+        switch (type) {
+            case 'client':
+                return client;
+            case 'subscriber':
+                return subscriber;
+            default:
+                return new Redis(options);
+        }
+    }
+});
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // Using Promises
diff --git a/types/bull/index.d.ts b/types/bull/index.d.ts
index 926952f6c2..fcab3c282e 100644
--- a/types/bull/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/bull/index.d.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import * as Redis from "ioredis";
  * It creates a new Queue that is persisted in Redis.
  * Everytime the same queue is instantiated it tries to process all the old jobs that may exist from a previous unfinished session.
  */
-declare var Bull: {
+declare const Bull: {
     // tslint:disable:unified-signatures
     (queueName: string, opts?: Bull.QueueOptions): Bull.Queue;
     (queueName: string, url?: string): Bull.Queue;
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ declare namespace Bull {
          */
         redis?: Redis.RedisOptions;
 
+        /**
+         * When specified, the `Queue` will use this function to create new `ioredis` client connections.
+         * This is useful if you want to re-use connections.
+         */
+        createClient?(type: 'client' | 'subscriber', redisOpts?: Redis.RedisOptions): Redis.Redis;
+
         /**
          * Prefix to use for all redis keys
          */