diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/zaqar.pp b/manifests/profile/base/zaqar.pp
index 573984d44..23f927aa2 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/zaqar.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/zaqar.pp
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::zaqar (
       class {'::zaqar::messaging::mongodb':
         uri => $mongo_database_connection,
       }
+    } elsif $messaging_store == 'redis' {
+      include ::zaqar::messaging::redis
     } else {
       fail("unsupported Zaqar messaging_store set: ${messaging_store}")
     }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/zaqar-redis-5ff1028b66fd47a8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/zaqar-redis-5ff1028b66fd47a8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62c8f3f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/zaqar-redis-5ff1028b66fd47a8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Allow using Redis as Zaqar messaging backend.
+