diff --git a/src/nc_message.c b/src/nc_message.c
index 06cfb5ad..4689cc76 100644
--- a/src/nc_message.c
+++ b/src/nc_message.c
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ _msg_get(void)
     msg->result = MSG_PARSE_OK;
 
     msg->fragment = NULL;
+    msg->reply = NULL;
     msg->pre_coalesce = NULL;
     msg->post_coalesce = NULL;
 
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ _msg_get(void)
     msg->request = 0;
     msg->quit = 0;
     msg->noreply = 0;
+    msg->noforward = 0;
     msg->done = 0;
     msg->fdone = 0;
     msg->swallow = 0;
@@ -291,6 +293,7 @@ msg_get(struct conn *conn, bool request, bool redis)
             msg->parser = redis_parse_rsp;
         }
         msg->fragment = redis_fragment;
+        msg->reply = redis_reply;
         msg->pre_coalesce = redis_pre_coalesce;
         msg->post_coalesce = redis_post_coalesce;
     } else {
diff --git a/src/nc_message.h b/src/nc_message.h
index 1bcc0720..0d202691 100644
--- a/src/nc_message.h
+++ b/src/nc_message.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 typedef void (*msg_parse_t)(struct msg *);
 typedef rstatus_t (*msg_fragment_t)(struct msg *, uint32_t, struct msg_tqh *);
 typedef void (*msg_coalesce_t)(struct msg *r);
+typedef rstatus_t (*msg_reply_t)(struct msg *r);
 
 typedef enum msg_parse_result {
     MSG_PARSE_OK,                         /* parsing ok */
@@ -157,6 +158,8 @@ typedef enum msg_parse_result {
     ACTION( REQ_REDIS_ZSCAN)                                                                        \
     ACTION( REQ_REDIS_EVAL )                   /* redis requests - eval */                          \
     ACTION( REQ_REDIS_EVALSHA )                                                                     \
+    ACTION( REQ_REDIS_PING )                   /* redis requests - ping/quit */                     \
+    ACTION( REQ_REDIS_QUIT)                                                                         \
     ACTION( RSP_REDIS_STATUS )                 /* redis response */                                 \
     ACTION( RSP_REDIS_ERROR )                                                                       \
     ACTION( RSP_REDIS_INTEGER )                                                                     \
@@ -199,6 +202,7 @@ struct msg {
     msg_parse_result_t   result;          /* message parsing result */
 
     msg_fragment_t       fragment;        /* message fragment */
+    msg_reply_t          reply;           /* gen message reply (example: ping) */
     msg_coalesce_t       pre_coalesce;    /* message pre-coalesce */
     msg_coalesce_t       post_coalesce;   /* message post-coalesce */
 
@@ -228,6 +232,7 @@ struct msg {
     unsigned             request:1;       /* request? or response? */
     unsigned             quit:1;          /* quit request? */
     unsigned             noreply:1;       /* noreply? */
+    unsigned             noforward:1;     /* not need forward (example: ping) */
     unsigned             done:1;          /* done? */
     unsigned             fdone:1;         /* all fragments are done? */
     unsigned             swallow:1;       /* swallow response? */
diff --git a/src/nc_request.c b/src/nc_request.c
index 7d00ff2a..d59adda3 100644
--- a/src/nc_request.c
+++ b/src/nc_request.c
@@ -586,6 +586,27 @@ req_recv_done(struct context *ctx, struct conn *conn, struct msg *msg,
         return;
     }
 
+    if (msg->noforward) {
+        status = req_make_reply(ctx, conn, msg);
+        if (status != NC_OK) {
+            conn->err = errno;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        status = msg->reply(msg);
+        if (status != NC_OK) {
+            conn->err = errno;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        status = event_add_out(ctx->evb, conn);
+        if (status != NC_OK) {
+            conn->err = errno;
+        }
+
+        return;
+    }
+
     /* do fragment */
     pool = conn->owner;
     TAILQ_INIT(&frag_msgq);
diff --git a/src/proto/nc_proto.h b/src/proto/nc_proto.h
index 253f3bec..c5b8790c 100644
--- a/src/proto/nc_proto.h
+++ b/src/proto/nc_proto.h
@@ -149,5 +149,6 @@ void redis_parse_rsp(struct msg *r);
 void redis_pre_coalesce(struct msg *r);
 void redis_post_coalesce(struct msg *r);
 rstatus_t redis_fragment(struct msg *r, uint32_t ncontinuum, struct msg_tqh *frag_msgq);
+rstatus_t redis_reply(struct msg *r);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/proto/nc_redis.c b/src/proto/nc_redis.c
index ce9621ed..8277ec92 100644
--- a/src/proto/nc_redis.c
+++ b/src/proto/nc_redis.c
@@ -21,6 +21,25 @@
 #include <nc_core.h>
 #include <nc_proto.h>
 
+/*
+ * Return true, if the redis command take no key, otherwise
+ * return false
+ */
+static bool
+redis_argz(struct msg *r)
+{
+    switch (r->type) {
+    case MSG_REQ_REDIS_PING:
+    case MSG_REQ_REDIS_QUIT:
+        return true;
+
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * Return true, if the redis command accepts no arguments, otherwise
  * return false
@@ -594,6 +613,18 @@ redis_parse_req(struct msg *r)
                     break;
                 }
 
+                if (str4icmp(m, 'p', 'i', 'n', 'g')) {
+                    r->type = MSG_REQ_REDIS_PING;
+                    r->noforward = 1;
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                if (str4icmp(m, 'q', 'u', 'i', 't')) {
+                    r->type = MSG_REQ_REDIS_QUIT;
+                    r->quit = 1;
+                    break;
+                }
+
                 break;
 
             case 5:
@@ -1018,7 +1049,9 @@ redis_parse_req(struct msg *r)
         case SW_REQ_TYPE_LF:
             switch (ch) {
             case LF:
-                if (redis_argeval(r)) {
+                if (redis_argz(r)) {
+                    goto done;
+                } else if (redis_argeval(r)) {
                     state = SW_ARG1_LEN;
                 } else {
                     state = SW_KEY_LEN;
@@ -2417,6 +2450,23 @@ redis_fragment(struct msg *r, uint32_t ncontinuum, struct msg_tqh *frag_msgq)
     }
 }
 
+rstatus_t
+redis_reply(struct msg *r)
+{
+    struct msg *response = r->peer;
+
+    ASSERT(response != NULL);
+
+    switch (r->type) {
+    case MSG_REQ_REDIS_PING:
+        return msg_append(response, (uint8_t *)"+PONG\r\n", 7);
+
+    default:
+        NOT_REACHED();
+        return NC_ERROR;
+    }
+}
+
 void
 redis_post_coalesce_mset(struct msg *request)
 {