diff --git a/lib/Resque/Redis.php b/lib/Resque/Redis.php
index 874bf69..0d67a74 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Redis.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Redis.php
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ if(!class_exists('Redisent')) {
  */
 class Resque_Redis extends Redisent
 {
+    /**
+     * Redis namespace
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private static $defaultNamespace = 'resque:';
 	/**
 	 * @var array List of all commands in Redis that supply a key as their
 	 *	first argument. Used to prefix keys with the Resque namespace.
@@ -76,10 +81,22 @@ class Resque_Redis extends Redisent
 	// msetnx
 	// mset
 	// renamenx
-
+	
+	/**
+	 * Set Redis namespace (prefix) default: resque
+	 * @param string $namespace
+	 */
+	public static function prefix($namespace)
+	{
+	    if (strpos($namespace, ':') === false) {
+	        $namespace .= ':';
+	    }
+	    self::$defaultNamespace = $namespace;
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Magic method to handle all function requests and prefix key based
-	 * operations with the 'resque:' key prefix.
+	 * operations with the {self::$defaultNamespace} key prefix.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $name The name of the method called.
 	 * @param array $args Array of supplied arguments to the method.
@@ -88,7 +105,7 @@ class Resque_Redis extends Redisent
 	public function __call($name, $args) {
 		$args = func_get_args();
 		if(in_array($name, $this->keyCommands)) {
-			$args[1][0] = 'resque:' . $args[1][0];
+		    $args[1][0] = self::$defaultNamespace . $args[1][0];
 		}
 		try {
 			return parent::__call($name, $args[1]);
diff --git a/lib/Resque/RedisCluster.php b/lib/Resque/RedisCluster.php
index 6ac15e3..9297287 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/RedisCluster.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/RedisCluster.php
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ if(!class_exists('RedisentCluster')) {
  */
 class Resque_RedisCluster extends RedisentCluster
 {
+    /**
+     * Redis namespace
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private static $defaultNamespace = 'resque:';
 	/**
 	 * @var array List of all commands in Redis that supply a key as their
 	 *	first argument. Used to prefix keys with the Resque namespace.
@@ -76,10 +81,22 @@ class Resque_RedisCluster extends RedisentCluster
 	// msetnx
 	// mset
 	// renamenx
+	
+	/**
+	 * Set Redis namespace (prefix) default: resque
+	 * @param string $namespace
+	 */
+	public static function prefix($namespace)
+	{
+	    if (strpos($namespace, ':') === false) {
+	        $namespace .= ':';
+	    }
+	    self::$defaultNamespace = $namespace;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Magic method to handle all function requests and prefix key based
-	 * operations with the 'resque:' key prefix.
+	 * operations with the '{self::$defaultNamespace}' key prefix.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $name The name of the method called.
 	 * @param array $args Array of supplied arguments to the method.
@@ -88,7 +105,7 @@ class Resque_RedisCluster extends RedisentCluster
 	public function __call($name, $args) {
 		$args = func_get_args();
 		if(in_array($name, $this->keyCommands)) {
-			$args[1][0] = 'resque:' . $args[1][0];
+			$args[1][0] = self::$defaultNamespace . $args[1][0];
 		}
 		try {
 			return parent::__call($name, $args[1]);
diff --git a/test/Resque/Tests/JobTest.php b/test/Resque/Tests/JobTest.php
index 1f33fee..3102291 100644
--- a/test/Resque/Tests/JobTest.php
+++ b/test/Resque/Tests/JobTest.php
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class Resque_Tests_JobTest extends Resque_Tests_TestCase
 		$this->assertEquals($job->payload['args'], $newJob->getArguments());
 	}
 
+
 	public function testFailedJobExceptionsAreCaught()
 	{
 		$payload = array(
@@ -166,4 +167,18 @@ class Resque_Tests_JobTest extends Resque_Tests_TestCase
 		
 		$this->assertTrue(Test_Job_With_TearDown::$called);
 	}
+	
+	public function testJobWithNamespace()
+	{
+	    Resque_Redis::prefix('php');
+	    $queue = 'jobs';
+	    $payload = array('another_value');
+        Resque::enqueue($queue, 'Test_Job_With_TearDown', $payload);
+        
+        $this->assertEquals(Resque::queues(), array('jobs'));
+        $this->assertEquals(Resque::size($queue), 1);
+        
+        Resque_Redis::prefix('resque');
+        $this->assertEquals(Resque::size($queue), 0);        
+	}
 }
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