diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Redis/Connections/Connection.php b/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Redis/Connections/Connection.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..537cf9d63a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Redis/Connections/Connection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Contracts\Redis\Connections;
+
+use Closure;
+
+interface Connection
+{
+    /**
+     * Subscribe to a set of given channels for messages.
+     *
+     * @param  array|string  $channels
+     * @param  \Closure  $callback
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function subscribe($channels, Closure $callback);
+
+    /**
+     * Subscribe to a set of given channels with wildcards.
+     *
+     * @param  array|string  $channels
+     * @param  \Closure  $callback
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function psubscribe($channels, Closure $callback);
+
+    /**
+     * Run a command against the Redis database.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $method
+     * @param  array   $parameters
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function command($method, array $parameters = []);
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connections/PhpRedisConnection.php b/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connections/PhpRedisConnection.php
index 252532fac8fe..1d58e81bfe7e 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connections/PhpRedisConnection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connections/PhpRedisConnection.php
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 
 use Redis;
 use Closure;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Redis\Connections\Connection as ConnectionContract;
 
 /**
  * @mixin \Redis
  */
-class PhpRedisConnection extends Connection
+class PhpRedisConnection extends Connection implements ConnectionContract
 {
     /**
      * Create a new PhpRedis connection.
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connections/PredisConnection.php b/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connections/PredisConnection.php
index 0dbc2c5895a4..b5f4e641eea1 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connections/PredisConnection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connections/PredisConnection.php
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Redis\Connections;
 
 use Closure;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Redis\Connections\Connection as ConnectionContract;
 
 /**
  * @mixin \Predis\Client
  */
-class PredisConnection extends Connection
+class PredisConnection extends Connection implements ConnectionContract
 {
     /**
      * Create a new Predis connection.