diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connectors/PhpRedisConnector.php b/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connectors/PhpRedisConnector.php
index 447353221b54..1b8921f7fa1c 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connectors/PhpRedisConnector.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Redis/Connectors/PhpRedisConnector.php
@@ -92,8 +92,45 @@ protected function createClient(array $config)
      */
     protected function establishConnection($client, array $config)
     {
-        $client->{($config['persistent'] ?? false) === true ? 'pconnect' : 'connect'}(
-            $config['host'], $config['port'], Arr::get($config, 'timeout', 0)
+        if ($config['persistent'] ?? false) {
+            $this->establishPersistentConnection($client, $config);
+        } else {
+            $this->establishRegularConnection($client, $config);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Establish a persistent connection with the Redis host.
+     *
+     * @param  \Redis  $client
+     * @param  array  $config
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function establishPersistentConnection($client, array $config)
+    {
+        $client->pconnect(
+            $config['host'],
+            $config['port'],
+            Arr::get($config, 'timeout', 0.0),
+            Arr::get($config, 'persistent_id', null)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Establish a regular connection with the Redis host.
+     *
+     * @param  \Redis  $client
+     * @param  array  $config
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function establishRegularConnection($client, array $config)
+    {
+        $client->connect(
+            $config['host'],
+            $config['port'],
+            Arr::get($config, 'timeout', 0.0),
+            Arr::get($config, 'reserved', null),
+            Arr::get($config, 'retry_interval', 0)
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Redis/RedisConnectionTest.php b/tests/Redis/RedisConnectionTest.php
index 9226787abc98..c8acdae1c5f3 100644
--- a/tests/Redis/RedisConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Redis/RedisConnectionTest.php
@@ -573,6 +573,21 @@ public function it_runs_raw_command()
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_persists_connection()
+    {
+        if (PHP_ZTS) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('PhpRedis does not support persistent connections with PHP_ZTS enabled.');
+        }
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            'laravel',
+            $this->connections()['persistent']->getPersistentID()
+        );
+    }
+
     public function connections()
     {
         $connections = [
@@ -595,7 +610,21 @@ public function connections()
                 ],
             ]);
 
+            $persistentPhpRedis = new RedisManager('phpredis', [
+                'cluster' => false,
+                'default' => [
+                    'host' => $host,
+                    'port' => $port,
+                    'database' => 6,
+                    'options' => ['prefix' => 'laravel:'],
+                    'timeout' => 0.5,
+                    'persistent' => true,
+                    'persistent_id' => 'laravel',
+                ],
+            ]);
+
             $connections[] = $prefixedPhpredis->connection();
+            $connections['persistent'] = $persistentPhpRedis->connection();
         }
 
         return $connections;