diff --git a/config.template.yml b/config.template.yml
index a3c81d888..30c2422e3 100644
--- a/config.template.yml
+++ b/config.template.yml
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ session:
     port: 6379
     # This secret can also be set using the env variables AUTHELIA_SESSION_REDIS_PASSWORD
     password: authelia
+    # This is the Redis DB Index https://redis.io/commands/select (sometimes referred to as database number, DB, etc).
+    database_index: 0
 
 # Configuration of the authentication regulation mechanism.
 #
diff --git a/internal/configuration/schema/session.go b/internal/configuration/schema/session.go
index 3e0cc2654..797cce82f 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/schema/session.go
+++ b/internal/configuration/schema/session.go
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package schema
 
 // RedisSessionConfiguration represents the configuration related to redis session store.
 type RedisSessionConfiguration struct {
-	Host     string `mapstructure:"host"`
-	Port     int64  `mapstructure:"port"`
-	Password string `mapstructure:"password"`
+	Host          string `mapstructure:"host"`
+	Port          int64  `mapstructure:"port"`
+	Password      string `mapstructure:"password"`
+	DatabaseIndex int    `mapstructure:"database_index"`
 }
 
 // SessionConfiguration represents the configuration related to user sessions.
diff --git a/internal/session/provider_config.go b/internal/session/provider_config.go
index fea588df9..c8e078b85 100644
--- a/internal/session/provider_config.go
+++ b/internal/session/provider_config.go
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ func NewProviderConfig(configuration schema.SessionConfiguration) ProviderConfig
 	if configuration.Redis != nil {
 		providerName = "redis"
 		providerConfig = &redis.Config{
-			Host:        configuration.Redis.Host,
-			Port:        configuration.Redis.Port,
-			Password:    configuration.Redis.Password,
+			Host:     configuration.Redis.Host,
+			Port:     configuration.Redis.Port,
+			Password: configuration.Redis.Password,
+			// DbNumber is the fasthttp/session property for the Redis DB Index
+			DbNumber:    configuration.Redis.DatabaseIndex,
 			PoolSize:    8,
 			IdleTimeout: 300,
 			KeyPrefix:   "authelia-session",
diff --git a/internal/session/provider_config_test.go b/internal/session/provider_config_test.go
index 15718c886..fa61b11c1 100644
--- a/internal/session/provider_config_test.go
+++ b/internal/session/provider_config_test.go
@@ -54,4 +54,25 @@ func TestShouldCreateRedisSessionProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "redis.example.com", pConfig.Host)
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(6379), pConfig.Port)
 	assert.Equal(t, "pass", pConfig.Password)
+	// DbNumber is the fasthttp/session property for the Redis DB Index
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, pConfig.DbNumber)
+}
+
+func TestShouldSetDbNumber(t *testing.T) {
+	configuration := schema.SessionConfiguration{}
+	configuration.Domain = "example.com"
+	configuration.Name = "my_session"
+	configuration.Expiration = 40
+	configuration.Redis = &schema.RedisSessionConfiguration{
+		Host:          "redis.example.com",
+		Port:          6379,
+		Password:      "pass",
+		DatabaseIndex: 5,
+	}
+	providerConfig := NewProviderConfig(configuration)
+	assert.Equal(t, "redis", providerConfig.providerName)
+	assert.IsType(t, &redis.Config{}, providerConfig.providerConfig)
+	pConfig := providerConfig.providerConfig.(*redis.Config)
+	// DbNumber is the fasthttp/session property for the Redis DB Index
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, pConfig.DbNumber)
 }