diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7021b26..a3f2e4f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Enable rediss url parsing support
+
 ## [0.22.1] - 2022-02-20
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -264,9 +268,9 @@ Use `ProcessIn` or `ProcessAt` option to schedule a task instead of `EnqueueIn`
 
 #### `Inspector`
 
-All Inspector methods are scoped to a queue, and the methods take `qname (string)` as the first argument.  
-`EnqueuedTask` is renamed to `PendingTask` and its corresponding methods.  
-`InProgressTask` is renamed to `ActiveTask` and its corresponding methods.  
+All Inspector methods are scoped to a queue, and the methods take `qname (string)` as the first argument.
+`EnqueuedTask` is renamed to `PendingTask` and its corresponding methods.
+`InProgressTask` is renamed to `ActiveTask` and its corresponding methods.
 Command "Enqueue" is replaced by the verb "Run" (e.g. `EnqueueAllScheduledTasks` --> `RunAllScheduledTasks`)
 
 #### `CLI`
diff --git a/asynq.go b/asynq.go
index 234d4b9..cda9a23 100644
--- a/asynq.go
+++ b/asynq.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -419,9 +420,10 @@ func (opt RedisClusterClientOpt) MakeRedisClient() interface{} {
 // ParseRedisURI parses redis uri string and returns RedisConnOpt if uri is valid.
 // It returns a non-nil error if uri cannot be parsed.
 //
-// Three URI schemes are supported, which are redis:, redis-socket:, and redis-sentinel:.
+// Three URI schemes are supported, which are redis:, rediss:, redis-socket:, and redis-sentinel:.
 // Supported formats are:
 //     redis://[:password@]host[:port][/dbnumber]
+//     rediss://[:password@]host[:port][/dbnumber]
 //     redis-socket://[:password@]path[?db=dbnumber]
 //     redis-sentinel://[:password@]host1[:port][,host2:[:port]][,hostN:[:port]][?master=masterName]
 func ParseRedisURI(uri string) (RedisConnOpt, error) {
@@ -430,7 +432,7 @@ func ParseRedisURI(uri string) (RedisConnOpt, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("asynq: could not parse redis uri: %v", err)
 	}
 	switch u.Scheme {
-	case "redis":
+	case "redis", "rediss":
 		return parseRedisURI(u)
 	case "redis-socket":
 		return parseRedisSocketURI(u)
@@ -444,6 +446,8 @@ func ParseRedisURI(uri string) (RedisConnOpt, error) {
 func parseRedisURI(u *url.URL) (RedisConnOpt, error) {
 	var db int
 	var err error
+	var redisConnOpt RedisClientOpt
+
 	if len(u.Path) > 0 {
 		xs := strings.Split(strings.Trim(u.Path, "/"), "/")
 		db, err = strconv.Atoi(xs[0])
@@ -455,7 +459,20 @@ func parseRedisURI(u *url.URL) (RedisConnOpt, error) {
 	if v, ok := u.User.Password(); ok {
 		password = v
 	}
-	return RedisClientOpt{Addr: u.Host, DB: db, Password: password}, nil
+
+	if u.Scheme == "rediss" {
+		h, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(u.Host)
+		if err != nil {
+			h = u.Host
+		}
+		redisConnOpt.TLSConfig = &tls.Config{ServerName: h}
+	}
+
+	redisConnOpt.Addr = u.Host
+	redisConnOpt.Password = password
+	redisConnOpt.DB = db
+
+	return redisConnOpt, nil
 }
 
 func parseRedisSocketURI(u *url.URL) (RedisConnOpt, error) {
diff --git a/asynq_test.go b/asynq_test.go
index e5fdd62..d1081a8 100644
--- a/asynq_test.go
+++ b/asynq_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package asynq
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"flag"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	h "github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/asynqtest"
 	"github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/log"
 )
@@ -99,6 +101,10 @@ func TestParseRedisURI(t *testing.T) {
 			"redis://localhost:6379",
 			RedisClientOpt{Addr: "localhost:6379"},
 		},
+		{
+			"rediss://localhost:6379",
+			RedisClientOpt{Addr: "localhost:6379", TLSConfig: &tls.Config{ServerName: "localhost"}},
+		},
 		{
 			"redis://localhost:6379/3",
 			RedisClientOpt{Addr: "localhost:6379", DB: 3},
@@ -151,7 +157,7 @@ func TestParseRedisURI(t *testing.T) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.want, got); diff != "" {
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.want, got, cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(tls.Config{})); diff != "" {
 			t.Errorf("ParseRedisURI(%q) = %+v, want %+v\n(-want,+got)\n%s", tc.uri, got, tc.want, diff)
 		}
 	}