diff --git a/background.go b/background.go
index 9aa9f6b..bddc2e8 100644
--- a/background.go
+++ b/background.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type Background struct {
 	mu      sync.Mutex
 	running bool
 
+	rdb       *rdb
 	poller    *poller
 	processor *processor
 }
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ func NewBackground(numWorkers int, opt *RedisOpt) *Background {
 	poller := newPoller(rdb, 5*time.Second, []string{scheduled, retry})
 	processor := newProcessor(rdb, numWorkers, nil)
 	return &Background{
+		rdb:       rdb,
 		poller:    poller,
 		processor: processor,
 	}
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ func (bg *Background) stop() {
 	bg.poller.terminate()
 	bg.processor.terminate()
 
+	bg.rdb.client.Close()
 	bg.processor.handler = nil
 	bg.running = false
 }
diff --git a/background_test.go b/background_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e59611c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/background_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package asynq
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.uber.org/goleak"
+)
+
+func TestBackground(t *testing.T) {
+	// https://github.com/go-redis/redis/issues/1029
+	ignoreOpt := goleak.IgnoreTopFunction("github.com/go-redis/redis/v7/internal/pool.(*ConnPool).reaper")
+	defer goleak.VerifyNoLeaks(t, ignoreOpt)
+
+	bg := NewBackground(10, &RedisOpt{
+		Addr: "localhost:6379",
+		DB:   15,
+	})
+
+	client := NewClient(&RedisOpt{
+		Addr: "localhost:6379",
+		DB:   15,
+	})
+
+	// no-op handler
+	h := func(task *Task) error {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	bg.start(h)
+
+	client.Process(&Task{
+		Type:    "send_email",
+		Payload: map[string]interface{}{"recipient_id": 123},
+	}, time.Now())
+
+	client.Process(&Task{
+		Type:    "send_email",
+		Payload: map[string]interface{}{"recipient_id": 456},
+	}, time.Now().Add(time.Hour))
+
+	bg.stop()
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0ae1b01..1c06dec 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/v7 v7.0.0-beta.4
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1
+	go.uber.org/goleak v0.10.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7177735..9d573e1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpO
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.8.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
+go.uber.org/goleak v0.10.0 h1:G3eWbSNIskeRqtsN/1uI5B+eP73y3JUuBsv9AZjehb4=
+go.uber.org/goleak v0.10.0/go.mod h1:VCZuO8V8mFPlL0F5J5GK1rtHV3DrFcQ1R8ryq7FK0aI=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180906233101-161cd47e91fd/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180909124046-d0be0721c37e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=