diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3dedc135..d439fb79 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
         "psy/psysh": "@stable",
         "laravel/framework": "5.7.*||5.8.*",
         "orchestra/testbench": "~3.7||~3.8",
-        "league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3": "~1.0"
+        "league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3": "~1.0",
+        "predis/predis": "^1.1"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/src/Exceptions/PhpRedisNotInstalledException.php b/src/Exceptions/PhpRedisNotInstalledException.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c9da3e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exceptions/PhpRedisNotInstalledException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Exceptions;
+
+class PhpRedisNotInstalledException extends \Exception
+{
+    protected $message = 'PhpRedis is not installed. PhpRedis is required for Redis multi-tenancy because Predis does not support prefixes.';
+}
diff --git a/src/StorageDrivers/RedisStorageDriver.php b/src/StorageDrivers/RedisStorageDriver.php
index 699950e6..10bd15f6 100644
--- a/src/StorageDrivers/RedisStorageDriver.php
+++ b/src/StorageDrivers/RedisStorageDriver.php
@@ -71,16 +71,21 @@ class RedisStorageDriver implements StorageDriver
             return "tenants:{$hash}";
         }, $uuids);
 
-        // Apparently, the PREFIX is applied to all functions except scan()
-        $redis_prefix = $this->redis->getOption($this->redis->client()::OPT_PREFIX);
-        $hashes = $hashes ?: $this->redis->scan(null, $redis_prefix.'tenants:*');
-        
-        return array_map(function ($tenant) use ($redis_prefix) {
-            // Left strip $redis_prefix from $tenant
-            if (substr($tenant, 0, strlen($redis_prefix)) == $redis_prefix) {
-                $tenant = substr($tenant, strlen($redis_prefix));
+        if (! $hashes) {
+            // Apparently, the PREFIX is applied to all functions except scan().
+            // Therefore, if the `tenancy` Redis connection has a prefix set
+            // (and PhpRedis is used), prepend the prefix to the search.
+            $redis_prefix = '';
+            if (config('database.redis.client') === 'phpredis') {
+                $redis_prefix = $this->redis->getOption($this->redis->client()::OPT_PREFIX);
             }
-
+            $hashes = array_map(function ($hash) use ($redis_prefix) {
+                // Left strip $redis_prefix from $hash
+                return substr($hash, strlen($redis_prefix));
+            }, $this->redis->scan(null, $redis_prefix.'tenants:*'));
+        }
+        
+        return array_map(function ($tenant) {
             return $this->redis->hgetall($tenant);
         }, $hashes);
     }
diff --git a/src/Traits/BootstrapsTenancy.php b/src/Traits/BootstrapsTenancy.php
index d09be0ff..05e4f66d 100644
--- a/src/Traits/BootstrapsTenancy.php
+++ b/src/Traits/BootstrapsTenancy.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Traits;
 use Stancl\Tenancy\CacheManager;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redis;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalThrowableError;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Exceptions\PhpRedisNotInstalledException;
 
 trait BootstrapsTenancy
 {
@@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ trait BootstrapsTenancy
     public function bootstrap()
     {
         $this->switchDatabaseConnection();
-        $this->setPhpRedisPrefix($this->app['config']['tenancy.redis.prefixed_connections']);
+        if ($this->app['config']['tenancy.redis.multitenant']) {
+            $this->setPhpRedisPrefix($this->app['config']['tenancy.redis.prefixed_connections']);
+        }
         $this->tagCache();
         $this->suffixFilesystemRootPaths();
     }
@@ -28,7 +32,11 @@ trait BootstrapsTenancy
         foreach ($connections as $connection) {
             $prefix = $this->app['config']['tenancy.redis.prefix_base'] . $this->tenant['uuid'];
             $client = Redis::connection($connection)->client();
-            $client->setOption($client::OPT_PREFIX, $prefix);
+            try {
+                $client->setOption($client::OPT_PREFIX, $prefix);
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                throw new PhpRedisNotInstalledException();
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/config/tenancy.php b/src/config/tenancy.php
index f1d9207f..c85dbabc 100644
--- a/src/config/tenancy.php
+++ b/src/config/tenancy.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ return [
         'suffix' => '',
     ],
     'redis' => [
+        'multitenant' => true,
         'prefix_base' => 'tenant',
         'prefixed_connections' => [
             'default',
diff --git a/tests/BootstrapsTenancyTest.php b/tests/BootstrapsTenancyTest.php
index 6fdab20c..9c171c16 100644
--- a/tests/BootstrapsTenancyTest.php
+++ b/tests/BootstrapsTenancyTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Tests;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redis;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Exceptions\PhpRedisNotInstalledException;
 
 class BootstrapsTenancyTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -30,6 +32,26 @@ class BootstrapsTenancyTest extends TestCase
         }
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function predis_is_supported()
+    {
+        Config::set('database.redis.client', 'predis');
+        Config::set('tenancy.redis.multitenant', false);
+
+        // assert no exception is thrown from initializing tenancy
+        $this->assertNotNull($this->initTenancy());
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function predis_is_not_supported_without_disabling_redis_multitenancy()
+    {
+        Config::set('database.redis.client', 'predis');
+        
+        // todo
+        $this->expectException(PhpRedisNotInstalledException::class);
+        $this->initTenancy();
+    }
+
     /** @test */
     public function filesystem_is_suffixed()
     {
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index a802367c..1cc19ad1 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
 
     public function initTenancy($domain = 'localhost')
     {
-        tenancy()->init($domain);
+        return tenancy()->init($domain);
     }
 
     /**