diff --git a/cmd/bosun/conf/conf.go b/cmd/bosun/conf/conf.go
index 44ca588360..8342fece4f 100644
--- a/cmd/bosun/conf/conf.go
+++ b/cmd/bosun/conf/conf.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type SystemConfProvider interface {
 	GetRedisHost() string
 	GetRedisDb() int
 	GetRedisPassword() string
+	IsRedisClientSetName() bool
 	GetTimeAndDate() []int
 	GetSearchSince() time.Duration
 
diff --git a/cmd/bosun/conf/system.go b/cmd/bosun/conf/system.go
index 8776d5ba06..3ca304115f 100644
--- a/cmd/bosun/conf/system.go
+++ b/cmd/bosun/conf/system.go
@@ -149,9 +149,10 @@ type InfluxConf struct {
 
 // DBConf stores the connection information for Bosun's internal storage
 type DBConf struct {
-	RedisHost     string
-	RedisDb       int
-	RedisPassword string
+	RedisHost          string
+	RedisDb            int
+	RedisPassword      string
+	RedisClientSetName bool
 
 	LedisDir      string
 	LedisBindAddr string
@@ -228,8 +229,9 @@ func newSystemConf() *SystemConf {
 		DefaultRunEvery: 1,
 		HTTPListen:      defaultHTTPListen,
 		DBConf: DBConf{
-			LedisDir:      "ledis_data",
-			LedisBindAddr: "127.0.0.1:9565",
+			LedisDir:           "ledis_data",
+			LedisBindAddr:      "127.0.0.1:9565",
+			RedisClientSetName: true,
 		},
 		MinGroupSize: 5,
 		PingDuration: Duration{Duration: time.Hour * 24},
@@ -366,6 +368,11 @@ func (sc *SystemConf) GetRedisPassword() string {
 	return sc.DBConf.RedisPassword
 }
 
+// RedisClientSetName returns if CLIENT SETNAME shoud send to redis.
+func (sc *SystemConf) IsRedisClientSetName() bool {
+	return sc.DBConf.RedisClientSetName
+}
+
 func (sc *SystemConf) GetAuthConf() *AuthConf {
 	return sc.AuthConf
 }
@@ -425,7 +432,7 @@ func (sc *SystemConf) GetInternetProxy() string {
 	return sc.InternetProxy
 }
 
-// MaxRenderedTemplateAge returns the maximum time in days to keep rendered templates
+// GetMaxRenderedTemplateAge returns the maximum time in days to keep rendered templates
 // after the incident end date.
 func (sc *SystemConf) GetMaxRenderedTemplateAge() int {
 	return sc.MaxRenderedTemplateAge
diff --git a/cmd/bosun/conf/system_test.go b/cmd/bosun/conf/system_test.go
index 9f9c076618..4cff9cd6aa 100644
--- a/cmd/bosun/conf/system_test.go
+++ b/cmd/bosun/conf/system_test.go
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ func TestSystemToml(t *testing.T) {
 		Hosts: []string{"http://ny-lselastic01.example.com:9200", "http://ny-lselastic02.example.com:9200"},
 	})
 	assert.Equal(t, sc.DBConf, DBConf{
-		RedisHost:     "localhost:6389", // From Config
-		LedisDir:      "ledis_data",     // Default
-		LedisBindAddr: "127.0.0.1:9565", // Default
+		RedisHost:          "localhost:6389", // From Config
+		RedisClientSetName: true,
+		LedisDir:           "ledis_data",     // Default
+		LedisBindAddr:      "127.0.0.1:9565", // Default
 
 	}, "DBConf does not match")
 	assert.Equal(t, sc.SMTPConf, SMTPConf{
diff --git a/cmd/bosun/main.go b/cmd/bosun/main.go
index e1bb9cab53..886fa33451 100644
--- a/cmd/bosun/main.go
+++ b/cmd/bosun/main.go
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func quit() {
 func initDataAccess(systemConf conf.SystemConfProvider) (database.DataAccess, error) {
 	var da database.DataAccess
 	if systemConf.GetRedisHost() != "" {
-		da = database.NewDataAccess(systemConf.GetRedisHost(), true, systemConf.GetRedisDb(), systemConf.GetRedisPassword())
+		da = database.NewDataAccess(systemConf.GetRedisHost(), systemConf.IsRedisClientSetName(), systemConf.GetRedisDb(), systemConf.GetRedisPassword())
 	} else {
 		_, err := database.StartLedis(systemConf.GetLedisDir(), systemConf.GetLedisBindAddr())
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/docs/system_configuration.md b/docs/system_configuration.md
index b7d5125053..6c52864665 100644
--- a/docs/system_configuration.md
+++ b/docs/system_configuration.md
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ Optional integer database to store bosun data.  Defaults to 0.
 #### RedisPassword
 Optional password to use when connecting to Redis.
 
+#### RedisClentSetName
+Optional key defining the sending of client's name `bosun` to Redis. Defaults to true.
+If you use Netflix/dynomite then RedisClentSetName must be set to false.
+
 #### LedisDir
 Directory in which ledis will store data. Default: `LedisDir = "ledis_data"`