diff --git a/README.Garantia b/README.Garantia
index f6e5c33e7..ec5522166 100644
--- a/README.Garantia
+++ b/README.Garantia
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ DRAIN
     in which it will not accept any command other than INFO, PING or DRAIN
     (which is expected to be used by the caller to poll the server state).
 
+HIDECONNECTION
+    Flags the current client connection hidden, so that its commands will
+    not show up in MONITOR output.
 
 Build Tree Changes
 ------------------
diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index 56fed5722..6fe416fa1 100755
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ struct redisCommand redisCommandTable[] = {
     {"script",scriptCommand,-2,"ras",0,NULL,0,0,0,0,0},
     {"time",timeCommand,1,"rR",0,NULL,0,0,0,0,0},
     {"bitop",bitopCommand,-4,"wm",0,NULL,2,-1,1,0,0},
-    {"bitcount",bitcountCommand,-2,"r",0,NULL,1,1,1,0,0}
+    {"bitcount",bitcountCommand,-2,"r",0,NULL,1,1,1,0,0},
+    {"hideconnection",hideconnectionCommand,1,"r",0,NULL,0,0,0,0,0}
 };
 
 /*============================ Utility functions ============================ */
@@ -1526,7 +1527,8 @@ void call(redisClient *c, int flags) {
 
     /* Sent the command to clients in MONITOR mode, only if the commands are
      * not geneated from reading an AOF. */
-    if (listLength(server.monitors) &&
+    if (!(c->flags & REDIS_HIDDEN) &&
+        listLength(server.monitors) &&
         !server.loading &&
         !(c->cmd->flags & REDIS_CMD_SKIP_MONITOR))
     {
@@ -2282,6 +2284,12 @@ void drainCommand(redisClient *c) {
     }
 }
 
+void hideconnectionCommand(redisClient *c) {
+    c->flags |= REDIS_HIDDEN;
+    addReply(c, shared.ok);
+}
+
+
 /* ============================ Maxmemory directive  ======================== */
 
 /* This function gets called when 'maxmemory' is set on the config file to limit
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index 433122094..56b08aa3a 100755
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
 #define REDIS_CLOSE_ASAP (1<<10)/* Close this client ASAP */
 #define REDIS_UNIX_SOCKET (1<<11) /* Client connected via Unix domain socket */
 #define REDIS_DIRTY_EXEC (1<<12)  /* EXEC will fail for errors while queueing */
+#define REDIS_HIDDEN (1<<13)    /* Client is hidden, won't show up in MONITOR */
 
 /* Client request types */
 #define REDIS_REQ_INLINE 1
@@ -1207,6 +1208,7 @@ void dumpCommand(redisClient *c);
 void objectCommand(redisClient *c);
 void clientCommand(redisClient *c);
 void drainCommand(redisClient *c);
+void hideconnectionCommand(redisClient *c);
 void evalCommand(redisClient *c);
 void evalShaCommand(redisClient *c);
 void scriptCommand(redisClient *c);