diff --git a/django_redis/serializers/dill.py b/django_redis/serializers/dill.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79effa73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_redis/serializers/dill.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+import dill
+
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+
+from .base import BaseSerializer
+
+
+class DillSerializer(BaseSerializer):
+    def __init__(self, options):
+        self._pickle_version = -1
+        self.setup_pickle_version(options)
+
+    def setup_pickle_version(self, options):
+        if "PICKLE_VERSION" in options:
+            try:
+                self._pickle_version = int(options["PICKLE_VERSION"])
+            except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                raise ImproperlyConfigured("PICKLE_VERSION value must be an integer")
+
+    def dumps(self, value):
+        return dill.dumps(value, self._pickle_version)
+
+    def loads(self, value):
+        return dill.loads(value)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fc3017e7..7adac0b8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ msgpack-python>=0.4.6
 redis>=2.10.0
 wheel
 lz4>=0.15
+dill
diff --git a/tests/runtests-dill.py b/tests/runtests-dill.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..20593a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/runtests-dill.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "test_sqlite_dill")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    args = sys.argv
+    args.insert(1, "test")
+    execute_from_command_line(args)
diff --git a/tests/test_sqlite_dill.py b/tests/test_sqlite_dill.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26232f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_sqlite_dill.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+SECRET_KEY = "django_tests_secret_key"
+
+CACHES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+        "LOCATION": [
+            "redis://127.0.0.1:6379?db=1",
+            "redis://127.0.0.1:6379?db=1",
+        ],
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+            "SERIALIZER": "django_redis.serializers.dill.DillSerializer",
+        }
+    },
+    "doesnotexist": {
+        "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+        "LOCATION": "127.0.0.1:56379:1",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+            "SERIALIZER": "django_redis.serializers.dill.DillSerializer",
+        }
+    },
+    "sample": {
+        "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+        "LOCATION": "127.0.0.1:6379:1,127.0.0.1:6379:1",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+            "SERIALIZER": "django_redis.serializers.dill.DillSerializer",
+        }
+    },
+    "with_prefix": {
+        "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+        "LOCATION": "redis://127.0.0.1:6379?db=1",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+            "SERIALIZER": "django_redis.serializers.dill.DillSerializer",
+        },
+        "KEY_PREFIX": "test-prefix",
+    },
+}
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = (
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+)