diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d6180bb..b0aafe4 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     ],
     "require":           {
         "php":                      "^5.5|^7.0",
-        "ext-redis":                "*",
         "psr/cache":                "^1.0",
         "cache/adapter-common":     "^0.3",
         "cache/taggable-cache":     "^0.4",
@@ -36,6 +35,9 @@
         "phpunit/phpunit":         "^4.0|^5.1",
         "cache/integration-tests": "^0.9"
     },
+    "suggest":          {
+        "ext-redis": "The extension required to use this pool."
+    },
     "provide":           {
         "psr/cache-implementation": "^1.0"
     },