diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index 015d82c4db78e96669e2c4f1f7bc082ec265ca1e..eb9d9e0794b9674e4fd3a923068b0f96b3cc49a6 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -1146,6 +1146,7 @@ void appendServerSaveParams(time_t seconds, int changes);
 void resetServerSaveParams();
 struct rewriteConfigState; /* Forward declaration to export API. */
 void rewriteConfigRewriteLine(struct rewriteConfigState *state, char *option, sds line, int force);
+int rewriteConfig(char *path);
 
 /* db.c -- Keyspace access API */
 int removeExpire(redisDb *db, robj *key);
diff --git a/src/sentinel.c b/src/sentinel.c
index e71486f276a6ce89e2191e405c24bab389b6fd63..d7ad3a1c0bba862f1fec6b690e56edd371cf805d 100644
--- a/src/sentinel.c
+++ b/src/sentinel.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 extern char **environ;
 
@@ -1434,6 +1435,27 @@ void rewriteConfigSentinelOption(struct rewriteConfigState *state) {
     dictReleaseIterator(di);
 }
 
+/* This function uses the config rewriting Redis engine in order to persist
+ * the state of the Sentinel in the current configuration file.
+ *
+ * Before returning the function calls fsync() against the generated
+ * configuration file to make sure changes are committed to disk.
+ *
+ * On failure the function logs a warning on the Redis log. */
+void sentinelFlushConfig(void) {
+    int fd;
+
+    if (rewriteConfig(server.configfile) == -1) {
+        redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"WARNING: Senitnel was not able to save the new configuration on disk!!!: %s", strerror(errno));
+        return;
+    }
+    if ((fd = open(server.configfile,O_RDONLY)) != -1) {
+        fsync(fd);
+        close(fd);
+    }
+    return;
+}
+
 /* ====================== hiredis connection handling ======================= */
 
 /* Completely disconnect an hiredis link from an instance. */