diff --git a/imperative/CMakeLists.txt b/imperative/CMakeLists.txt
index d24193cd307afb1ce4b2864f50b845e7feb21418..8561187d53963f3e0da8cceb81f4754b6fb2c087 100644
--- a/imperative/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/imperative/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set(PACKAGE_NAME ${PACKAGE_NAME} PARENT_SCOPE)
 set(MODULE_NAME _imperative_rt)
 set(MODULE_NAME ${MODULE_NAME} PARENT_SCOPE)
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SRCS src/impl/*.cpp src/include/*.h python/src/*.cpp python/src/*.h)
+set(SRCS ${SRCS} ${CPP_REDIS_SRCS})
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DMGB_WITH_IMPERATIVE=1")
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${MODULE_NAME} PRIVATE range-v3)
 add_subdirectory(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/Json ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/third_party/Json)
 target_link_libraries(${MODULE_NAME} PRIVATE nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
 
-target_include_directories(${MODULE_NAME} PUBLIC src/include PRIVATE ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR} ${MGB_OPDEF_OUT_DIR})
+target_include_directories(${MODULE_NAME} PUBLIC src/include PRIVATE ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR} ${MGB_OPDEF_OUT_DIR} ${CPP_REDIS_INCLUDES})
 target_compile_definitions(${MODULE_NAME} PRIVATE MODULE_NAME=${MODULE_NAME})
 target_compile_options(${MODULE_NAME} PRIVATE -Wno-unused-parameter)
 if(CXX_SUPPORT_WCLASS_MEMACCESS)
diff --git a/imperative/python/megengine/utils/persistent_cache.py b/imperative/python/megengine/utils/persistent_cache.py
index dfe82159524fc09501a5c91578c7f3908907bcd8..3b0f7ae2c07423e98ecc7141334286ea1041dda9 100644
--- a/imperative/python/megengine/utils/persistent_cache.py
+++ b/imperative/python/megengine/utils/persistent_cache.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import argparse
 import getpass
 import os
 import sys
+import urllib.parse
 
 from ..core._imperative_rt import PersistentCacheManager as _PersistentCacheManager
 from ..logger import get_logger
@@ -23,8 +24,10 @@ class PersistentCacheManager(_PersistentCacheManager):
         if os.getenv("MGE_FASTRUN_CACHE_TYPE") == "MEMORY":
             get_logger().info("fastrun use in-memory cache")
             self.open_memory()
-        else:
+        elif os.getenv("MGE_FASTRUN_CACHE_TYPE") == "FILE":
             self.open_file()
+        else:
+            self.open_redis()
 
     def open_memory(self):
         pass
@@ -51,6 +54,28 @@ class PersistentCacheManager(_PersistentCacheManager):
             )
             self.open_memory()
 
+    def open_redis(self):
+        prefix = "mgbcache:{}:MGB{}:GIT:{}".format(
+            getpass.getuser(), __version__, git_version
+        )
+        url = os.getenv("MGE_FASTRUN_CACHE_URL")
+        if url is None:
+            self.open_file()
+        try:
+            assert sys.platform != "win32", "redis cache on windows not tested"
+            parse_result = urllib.parse.urlparse(url, scheme="redis")
+            assert parse_result.scheme == "redis", "unsupported scheme"
+            assert not parse_result.username, "redis conn with username unsupported"
+            assert self.try_open_redis(
+                parse_result.hostname, parse_result.port, parse_result.password, prefix
+            ), "connect failed"
+        except Exception as exc:
+            get_logger().error(
+                "failed to connect to cache server {!r}; try fallback to "
+                "in-file cache".format(exc)
+            )
+            self.open_file()
+
 
 _manager = None
 
@@ -60,3 +85,23 @@ def get_manager():
     if _manager is None:
         _manager = PersistentCacheManager()
     return _manager
+
+
+def _clean():
+    nr_del = get_manager().clean()
+    if nr_del is not None:
+        print("{} cache entries deleted".format(nr_del))
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="manage persistent cache")
+    subp = parser.add_subparsers(description="action to be performed", dest="cmd")
+    subp.required = True
+    subp_clean = subp.add_parser("clean", help="clean all the cache of current user")
+    subp_clean.set_defaults(action=_clean)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args.action()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/imperative/python/src/utils.cpp b/imperative/python/src/utils.cpp
index 872a71bb7005b796d7f9631f14d3a7b699615aca..5162f488f31044c4c4fc5b435d63ee70b39b7c13 100644
--- a/imperative/python/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/imperative/python/src/utils.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,11 @@ void init_utils(py::module m) {
             }
             return false;
         }
+        bool open_redis(
+                std::string ip, size_t port, std::string password, std::string prefix) {
+            return try_reg(mgb::imperative::persistent_cache::make_redis(
+                    ip, port, password, prefix));
+        }
         bool open_file(std::string path) {
             return try_reg(mgb::imperative::persistent_cache::make_in_file(path));
         }
@@ -271,6 +276,7 @@ void init_utils(py::module m) {
 
     py::class_<PersistentCacheManager>(m, "PersistentCacheManager")
             .def(py::init<>())
+            .def("try_open_redis", &PersistentCacheManager::open_redis)
             .def("try_open_file", &PersistentCacheManager::open_file)
             .def("clean", &PersistentCacheManager::clean)
             .def("put", &PersistentCacheManager::put)
diff --git a/imperative/src/impl/persistent_cache.cpp b/imperative/src/impl/persistent_cache.cpp
index e7f31b6260820876e036fb08f8bfd045209c8c01..ba3809abb04cb6962e2291ccdd04da398dbf49a3 100644
--- a/imperative/src/impl/persistent_cache.cpp
+++ b/imperative/src/impl/persistent_cache.cpp
@@ -13,12 +13,109 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "cpp_redis/cpp_redis"
+
 #include "megbrain/imperative/persistent_cache.h"
 #include "megbrain/imperative/utils/base64.h"
 #include "megbrain/utils/infile_persistent_cache.h"
 
 namespace mgb::imperative::persistent_cache {
 
+class RedisCache final : public ExtendedPersistentCache {
+public:
+    RedisCache(std::string prefix, uint64_t timeout) : m_prefix(prefix) {
+        m_local = std::make_shared<mgb::InMemoryPersistentCache>();
+    }
+
+    bool connect(std::string ip, size_t port, std::string password) {
+        m_client.auth(password);
+        m_client.connect(
+                ip, port,
+                [](const std::string& host, std::size_t port,
+                   cpp_redis::connect_state status) {
+                    if (status == cpp_redis::connect_state::dropped) {
+                        mgb_log("client disconnected from %s.", host.c_str());
+                        mgb_log("Redis server connect to %s :%zu failed.", host.c_str(),
+                                port);
+                    }
+                },
+                std::uint32_t(200));
+        if (!m_client.is_connected()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        auto flag = m_client.get("mgb-cache-flag");
+        sync();
+        return flag.get().ok();
+    }
+
+    bool valid() const override { return m_client.is_connected(); }
+
+    mgb::Maybe<Blob> get(const std::string& category, const Blob& key) override {
+        MGB_LOCK_GUARD(m_mtx);
+        auto mem_result = m_local->get(category, key);
+        if (mem_result.valid())
+            return mem_result;
+
+        std::string key_str(static_cast<const char*>(key.ptr), key.size);
+        std::string redis_key_str;
+        encode(category + '@' + key_str, redis_key_str, 24);
+        auto result = m_client.get(redis_key_str);
+        sync();
+        auto content = result.get();
+        if (content.is_null())
+            return mgb::None;
+        std::string decode_content;
+        decode(content.as_string(), decode_content);
+        m_local->put(category, key, {decode_content.data(), decode_content.length()});
+
+        return m_local->get(category, key);
+    }
+
+    void put(const std::string& category, const Blob& key, const Blob& value) override {
+        MGB_LOCK_GUARD(m_mtx);
+        std::string key_str(static_cast<const char*>(key.ptr), key.size);
+        std::string redis_key_str;
+        encode(category + '@' + key_str, redis_key_str);
+        std::string value_str(static_cast<const char*>(value.ptr), value.size);
+        std::string redis_value_str;
+        encode(value_str, redis_value_str);
+
+        auto result = m_client.set(redis_key_str, redis_value_str);
+        m_local->put(category, key, value);
+        sync();
+    }
+
+    std::optional<size_t> clear() override {
+        size_t cursor = 0, nr_deleted = 0;
+        std::string pattern = m_prefix + "@*";
+        do {
+            auto reply = m_client.scan(cursor, pattern).share();
+            sync();
+            auto keys = reply.get().as_array();
+            std::vector<std::string> string_keys;
+            for (auto&& key : keys) {
+                string_keys.push_back(key.as_string());
+            }
+            m_client.del(string_keys);
+            nr_deleted += string_keys.size();
+            cursor = reply.get().as_array()[0].as_integer();
+        } while (cursor != 0);
+        return nr_deleted;
+    }
+
+private:
+    std::shared_ptr<mgb::PersistentCache> m_local;
+    std::mutex m_mtx;
+    cpp_redis::client m_client;
+    std::string m_prefix;
+    uint64_t m_timeout;
+
+    void sync() {
+        m_client.sync_commit<double, std::milli>(std::chrono::milliseconds(m_timeout));
+        mgb_assert(valid());
+    }
+};
+
 class ExtendedInFilePersistentCache final : public ExtendedPersistentCache {
 private:
     std::string m_path;
@@ -68,6 +165,15 @@ public:
     bool valid() const override { return m_impl != nullptr; }
 };
 
+std::shared_ptr<ExtendedPersistentCache> make_redis(
+        std::string ip, size_t port, std::string password, std::string prefix) {
+    auto cache = std::make_shared<RedisCache>(prefix, 100);
+    if (!cache->connect(ip, port, password)) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    return cache;
+}
+
 std::shared_ptr<ExtendedPersistentCache> make_in_file(std::string path) {
     auto cache = std::make_shared<ExtendedInFilePersistentCache>();
     if (!cache->open(path)) {
diff --git a/imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/persistent_cache.h b/imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/persistent_cache.h
index f1331597ff31f226ad1661c2eb552b064b83d89e..59326bbdedfddcc4ca6eaf2f4ba6caf375cd3d8f 100644
--- a/imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/persistent_cache.h
+++ b/imperative/src/include/megbrain/imperative/persistent_cache.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ public:
     virtual std::optional<size_t> clear() = 0;
 };
 
+std::shared_ptr<ExtendedPersistentCache> make_redis(
+        std::string ip, size_t port, std::string password, std::string prefix);
+
 std::shared_ptr<ExtendedPersistentCache> make_in_file(std::string path);
 
 }  // namespace mgb::imperative::persistent_cache
diff --git a/imperative/test/CMakeLists.txt b/imperative/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d472ac6d8129f31307987a48c8128cf57915132..debaa5c93e54958592d6470cfdffe5d675a47e07 100644
--- a/imperative/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/imperative/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ endif()
 # TODO: turn python binding into a static/object library
 add_executable(imperative_test ${SOURCES} ${SRCS})
 add_dependencies(imperative_test mgb_opdef)
-target_include_directories(imperative_test PRIVATE ${MGB_TEST_DIR}/include ../src/include ${MGB_OPDEF_OUT_DIR}  ${CPP_REDIS_INCLUDES})
+target_include_directories(imperative_test PRIVATE ${MGB_TEST_DIR}/include ../src/include ${MGB_OPDEF_OUT_DIR} ${CPP_REDIS_INCLUDES})
 
 # Python binding
 target_include_directories(imperative_test PRIVATE ${MODULE_SRC_INCLUDE} ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR})
diff --git a/lite/CMakeLists.txt b/lite/CMakeLists.txt
index 7210506de963330abca72889a74d4819041b1217..da465388387d19522edad0f02007def1ad131ac3 100644
--- a/lite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ configure_file(src/lite_build_config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/genfiles/l
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/genfiles/lite_build_config.h DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lite/include)
 
 # begin config lite
+if(LITE_BUILD_WITH_MGE AND LITE_WITH_CUDA AND NOT WIN32)
+    # FXIME third_party cpp redis do not support build with clang-cl
+    list(APPEND SOURCES_LITE ${CPP_REDIS_SRCS})
+endif()
 add_library(lite_static STATIC ${SOURCES_LITE})
 add_dependencies(lite_static lite_fbs_generate)
 include_directories($<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/genfiles>)
@@ -106,6 +110,14 @@ endif()
 if(LITE_BUILD_WITH_MGE)
     target_link_libraries(lite_static_all_in_one PRIVATE megbrain megdnn ${MGE_CUDA_LIBS})
 endif()
+
+if(LITE_BUILD_WITH_MGE AND LITE_WITH_CUDA AND NOT WIN32)
+    # FXIME third_party cpp redis do not support build with clang-cl
+    target_include_directories(lite_static PRIVATE ${CPP_REDIS_INCLUDES})
+    target_include_directories(lite_shared PRIVATE ${CPP_REDIS_INCLUDES})
+    target_include_directories(lite_shared_whl PRIVATE ${CPP_REDIS_INCLUDES})
+    target_include_directories(lite_static_all_in_one PRIVATE ${CPP_REDIS_INCLUDES})
+endif()
 set(LITE_VERSION_SCRIPT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lite/src/version_lite.ld CACHE INTERNAL "Path to linker version script")
 add_custom_target(_lite_version_ld SOURCES ${LITE_VERSION_SCRIPT})
 if(NOT MSVC AND NOT WIN32)