diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java
index 2db86a4b7..64d879072 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.redisson.core.NodesGroup;
 
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.FutureListener;
+import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise;
 
 public class RedisNodes<N extends Node> implements NodesGroup<N> {
 
@@ -58,34 +59,43 @@ public class RedisNodes<N extends Node> implements NodesGroup<N> {
                 @Override
                 public void operationComplete(Future<RedisConnection> future) throws Exception {
                     if (future.isSuccess()) {
-                        RedisConnection c = future.getNow();
-                        Future<String> r = future.getNow().async(RedisCommands.PING);
-                        result.put(c, r);
+                        final RedisConnection c = future.getNow();
+                        Promise<RedisConnection> connectionFuture = connectionManager.newPromise();
+                        connectionManager.getConnectListener().onConnect(connectionFuture, c, null, connectionManager.getConfig());
+                        connectionFuture.addListener(new FutureListener<RedisConnection>() {
+                            @Override
+                            public void operationComplete(Future<RedisConnection> future) throws Exception {
+                                Future<String> r = c.async(RedisCommands.PING);
+                                result.put(c, r);
+                                latch.countDown();
+                            }
+                        });
+                    } else {
+                        latch.countDown();
                     }
-                    latch.countDown();
                 }
             });
         }
 
         long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
         try {
-            latch.await(connectionManager.getConfig().getPingTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            latch.await(connectionManager.getConfig().getConnectTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
         }
 
-        if (System.currentTimeMillis() - time >= connectionManager.getConfig().getPingTimeout()) {
+        if (System.currentTimeMillis() - time >= connectionManager.getConfig().getConnectTimeout()) {
             for (Entry<RedisConnection, Future<String>> entry : result.entrySet()) {
                 entry.getKey().closeAsync();
             }
             return false;
         }
 
+        time = System.currentTimeMillis();
         boolean res = true;
         for (Entry<RedisConnection, Future<String>> entry : result.entrySet()) {
             Future<String> f = entry.getValue();
-            long timeout = Math.max(connectionManager.getConfig().getPingTimeout() - (System.currentTimeMillis() - time), 0);
-            f.awaitUninterruptibly(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            f.awaitUninterruptibly(connectionManager.getConfig().getPingTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
             if (!"PONG".equals(f.getNow())) {
                 res = false;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionListener.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionListener.java
index e37f41374..f914cdc3c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionListener.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.redisson.cluster;
 
 import org.redisson.MasterSlaveServersConfig;
+import org.redisson.client.RedisConnection;
 import org.redisson.client.RedisException;
 import org.redisson.client.protocol.RedisCommands;
 import org.redisson.connection.DefaultConnectionListener;
@@ -31,8 +32,8 @@ public class ClusterConnectionListener extends DefaultConnectionListener {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void onConnect(MasterSlaveServersConfig config, NodeType serverMode, FutureConnectionListener connectionListener) throws RedisException {
-        super.onConnect(config, serverMode, connectionListener);
+    public void doConnect(MasterSlaveServersConfig config, NodeType serverMode, FutureConnectionListener<? extends RedisConnection> connectionListener) throws RedisException {
+        super.doConnect(config, serverMode, connectionListener);
         if (serverMode == NodeType.SLAVE && readFromSlaves) {
             connectionListener.addCommand(RedisCommands.READONLY);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ClientConnectionsEntry.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ClientConnectionsEntry.java
index a8b5f2a47..146611049 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ClientConnectionsEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ClientConnectionsEntry.java
@@ -152,10 +152,7 @@ public class ClientConnectionsEntry {
                 RedisConnection conn = future.getNow();
                 log.debug("new connection created: {}", conn);
 
-                FutureConnectionListener<RedisConnection> listener = new FutureConnectionListener<RedisConnection>(connectionFuture, conn);
-                connectionListener.onConnect(config, nodeType, listener);
-                listener.executeCommands();
-
+                connectionListener.onConnect(connectionFuture, conn, nodeType, config);
                 addReconnectListener(config, conn);
             }
 
@@ -167,9 +164,7 @@ public class ClientConnectionsEntry {
         conn.setReconnectListener(new ReconnectListener() {
             @Override
             public void onReconnect(RedisConnection conn, Promise<RedisConnection> connectionFuture) {
-                FutureConnectionListener<RedisConnection> listener = new FutureConnectionListener<RedisConnection>(connectionFuture, conn);
-                connectionListener.onConnect(config, nodeType, listener);
-                listener.executeCommands();
+                connectionListener.onConnect(connectionFuture, conn, nodeType, config);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -187,10 +182,7 @@ public class ClientConnectionsEntry {
                 RedisPubSubConnection conn = future.getNow();
                 log.debug("new pubsub connection created: {}", conn);
 
-                FutureConnectionListener<RedisPubSubConnection> listener = new FutureConnectionListener<RedisPubSubConnection>(connectionFuture, conn);
-                connectionListener.onConnect(config, nodeType, listener);
-                listener.executeCommands();
-
+                connectionListener.onConnect(connectionFuture, conn, nodeType, config);
                 addReconnectListener(config, conn);
 
                 allSubscribeConnections.add(conn);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionListener.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionListener.java
index addcdada2..69ba06a7e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionListener.java
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
 package org.redisson.connection;
 
 import org.redisson.MasterSlaveServersConfig;
-import org.redisson.client.RedisException;
+import org.redisson.client.RedisConnection;
 import org.redisson.connection.ClientConnectionsEntry.NodeType;
 
+import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise;
+
 public interface ConnectionListener {
 
-    void onConnect(MasterSlaveServersConfig config, NodeType serverMode, FutureConnectionListener connectionListener) throws RedisException;
+    <T extends RedisConnection> void onConnect(Promise<T> connectionFuture, T conn, NodeType nodeType, MasterSlaveServersConfig config);
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionManager.java
index f5e735515..4cf620aed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionManager.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise;
  */
 public interface ConnectionManager {
 
+    ConnectionListener getConnectListener();
+
     IdleConnectionWatcher getConnectionWatcher();
 
     <R> Future<R> newFailedFuture(Throwable cause);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/DefaultConnectionListener.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/DefaultConnectionListener.java
index 2992a8b8f..c3436cf81 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/DefaultConnectionListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/DefaultConnectionListener.java
@@ -16,14 +16,22 @@
 package org.redisson.connection;
 
 import org.redisson.MasterSlaveServersConfig;
+import org.redisson.client.RedisConnection;
 import org.redisson.client.RedisException;
 import org.redisson.client.protocol.RedisCommands;
 import org.redisson.connection.ClientConnectionsEntry.NodeType;
 
+import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise;
+
 public class DefaultConnectionListener implements ConnectionListener {
 
-    @Override
-    public void onConnect(MasterSlaveServersConfig config, NodeType serverMode, FutureConnectionListener connectionListener)
+    public <T extends RedisConnection> void onConnect(Promise<T> connectionFuture, T conn, NodeType nodeType, MasterSlaveServersConfig config) {
+        FutureConnectionListener<T> listener = new FutureConnectionListener<T>(connectionFuture, conn);
+        doConnect(config, nodeType, listener);
+        listener.executeCommands();
+    }
+
+    protected void doConnect(MasterSlaveServersConfig config, NodeType serverMode, FutureConnectionListener<? extends RedisConnection> connectionListener)
             throws RedisException {
         if (config.getPassword() != null) {
             connectionListener.addCommand(RedisCommands.AUTH, config.getPassword());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java
index 4cd513cc9..f9774f90e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ public class MasterSlaveConnectionManager implements ConnectionManager {
         initEntry(config);
     }
 
+    public ConnectionListener getConnectListener() {
+        return connectListener;
+    }
+
     protected void initEntry(MasterSlaveServersConfig config) {
         HashSet<ClusterSlotRange> slots = new HashSet<ClusterSlotRange>();
         slots.add(singleSlotRange);
@@ -196,12 +200,12 @@ public class MasterSlaveConnectionManager implements ConnectionManager {
     @Override
     public RedisClient createClient(String host, int port) {
         RedisClient client = createClient(host, port, config.getConnectTimeout());
-        clients.add(new RedisClientEntry(client));
+        clients.add(new RedisClientEntry(client, this));
         return client;
     }
 
     public void shutdownAsync(RedisClient client) {
-        clients.remove(new RedisClientEntry(client));
+        clients.remove(new RedisClientEntry(client, this));
         client.shutdownAsync();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/RedisClientEntry.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/RedisClientEntry.java
index 316cdcdb6..c1c102d07 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/RedisClientEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/RedisClientEntry.java
@@ -18,18 +18,23 @@ package org.redisson.connection;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.redisson.MasterSlaveServersConfig;
 import org.redisson.client.RedisClient;
 import org.redisson.client.RedisConnection;
 import org.redisson.client.protocol.RedisCommands;
 import org.redisson.core.ClusterNode;
 
+import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise;
+
 public class RedisClientEntry implements ClusterNode {
 
     private final RedisClient client;
+    private final ConnectionManager manager;
 
-    public RedisClientEntry(RedisClient client) {
+    public RedisClientEntry(RedisClient client, ConnectionManager manager) {
         super();
         this.client = client;
+        this.manager = manager;
     }
 
     public RedisClient getClient() {
@@ -41,9 +46,17 @@ public class RedisClientEntry implements ClusterNode {
         return client.getAddr();
     }
 
+    private RedisConnection connect() {
+        RedisConnection c = client.connect();
+        Promise<RedisConnection> future = manager.newPromise();
+        manager.getConnectListener().onConnect(future, c, null, manager.getConfig());
+        future.syncUninterruptibly();
+        return future.getNow();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean ping() {
-        RedisConnection c = client.connect();
+        RedisConnection c = connect();
         try {
             return "PONG".equals(c.sync(RedisCommands.PING));
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -80,7 +93,7 @@ public class RedisClientEntry implements ClusterNode {
 
     @Override
     public Map<String, String> info() {
-        RedisConnection c = client.connect();
+        RedisConnection c = connect();
         try {
             return c.sync(RedisCommands.CLUSTER_INFO);
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/core/NodesGroup.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/core/NodesGroup.java
index 80a125d61..00ebea4cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/core/NodesGroup.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/core/NodesGroup.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public interface NodesGroup<N extends Node> {
 
     /**
      * Ping all Redis nodes
+     *
+     * @return <code>true</code> if all nodes have replied "PONG", <code>false</code> in other case.
      */
     boolean pingAll();