diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java
index e94bffdb0..10a5861a3 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.redisson.connection.RedisClientEntry;
 
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.FutureListener;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public class RedisNodes<N extends Node> implements NodesGroup<N> {
     @Override
     public N getNode(String address) {
         Collection<N> clients = (Collection<N>) connectionManager.getClients();
-        URI uri = URI.create(address);
+        URI uri = URIBuilder.create(address);
         InetSocketAddress addr = new InetSocketAddress(uri.getHost(), uri.getPort());
         for (N node : clients) {
             if (node.getAddr().equals(addr)) {
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClient.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClient.java
index 077183eb1..e7e8a35ff 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClient.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClient.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import io.netty.util.Timer;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.FutureListener;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.GlobalEventExecutor;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * Low-level Redis client
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ public class RedisClient {
      */
     @Deprecated
     public RedisClient(String address) {
-        this(URI.create(address));
+        this(URIBuilder.create(address));
     }
     
     /*
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClientConfig.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClientConfig.java
index aaf8c29b1..957cc909f 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClientConfig.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClientConfig.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.util.Timer;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -56,11 +57,11 @@ public class RedisClientConfig {
     private String sslKeystorePassword;
     
     public RedisClientConfig setAddress(String host, int port) {
-        this.address = URI.create("redis://" + host + ":" + port);
+        this.address = URIBuilder.create("redis://" + host + ":" + port);
         return this;
     }
     public RedisClientConfig setAddress(String address) {
-        this.address = URI.create(address);
+        this.address = URIBuilder.create(address);
         return this;
     }
     public RedisClientConfig setAddress(URI address) {
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisRedirectException.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisRedirectException.java
index 8042950f8..5f9f0d872 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisRedirectException.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisRedirectException.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.redisson.client;
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -27,12 +28,12 @@ public class RedisRedirectException extends RedisException {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 181505625075250011L;
 
-    private int slot;
-    private URI url;
+    private final int slot;
+    private final URI url;
 
     public RedisRedirectException(int slot, String url) {
         this.slot = slot;
-        this.url = URI.create("//" + url);
+        this.url = URIBuilder.create("//" + url);
     }
 
     public int getSlot() {
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterNodeInfo.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterNodeInfo.java
index c98e23845..8019329d8 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterNodeInfo.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterNodeInfo.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.redisson.cluster;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ public class ClusterNodeInfo {
         return address;
     }
     public void setAddress(String address) {
-        this.address = URI.create(address);
+        this.address = URIBuilder.create(address);
     }
 
     public void addSlotRange(ClusterSlotRange range) {
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/ClusterServersConfig.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/ClusterServersConfig.java
index 6a9476ce6..2ba803f6a 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/ClusterServersConfig.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/ClusterServersConfig.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.redisson.config;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public class ClusterServersConfig extends BaseMasterSlaveServersConfig<ClusterSe
      */
     public ClusterServersConfig addNodeAddress(String ... addresses) {
         for (String address : addresses) {
-            nodeAddresses.add(URI.create(address));
+            nodeAddresses.add(URIBuilder.create(address));
         }
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/MasterSlaveServersConfig.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/MasterSlaveServersConfig.java
index 3cb98bac3..878188ba0 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/MasterSlaveServersConfig.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/MasterSlaveServersConfig.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.redisson.config;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ public class MasterSlaveServersConfig extends BaseMasterSlaveServersConfig<Maste
      */
     public MasterSlaveServersConfig setMasterAddress(String masterAddress) {
         if (masterAddress != null) {
-            this.masterAddress = URI.create(masterAddress);
+            this.masterAddress = URIBuilder.create(masterAddress);
         }
         return this;
     }
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ public class MasterSlaveServersConfig extends BaseMasterSlaveServersConfig<Maste
      */
     public MasterSlaveServersConfig addSlaveAddress(String ... addresses) {
         for (String address : addresses) {
-            slaveAddresses.add(URI.create(address));
+            slaveAddresses.add(URIBuilder.create(address));
         }
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/ReplicatedServersConfig.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/ReplicatedServersConfig.java
index dbb289edc..dd6923f1d 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/ReplicatedServersConfig.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/ReplicatedServersConfig.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.redisson.config;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * Configuration for an Azure Redis Cache or AWS ElastiCache servers. 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ public class ReplicatedServersConfig extends BaseMasterSlaveServersConfig<Replic
      */
     public ReplicatedServersConfig addNodeAddress(String ... addresses) {
         for (String address : addresses) {
-            nodeAddresses.add(URI.create(address));
+            nodeAddresses.add(URIBuilder.create(address));
         }
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/SentinelServersConfig.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/SentinelServersConfig.java
index 67f9465e4..340098078 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/SentinelServersConfig.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/SentinelServersConfig.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.redisson.config;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public class SentinelServersConfig extends BaseMasterSlaveServersConfig<Sentinel
      */
     public SentinelServersConfig addSentinelAddress(String ... addresses) {
         for (String address : addresses) {
-            sentinelAddresses.add(URI.create(address));
+            sentinelAddresses.add(URIBuilder.create(address));
         }
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/SingleServerConfig.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/SingleServerConfig.java
index 2adb1d039..758c35422 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/SingleServerConfig.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/config/SingleServerConfig.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.redisson.config;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public class SingleServerConfig extends BaseConfig<SingleServerConfig> {
      */
     public SingleServerConfig setAddress(String address) {
         if (address != null) {
-            this.address = URI.create(address);
+            this.address = URIBuilder.create(address);
         }
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/SentinelConnectionManager.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/SentinelConnectionManager.java
index 261041b9c..e2d31ac0a 100755
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/SentinelConnectionManager.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/SentinelConnectionManager.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.FutureListener;
 import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ public class SentinelConnectionManager extends MasterSlaveConnectionManager {
                     log.info("slave: {} added", host);
 
                     if (flags.contains("s_down") || flags.contains("disconnected")) {
-                        URI uri = URI.create(host);
+                        URI uri = URIBuilder.create(host);
                         disconnectedSlaves.add(uri);
                         log.warn("slave: {} is down", host);
                     }
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ public class SentinelConnectionManager extends MasterSlaveConnectionManager {
             String port = parts[3];
 
             String addr = "redis://" + ip + ":" + port;
-            URI uri = URI.create(addr);
+            URI uri = URIBuilder.create(addr);
             registerSentinel(cfg, uri, c);
         }
     }
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ public class SentinelConnectionManager extends MasterSlaveConnectionManager {
             // to avoid addition twice
             if (slaves.putIfAbsent(slaveAddr, true) == null) {
                 final MasterSlaveEntry entry = getEntry(singleSlotRange.getStartSlot());
-                RFuture<Void> future = entry.addSlave(URI.create(slaveAddr));
+                RFuture<Void> future = entry.addSlave(URIBuilder.create(slaveAddr));
                 future.addListener(new FutureListener<Void>() {
                     @Override
                     public void operationComplete(Future<Void> future) throws Exception {
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ public class SentinelConnectionManager extends MasterSlaveConnectionManager {
                 String newMaster = "redis://" + ip + ":" + port;
                 if (!newMaster.equals(current)
                         && currentMaster.compareAndSet(current, newMaster)) {
-                    changeMaster(singleSlotRange.getStartSlot(), URI.create(newMaster));
+                    changeMaster(singleSlotRange.getStartSlot(), URIBuilder.create(newMaster));
                     log.info("master {} changed to {}", current, newMaster);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/balancer/WeightedRoundRobinBalancer.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/balancer/WeightedRoundRobinBalancer.java
index 3ad542023..76661abdb 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/balancer/WeightedRoundRobinBalancer.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/balancer/WeightedRoundRobinBalancer.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import org.redisson.connection.ClientConnectionsEntry;
 
 import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent;
+import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
 /**
  * Weighted Round Robin balancer.
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ public class WeightedRoundRobinBalancer implements LoadBalancer {
      */
     public WeightedRoundRobinBalancer(Map<String, Integer> weights, int defaultWeight) {
         for (Entry<String, Integer> entry : weights.entrySet()) {
-            URI uri = URI.create(entry.getKey());
+            URI uri = URIBuilder.create(entry.getKey());
             InetSocketAddress addr = new InetSocketAddress(uri.getHost(), uri.getPort());
             if (entry.getValue() <= 0) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Weight can't be less than or equal zero");
diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/misc/URIBuilder.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/misc/URIBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d952b476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/misc/URIBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2016 Nikita Koksharov
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.redisson.misc;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Rui Gu (https://github.com/jackygurui)
+ */
+public class URIBuilder {
+    
+    public static URI create(String uri) {
+        URI u = URI.create(uri);
+        //Let's assuming most of the time it is OK.
+        if (u.getHost() != null) {
+            return u;
+        }
+        String s = uri.substring(0, uri.lastIndexOf(":"))
+                .replaceFirst("redis://", "")
+                .replaceFirst("rediss://", "");
+        //Assuming this is an IPv6 format, other situations will be handled by
+        //Netty at a later stage.
+        return URI.create(uri.replace(s, "[" + s + "]"));
+    }
+    
+}