diff --git a/utils/redis.go b/utils/redis.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f177e871d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/redis.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package utils
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func GenRedisProtocol(cmd ...string) string {
+	proto := ""
+	proto += fmt.Sprintf("*%d\r\n", len(cmd))
+	for _, arg := range cmd {
+		proto += fmt.Sprintf("$%d\r\n", len(arg))
+		proto += fmt.Sprintf("%s\r\n", arg)
+	}
+	return proto
+}
diff --git a/utils/redis_test.go b/utils/redis_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99768a7ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/redis_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package utils
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestRedisGenProto(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := GenRedisProtocol("SET", "mykey", "Hello World!")
+	if cmd != "*3\r\n$3\r\nSET\r\n$5\r\nmykey\r\n$12\r\nHello World!\r\n" {
+		t.Error("Wrong redis protocol command: " + cmd)
+	}
+}