diff --git a/lib/queue.js b/lib/queue.js
index f8266eed9..f9bfd46b2 100755
--- a/lib/queue.js
+++ b/lib/queue.js
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@ function redisClientGetter(queue, options, initCallback) {
 }
 
 function redisOptsFromUrl(urlString) {
-  const redisOpts = {};
+  let redisOpts = {};
   try {
-    const redisUrl = url.parse(urlString);
-    redisOpts.port = redisUrl.port || 6379;
+    const redisUrl = url.parse(urlString, true, true);
+    redisOpts.port = parseInt(redisUrl.port || '6379', 10);
     redisOpts.host = redisUrl.hostname;
     redisOpts.db = redisUrl.pathname ? redisUrl.pathname.split('/')[1] : 0;
     if (redisUrl.auth) {
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ function redisOptsFromUrl(urlString) {
         redisOpts.username = redisUrl.auth.slice(0, columnIndex);
       }
     }
+
+    if (redisUrl.query) {
+      redisOpts = { ...redisOpts, ...redisUrl.query };
+    }
   } catch (e) {
     throw new Error(e.message);
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6fc86a1ec..a34292b7c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "cron-parser": "^4.2.1",
     "debuglog": "^1.0.0",
     "get-port": "^5.1.1",
-    "ioredis": "^4.27.0",
+    "ioredis": "^4.28.5",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "msgpackr": "^1.5.2",
     "p-timeout": "^3.2.0",
diff --git a/test/test_connection.js b/test/test_connection.js
index 7960f63f3..f2acaa2a5 100644
--- a/test/test_connection.js
+++ b/test/test_connection.js
@@ -215,4 +215,16 @@ describe('connection', () => {
 
     await queue.close();
   });
+
+  it('should accept ioredis options on the query string', async () => {
+    queue = new Queue(
+      'connection query string',
+      'redis://localhost?tls=RedisCloudFixed'
+    );
+
+    expect(queue.clients[0].options).to.have.property('tls');
+    expect(queue.clients[0].options.tls).to.have.property('ca');
+
+    await queue.close();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6c804e557..f6efe3217 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3183,16 +3183,17 @@ into-stream@^6.0.0:
     from2 "^2.3.0"
     p-is-promise "^3.0.0"
 
-ioredis@^4.27.0:
-  version "4.27.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ioredis/-/ioredis-4.27.5.tgz#b62192bb6198f8a5a02947902117150aef39b7f1"
-  integrity sha512-JJ3HzOzU6kgUk3gKhpx8kxEYn9ruI5TkpOtGvbw/hLyWxfC19T9uCZTgmw4Mci4al4aOCCMfAjYzJ7aqQkLbJg==
+ioredis@^4.28.5:
+  version "4.28.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ioredis/-/ioredis-4.28.5.tgz#5c149e6a8d76a7f8fa8a504ffc85b7d5b6797f9f"
+  integrity sha512-3GYo0GJtLqgNXj4YhrisLaNNvWSNwSS2wS4OELGfGxH8I69+XfNdnmV1AyN+ZqMh0i7eX+SWjrwFKDBDgfBC1A==
   dependencies:
     cluster-key-slot "^1.1.0"
     debug "^4.3.1"
     denque "^1.1.0"
     lodash.defaults "^4.2.0"
     lodash.flatten "^4.4.0"
+    lodash.isarguments "^3.1.0"
     p-map "^2.1.0"
     redis-commands "1.7.0"
     redis-errors "^1.2.0"
@@ -4021,6 +4022,11 @@ lodash.flattendeep@^4.4.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.flattendeep/-/lodash.flattendeep-4.4.0.tgz#fb030917f86a3134e5bc9bec0d69e0013ddfedb2"
   integrity sha1-+wMJF/hqMTTlvJvsDWngAT3f7bI=
 
+lodash.isarguments@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.isarguments/-/lodash.isarguments-3.1.0.tgz#2f573d85c6a24289ff00663b491c1d338ff3458a"
+  integrity sha1-L1c9hcaiQon/AGY7SRwdM4/zRYo=
+
 lodash.ismatch@^4.4.0:
   version "4.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.ismatch/-/lodash.ismatch-4.4.0.tgz#756cb5150ca3ba6f11085a78849645f188f85f37"