diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisOperations.java
index a5fe3dbe3..f162cf5d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisOperations.java
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ public interface RedisOperations<K, V> {
 
 	Boolean move(K key, int dbIndex);
 
+	byte[] dump(K key);
+
+	void restore(K key, byte[] value, long timeToLive, TimeUnit unit);
+
 	Long getExpire(K key);
 
 	void watch(K keys);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java
index 5a8a04617..d462f283e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java
@@ -617,6 +617,50 @@ public class RedisTemplate<K, V> extends RedisAccessor implements RedisOperation
 		}, true);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Executes the Redis dump command and returns the results. Redis uses a
+	 * non-standard serialization mechanism and includes checksum information,
+	 * thus the raw bytes are returned as opposed to deserializing with
+	 * valueSerializer. Use the return value of dump as the value argument to restore
+	 *
+	 * @param key The key to dump
+	 * @return results The results of the dump operation
+	 */
+	public byte[] dump(K key) {
+		final byte[] rawKey = rawKey(key);
+
+		return execute(new RedisCallback<byte[]>() {
+			public byte[] doInRedis(RedisConnection connection) {
+				return connection.dump(rawKey);
+			}
+		}, true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Executes the Redis restore command. The value passed in should be the exact
+	 * serialized data returned from {@link #dump(Object)}, since Redis uses a
+	 * non-standard serialization mechanism.
+	 *
+	 *
+	 * @param key The key to restore
+	 * @param value The value to restore, as returned by {@link #dump(Object)}
+	 * @param timeToLive An expiration for the restored key, or 0 for no expiration
+	 * @param unit The time unit for timeToLive
+	 * @throws RedisSystemException if the key you are attempting to restore already
+	 * exists.
+	 *
+	 */
+	public void restore(K key, final byte[] value, long timeToLive, TimeUnit unit) {
+		final byte[] rawKey = rawKey(key);
+		final long rawTimeout = TimeoutUtils.toMillis(timeToLive, unit);
+
+		execute(new RedisCallback<Object>() {
+			public Boolean doInRedis(RedisConnection connection) {
+				connection.restore(rawKey, rawTimeout, value);
+				return null;
+			}
+		}, true);
+	}
 
 	public void multi() {
 		execute(new RedisCallback<Object>() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/TimeoutUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/TimeoutUtils.java
index caa47ddd7..08eb7b7f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/TimeoutUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/TimeoutUtils.java
@@ -38,12 +38,33 @@ abstract public class TimeoutUtils {
 	 * @return The converted timeout
 	 */
 	public static long toSeconds(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) {
-		long seconds = unit.toSeconds(timeout);
+		return roundUpIfNecessary(timeout, unit.toSeconds(timeout));
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the given timeout to milliseconds.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Since a 0 timeout blocks some Redis ops indefinitely, this method will
+	 * return 1 if the original value is greater than 0 but is truncated to 0 on
+	 * conversion.
+	 *
+	 * @param timeout
+	 *            The timeout to convert
+	 * @param unit
+	 *            The timeout's unit
+	 * @return The converted timeout
+	 */
+	public static long toMillis(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) {
+		return roundUpIfNecessary(timeout, unit.toMillis(timeout));
+	}
+
+	private static long roundUpIfNecessary(long timeout, long convertedTimeout) {
 		// A 0 timeout blocks some Redis ops indefinitely, round up if that's
 		// not the intention
-		if (timeout > 0 && seconds == 0) {
-			seconds = 1;
+		if (timeout > 0 && convertedTimeout == 0) {
+			return 1;
 		}
-		return seconds;
+		return convertedTimeout;
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplateTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplateTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d97138350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplateTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * 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.springframework.data.redis.core;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.TestCondition;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.IfProfileValue;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.springframework.data.redis.SpinBarrier.waitFor;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Integration test of {@link RedisTemplate}
+ * 
+ * @author Jennifer Hickey
+ *
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration
+public class RedisTemplateTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private RedisTemplate<String, String> redisTemplate;
+
+	@After
+	public void tearDown() {
+		redisTemplate.getConnectionFactory().getConnection().flushDb();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@IfProfileValue(name = "redisVersion", value = "2.6")
+	public void testDumpAndRestoreNoTtl() {
+		redisTemplate.boundValueOps("testing").set("123");
+		byte[] serializedValue = redisTemplate.dump("testing");
+		assertNotNull(serializedValue);
+		redisTemplate.delete("testing");
+		redisTemplate.restore("testing", serializedValue, 0, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+		assertEquals("123", redisTemplate.boundValueOps("testing").get());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@IfProfileValue(name = "redisVersion", value = "2.6")
+	public void testRestoreTtl() {
+		redisTemplate.boundValueOps("testing").set("123");
+		byte[] serializedValue = redisTemplate.dump("testing");
+		assertNotNull(serializedValue);
+		redisTemplate.delete("testing");
+		redisTemplate.restore("testing", serializedValue, 200, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+		assertEquals("123", redisTemplate.boundValueOps("testing").get());
+		waitFor(new TestCondition() {
+			public boolean passes() {
+				return (!redisTemplate.hasKey("testing"));
+			}
+		}, 400);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/TimeoutUtilsTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/TimeoutUtilsTests.java
index da05d7e37..b76c76fe6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/TimeoutUtilsTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/TimeoutUtilsTests.java
@@ -40,24 +40,54 @@ public class TimeoutUtilsTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testConvertZero() {
+	public void testConvertZeroSeconds() {
 		assertEquals(0, TimeoutUtils.toSeconds(0, TimeUnit.MINUTES));
 	}
 	
 	@Test
-	public void testConvertNegativeGreaterThanNegativeOne() {
+	public void testConvertNegativeSecondsGreaterThanNegativeOne() {
 		// Ensure we convert this to 0 as before, though ideally we wouldn't accept negative values
 		assertEquals(0,TimeoutUtils.toSeconds(-123, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
 	}
 	
 	@Test
-	public void testConvertNegativeEqualNegativeOne() {
+	public void testConvertNegativeSecondsEqualNegativeOne() {
 		assertEquals(-1,TimeoutUtils.toSeconds(-1111, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
 	}
 	
 	@Test
-	public void testConvertNegativeLessThanNegativeOne() {
+	public void testConvertNegativeSecondsLessThanNegativeOne() {
 		assertEquals(-2,TimeoutUtils.toSeconds(-2344, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testConvertMoreThanOneMilli() {
+		assertEquals(2, TimeoutUtils.toMillis(2010, TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testConvertLessThanOneMilli() {
+		assertEquals(1, TimeoutUtils.toMillis(999, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testConvertZeroMillis() {
+		assertEquals(0, TimeoutUtils.toMillis(0, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testConvertNegativeMillisGreaterThanNegativeOne() {
+		// Ensure we convert this to 0 as before, though ideally we wouldn't accept negative values
+		assertEquals(0,TimeoutUtils.toMillis(-123, TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testConvertNegativeMillisEqualNegativeOne() {
+		assertEquals(-1,TimeoutUtils.toMillis(-1111, TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testConvertNegativeMillisLessThanNegativeOne() {
+		assertEquals(-2,TimeoutUtils.toMillis(-2344, TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplateTests-context.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplateTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ae329887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplateTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+	<bean id="lettuceConnectionFactory"
+		class="org.springframework.data.redis.connection.lettuce.LettuceConnectionFactory">
+		<property name="hostName">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.data.redis.SettingsUtils"
+				factory-method="getHost" />
+		</property>
+		<property name="port">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.data.redis.SettingsUtils"
+				factory-method="getPort" />
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.data.redis.core.RedisTemplate">
+		<property name="connectionFactory" ref="lettuceConnectionFactory" />
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
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