diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count
index e90e0754e..e37526013 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-redis-count
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 # or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0 as shown at 
 # https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
 # Elastic License 2.0.
-
-
+{%- set REDIS_PASS = salt['pillar.get']('redis:config:requirepass', '0') %}
 
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
-docker exec so-redis redis-cli llen logstash:unparsed
+docker exec so-redis redis-cli -a {{ REDIS_PASS }} llen logstash:unparsed