diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/redis/RedisEncoder.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/redis/RedisEncoder.java
index ddb8153ef6..9a572b5134 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/redis/RedisEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/redis/RedisEncoder.java
@@ -23,32 +23,62 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.MessageEvent;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelDownstreamHandler;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandler.Sharable;
 
 import java.util.Queue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
 
+@Sharable
 public class RedisEncoder extends SimpleChannelDownstreamHandler {
 
-    private Queue<ChannelBuffer> pool = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<ChannelBuffer>();
+    private final Queue<ChannelBuffer> pool;
 
+    /**
+     * Calls {@link #RedisEncoder(boolean)} with <code>false</code>
+     */
+    public RedisEncoder() {
+        this(false);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Create a new {@link RedisEncoder} instance 
+     * 
+     * @param poolBuffers <code>true</code> if the {@link ChannelBuffer}'s should be pooled. This should be used with caution as this 
+     *                    can lead to unnecessary big memory consummation if one of the written values is very big and the rest is very small.
+     */
+    public RedisEncoder(boolean poolBuffers) {
+        if (poolBuffers) {
+            pool = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<ChannelBuffer>();
+        } else {
+            pool = null;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
     @Override
     public void writeRequested(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, MessageEvent e) throws Exception {
         Object o = e.getMessage();
         if (o instanceof Command) {
             Command command = (Command) o;
-            ChannelBuffer cb = pool.poll();
+            ChannelBuffer cb = null;
+            if (pool != null) {
+                cb = pool.poll();
+            }
             if (cb == null) {
                 cb = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
             }
             command.write(cb);
             ChannelFuture future = e.getFuture();
-            final ChannelBuffer finalCb = cb;
-            future.addListener(new ChannelFutureListener() {
-                public void operationComplete(ChannelFuture channelFuture) throws Exception {
-                    finalCb.clear();
-                    pool.add(finalCb);
-                }
-            });
+
+            if (pool != null) {
+                final ChannelBuffer finalCb = cb;
+                future.addListener(new ChannelFutureListener() {
+                    public void operationComplete(ChannelFuture channelFuture) throws Exception {
+                        finalCb.clear();
+                        pool.add(finalCb);
+                    }
+                });
+            }
             Channels.write(ctx, future, cb);
         } else {
             super.writeRequested(ctx, e);