diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ade5da8..9f5bee95 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ You can also specify connection options as a [`redis://` URL](http://www.iana.or
 ```javascript
 // Connect to 127.0.0.1:6380, db 4, using password "authpassword":
 new Redis("redis://:authpassword@127.0.0.1:6380/4");
+
+// Username can also be passed via URI.
+// It's worth to noticing that for compatibility reasons `allowUsernameInURI`
+// need to be provided, otherwise the username part will be ignored.
+new Redis(
+  "redis://username:authpassword@127.0.0.1:6380/4?allowUsernameInURI=true"
+);
 ```
 
 See [API Documentation](API.md#new_Redis) for all available options.
diff --git a/lib/utils/index.ts b/lib/utils/index.ts
index a71406ee..d9533fcd 100644
--- a/lib/utils/index.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/index.ts
@@ -255,10 +255,19 @@ export function parseURL(url) {
     parsed = urllibParse(url, true, true);
   }
 
+  const options = parsed.query || {};
+  const allowUsernameInURI =
+    options.allowUsernameInURI && options.allowUsernameInURI !== "false";
+  delete options.allowUsernameInURI;
+
   const result: any = {};
   if (parsed.auth) {
-    const index = parsed.auth.indexOf(":")
-    result.password = index === -1 ? '' : parsed.auth.slice(index + 1)
+    const index = parsed.auth.indexOf(":");
+    if (allowUsernameInURI) {
+      result.username =
+        index === -1 ? parsed.auth : parsed.auth.slice(0, index);
+    }
+    result.password = index === -1 ? "" : parsed.auth.slice(index + 1);
   }
   if (parsed.pathname) {
     if (parsed.protocol === "redis:" || parsed.protocol === "rediss:") {
@@ -275,7 +284,7 @@ export function parseURL(url) {
   if (parsed.port) {
     result.port = parsed.port;
   }
-  defaults(result, parsed.query);
+  defaults(result, options);
 
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/test/functional/auth.ts b/test/functional/auth.ts
index e9fa22cb..9739dc41 100644
--- a/test/functional/auth.ts
+++ b/test/functional/auth.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,25 @@ describe("auth", function () {
       redis = new Redis({ port: 17379, username, password });
     });
 
+    it("should handle auth with Redis URL string with username and password (Redis >=6) (redis://foo:bar@baz.com/) correctly", function (done) {
+      let username = "user";
+      let password = "pass";
+      let redis;
+      new MockServer(17379, function (argv) {
+        if (
+          argv[0] === "auth" &&
+          argv[1] === username &&
+          argv[2] === password
+        ) {
+          redis.disconnect();
+          done();
+        }
+      });
+      redis = new Redis(
+        `redis://user:pass@localhost:17379/?allowUsernameInURI=true`
+      );
+    });
+
     it('should not emit "error" when the Redis >=6 server doesn\'t need auth', function (done) {
       new MockServer(17379, function (argv) {
         if (argv[0] === "auth" && argv[1] === "pass") {
diff --git a/test/unit/utils.ts b/test/unit/utils.ts
index 8a16b5ad..cdffd1f1 100644
--- a/test/unit/utils.ts
+++ b/test/unit/utils.ts
@@ -204,9 +204,7 @@ describe("utils", function () {
         password: "pass:word",
         key: "value",
       });
-      expect(
-        utils.parseURL("redis://user@127.0.0.1:6380/4?key=value")
-      ).to.eql({
+      expect(utils.parseURL("redis://user@127.0.0.1:6380/4?key=value")).to.eql({
         host: "127.0.0.1",
         port: "6380",
         db: "4",
@@ -226,6 +224,59 @@ describe("utils", function () {
         key: "value",
       });
     });
+
+    it("supports allowUsernameInURI", function () {
+      expect(
+        utils.parseURL(
+          "redis://user:pass@127.0.0.1:6380/4?allowUsernameInURI=true"
+        )
+      ).to.eql({
+        host: "127.0.0.1",
+        port: "6380",
+        db: "4",
+        username: "user",
+        password: "pass",
+      });
+      expect(
+        utils.parseURL(
+          "redis://user:pass@127.0.0.1:6380/4?allowUsernameInURI=false"
+        )
+      ).to.eql({
+        host: "127.0.0.1",
+        port: "6380",
+        db: "4",
+        password: "pass",
+      });
+      expect(
+        utils.parseURL(
+          "redis://user:pass:word@127.0.0.1:6380/4?key=value&allowUsernameInURI=true"
+        )
+      ).to.eql({
+        host: "127.0.0.1",
+        port: "6380",
+        db: "4",
+        username: "user",
+        password: "pass:word",
+        key: "value",
+      });
+      expect(
+        utils.parseURL(
+          "redis://user@127.0.0.1:6380/4?key=value&allowUsernameInURI=true"
+        )
+      ).to.eql({
+        host: "127.0.0.1",
+        port: "6380",
+        db: "4",
+        username: "user",
+        password: "",
+        key: "value",
+      });
+      expect(
+        utils.parseURL("redis://127.0.0.1/?allowUsernameInURI=true")
+      ).to.eql({
+        host: "127.0.0.1",
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe(".sample", function () {