diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index 8fb1fa1..af1deda 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func (req *Request) getKey() (string, bool) {
 		var key string
 
 		if req.Args.Next(&key) {
+			key = parseKey(key)
 			req.key = &key
 			req.Args = MultiArgs(List(key), req.Args)
 		}
@@ -99,3 +100,24 @@ func (req *Request) getKey() (string, bool) {
 
 	return *req.key, true
 }
+
+func parseKey(k string) string {
+	var key string
+	var s bool
+	for i := 0; i < len(k); i++ {
+		switch string(k[i]) {
+		case "{":
+			s = true
+		case "}":
+			break
+		default:
+			if s {
+				key += string(k[i])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if key == "" {
+		return k
+	}
+	return key
+}
diff --git a/request_test.go b/request_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdc59cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/request_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package redis
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestGetKey(t *testing.T) {
+	req1 := NewRequest("localhost:6379", "SET", List("foo{bar}", "42"))
+
+	k1, ok1 := req1.getKey()
+	if !ok1 {
+		t.Errorf("got no key for %s", req1.Args)
+	}
+
+	if k1 != "bar" {
+		t.Errorf("expected 1 got %s", k1)
+	}
+
+	req2 := NewRequest("localhost:6379", "SET", List("foo", "bar"))
+
+	k2, ok2 := req2.getKey()
+	if !ok2 {
+		t.Errorf("got no key for %s", req2.Args)
+	}
+
+	if k2 != "foo" {
+		t.Errorf("expected foo got %s", k2)
+	}
+}