diff --git a/src/scripting.cpp b/src/scripting.cpp
index 3995eb8f2..f1772cd5c 100644
--- a/src/scripting.cpp
+++ b/src/scripting.cpp
@@ -1264,6 +1264,9 @@ void scriptingInit(int setup) {
 
     /* Finally set the table as 'redis' global var. */
     lua_setglobal(lua,"redis");
+    /* Set table as 'keydb' global var as well */
+    lua_getglobal(lua,"redis");
+    lua_setglobal(lua,"keydb");
 
     /* Replace math.random and math.randomseed with our implementations. */
     lua_getglobal(lua,"math");
diff --git a/tests/unit/scripting.tcl b/tests/unit/scripting.tcl
index e8454ef1d..561bcf7e1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scripting.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/scripting.tcl
@@ -43,10 +43,15 @@ start_server {tags {"scripting"}} {
         r eval {return redis.call('get',KEYS[1])} 1 mykey
     } {myval}
 
-    test { EVAL - keys command works? } {
+    test {EVAL - keys command works? } {
         r eval {return redis.call('keys', 'test')} 0
     }
 
+    test {EVAL - KeyDB global works } {
+        r eval {return keydb.call('get', KEYS[1])} 1 mykey
+        assert_equal [r eval {return redis.call('get',KEYS[1])} 1 mykey] [r eval {return keydb.call('get', KEYS[1])} 1 mykey]
+    }
+
     test {EVALSHA - Can we call a SHA1 if already defined?} {
         r evalsha fd758d1589d044dd850a6f05d52f2eefd27f033f 1 mykey
     } {myval}