diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index 44ea504c9..c09a6b798 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static void parseRedisUri(const char *uri) {
     /* Extract user info. */
     if ((userinfo = strchr(curr,'@'))) {
         if ((username = strchr(curr, ':')) && username < userinfo) {
-            /* If provided, username is ignored. */
+            config.user = percentDecode(curr, username - curr);
             curr = username + 1;
         }