diff --git a/inventory_provider/tasks/config.py b/inventory_provider/tasks/config.py
index 0b1879a95f3c7d40399d1c8fa36c2304ab06840a..fede24f75a9296166df88d39cfb4d66d0cd31b44 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/tasks/config.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/tasks/config.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ assert os.path.isfile(os.environ['INVENTORY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_FILENAME']), (
         'config file %r not found' %
         os.environ['INVENTORY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_FILENAME'])
 
+broker_transport_options = result_backend_transport_options = dict()
+
 with open(os.environ['INVENTORY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_FILENAME']) as f:
     logging.info(
         'loading config from: %r'
@@ -17,26 +19,30 @@ with open(os.environ['INVENTORY_PROVIDER_CONFIG_FILENAME']) as f:
 
 if 'sentinel' in inventory_provider_config:
     params = inventory_provider_config['sentinel']
-    sentinel = redis.sentinel.Sentinel(
-        [(params['hostname'], int(params['port']))],
-        socket_timeout=0.5)
-    master = sentinel.discover_master(params['name'])
-    assert master
-    _broker_hostname = master[0]
-    _broker_port = master[1]
+    _broker_scheme = 'sentinel'
+    broker_transport_options['master_name'] = params['name']
+    if 'sentinel_socket_timeout' in params:
+        broker_transport_options['sentinel_socket_timeout'] \
+            = params['sentinel_socket_timeout']
 else:
     params = inventory_provider_config['redis']
-    _broker_hostname = params['hostname']
-    _broker_port = int(params['port'])
+    _broker_scheme = 'redis'
+
+if 'redis_socket_timeout' in params:
+    broker_transport_options['redis_socket_timeout'] \
+        = params['redis_socket_timeout']
+
+_broker_hostname = params['hostname']
+_broker_port = params['port']
 
 _broker_db_index = 1  # TODO: this should be a config param
 
 if ':' in _broker_hostname:
     # assume this means hostname is an ipv6 address
-    _broker_hostname = '[%s]' % _broker_hostname
+    _broker_hostname = f'[_broker_hostname]'
 
-broker_url = result_backend = 'redis://%s:%d/%d' % (
-    _broker_hostname, _broker_port, _broker_db_index)
+broker_url = result_backend = (f'{_broker_scheme}://{_broker_hostname}'
+                               f':{_broker_port}/{_broker_db_index}')
 
 logger.debug('broker_url: %r' % broker_url)