diff --git a/monitors/redisqueues.py b/monitors/redisqueues.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import optparse
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+
+try:
+    import simplejson as json
+except ImportError:
+    import json
+
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        import redis
+    except ImportError, ex:
+        sys.stderr.write('redisqueues.py requires the `redis` module\n')
+        return 1
+
+    opts = optparse.OptionParser()
+    opts.add_option('-p', '--prefix', dest='prefix',
+                help='Specify a prefix for the event labels (e.g. foo.system.load)')
+    opts.add_option('-s', '--suffix', dest='suffix',
+                help='Specify a suffix for the event labels (e.g. system.load.1min.hostname')
+    opts.add_option('--db', default=0, dest='db',
+                help='Specify a redis DB to query')
+    opts.add_option('--lists', dest='lists',
+                help='Specify a comma-separated list of redis keys to get the length of')
+    options, args = opts.parse_args()
+
+    prefix = ''
+    suffix = ''
+
+    if options.prefix:
+        prefix = '%s.' % options.prefix
+    if options.suffix:
+        suffix = '.%s' % options.suffix
+
+    if not options.lists:
+        sys.stderr.write('redisqueues.py requires the `--lists` parameter to properly report list lengths\n')
+        return 1
+
+    r = redis.Redis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=options.db)
+    now = time.time()
+
+    for queue in options.lists.split(','):
+        try:
+            value = r.llen(queue)
+            print '%(prefix)ssystem.redis.%(queue)s.length%(suffix)s %(value)s %(now)s' % locals()
+        except Exception, ex:
+            sys.stderr.write('Exception when calling `r.llen` in redisqueues.py: %s\n' % ex)
+    return 0
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
+