diff --git a/configs/development.ini b/configs/development.ini
--- a/configs/development.ini
+++ b/configs/development.ini
@@ -485,6 +485,10 @@ rc_cache.cache_general.expiration_time =
 ; auto-renew lock to prevent stale locks, slower but safer. Use only if problems happen
 #rc_cache.cache_general.arguments.lock_auto_renewal = true
 
+; prefix for redis keys used for this cache backend, the final key is constructed using {custom-prefix}{key}
+#rc_cache.cache_general.arguments.key_prefix = custom-prefix-
+
+
 ; *************************************************
 ; `cache_perms` cache for permission tree, auth TTL
 ; for simplicity use rc.file_namespace backend,
@@ -512,6 +516,10 @@ rc_cache.cache_perms.expiration_time = 3
 ; auto-renew lock to prevent stale locks, slower but safer. Use only if problems happen
 #rc_cache.cache_perms.arguments.lock_auto_renewal = true
 
+; prefix for redis keys used for this cache backend, the final key is constructed using {custom-prefix}{key}
+#rc_cache.cache_perms.arguments.key_prefix = custom-prefix-
+
+
 ; ***************************************************
 ; `cache_repo` cache for file tree, Readme, RSS FEEDS
 ; for simplicity use rc.file_namespace backend,
@@ -539,6 +547,10 @@ rc_cache.cache_repo.expiration_time = 25
 ; auto-renew lock to prevent stale locks, slower but safer. Use only if problems happen
 #rc_cache.cache_repo.arguments.lock_auto_renewal = true
 
+; prefix for redis keys used for this cache backend, the final key is constructed using {custom-prefix}{key}
+#rc_cache.cache_repo.arguments.key_prefix = custom-prefix-
+
+
 ; ##############
 ; BEAKER SESSION
 ; ##############
diff --git a/configs/production.ini b/configs/production.ini
--- a/configs/production.ini
+++ b/configs/production.ini
@@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ rc_cache.cache_general.expiration_time =
 ; auto-renew lock to prevent stale locks, slower but safer. Use only if problems happen
 #rc_cache.cache_general.arguments.lock_auto_renewal = true
 
+; prefix for redis keys used for this cache backend, the final key is constructed using {custom-prefix}{key}
+#rc_cache.cache_general.arguments.key_prefix = custom-prefix-
+
+
 ; *************************************************
 ; `cache_perms` cache for permission tree, auth TTL
 ; for simplicity use rc.file_namespace backend,
@@ -480,6 +484,10 @@ rc_cache.cache_perms.expiration_time = 3
 ; auto-renew lock to prevent stale locks, slower but safer. Use only if problems happen
 #rc_cache.cache_perms.arguments.lock_auto_renewal = true
 
+; prefix for redis keys used for this cache backend, the final key is constructed using {custom-prefix}{key}
+#rc_cache.cache_perms.arguments.key_prefix = custom-prefix-
+
+
 ; ***************************************************
 ; `cache_repo` cache for file tree, Readme, RSS FEEDS
 ; for simplicity use rc.file_namespace backend,
@@ -507,6 +515,10 @@ rc_cache.cache_repo.expiration_time = 25
 ; auto-renew lock to prevent stale locks, slower but safer. Use only if problems happen
 #rc_cache.cache_repo.arguments.lock_auto_renewal = true
 
+; prefix for redis keys used for this cache backend, the final key is constructed using {custom-prefix}{key}
+#rc_cache.cache_repo.arguments.key_prefix = custom-prefix-
+
+
 ; ##############
 ; BEAKER SESSION
 ; ##############
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/rc_cache/backends.py b/rhodecode/lib/rc_cache/backends.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/rc_cache/backends.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/rc_cache/backends.py
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ class BaseRedisBackend(redis_backend.Red
         self._lock_timeout = self.lock_timeout
         self._lock_auto_renewal = str2bool(arguments.pop("lock_auto_renewal", True))
 
+        self._store_key_prefix = arguments.pop('key_prefix', '')
+        self.key_prefix = f'{self._store_key_prefix}{self.key_prefix}'
+
         if self._lock_auto_renewal and not self._lock_timeout:
             # set default timeout for auto_renewal
             self._lock_timeout = 30
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ class BaseRedisBackend(redis_backend.Red
 
     def get_mutex(self, key):
         if self.distributed_lock:
-            lock_key = f'_lock_{safe_str(key)}'
+            lock_key = f'{self._store_key_prefix}_lock_{safe_str(key)}'
             return get_mutex_lock(
                 self.writer_client, lock_key,
                 self._lock_timeout,