diff --git a/kombu/transport/redis_cluster.py b/kombu/transport/redis_cluster.py
index 92851f881..4449c73c9 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/redis_cluster.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/redis_cluster.py
@@ -138,6 +138,21 @@ def on_readable(self, fileno):
         if chan.qos.can_consume():
             return chan.handlers[cmd](**{'conn': conn})
 
+class RedisClusterConnection():
+    connections = {}
+    @classmethod
+    def get_connection(cls, host, port):
+        key = (host, port)
+        if key not in cls.connections:
+            cls.connections[key] = cls.create_connection(host, port)
+        return cls.connections[key]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_connection(cls, host, port):
+        params = {'skip_full_coverage_check': True, 'host': host, 'port': port}
+
+        return redis.RedisCluster(**params)
+
 
 class Channel(RedisChannel):
 
@@ -187,7 +202,9 @@ def conn_or_acquire(self, client=None):
             yield self.client
 
     def _create_client(self, asynchronous=False):
-        return self.connection.cluster_connection
+        conninfo = self.connection.client
+
+        return RedisClusterConnection.get_connection(conninfo.hostname, conninfo.port)
 
     def _brpop_start(self, timeout=1):
         queues = self._queue_cycle.consume(len(self.active_queues))
@@ -256,13 +273,5 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.cycle = ClusterPoller()
 
-        params = {'skip_full_coverage_check': True, 'host': self.client.hostname, 'port': self.client.port}
-        self.cluster_connection = redis.RedisCluster(**params)
-
-    def close_connection(self, connection):
-        super().close_connection(connection)
-
-        self.cluster_connection.close()
-
     def driver_version(self):
         return redis.__version__