diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Client.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Client.java
index 89b2ad6..c616dc5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Client.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Client.java
@@ -515,4 +515,8 @@ public class Client extends Connection {
     public void save() {
 	sendCommand("SAVE");
     }
+
+    public void bgsave() {
+	sendCommand("BGSAVE");
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java
index 9b2ae6f..ef4eef7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java
@@ -607,4 +607,9 @@ public class Jedis {
 	client.save();
 	return client.getStatusCodeReply();
     }
+
+    public String bgsave() {
+	client.bgsave();
+	return client.getStatusCodeReply();
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/PersistenceControlCommandsTest.java b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/PersistenceControlCommandsTest.java
index 3fe250f..fa6b0e6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/PersistenceControlCommandsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/commands/PersistenceControlCommandsTest.java
@@ -8,4 +8,11 @@ public class PersistenceControlCommandsTest extends JedisCommandTestBase {
 	String status = jedis.save();
 	assertEquals("OK", status);
     }
-}
+
+    @Test
+    public void bgsave() {
+	String status = jedis.bgsave();
+	assertEquals("Background saving started", status);
+    }
+
+}
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