diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/util/JedisClusterCRC16.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/util/JedisClusterCRC16.java
index c0d4afb..3c5c9b5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/util/JedisClusterCRC16.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/util/JedisClusterCRC16.java
@@ -3,8 +3,20 @@ package redis.clients.util;
 public class JedisClusterCRC16 {
     public final static int polynomial = 0x1021; // Represents x^16+x^12+x^5+1
     static int crc;
+    
 
     public static int getSlot(String key) {
+	int s = key.indexOf("{");
+	if (s > -1) {
+	    int e = key.indexOf("}", s+1);
+	    if (e > -1 && e != s+1) {
+		key = key.substring(s+1, e);
+	    }
+	}
+	return getCRC16(key) % 16384;
+    }
+
+    private static int getCRC16(String key) {
 	crc = 0x0000;
 	for (byte b : key.getBytes()) {
 	    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
@@ -18,6 +30,6 @@ public class JedisClusterCRC16 {
 	    }
 	}
 
-	return crc &= 0xffff % 16384;
+	return crc &= 0xffff ;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisClusterTest.java b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisClusterTest.java
index 356e642..ff8a38f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisClusterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/redis/clients/jedis/tests/JedisClusterTest.java
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ public class JedisClusterTest extends Assert {
 	node2.clusterSetSlotMigrating(slot51, getNodeId(node3.clusterNodes()));
 	jc.set("51", "foo");
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testRedisHashtag() {
+	assertEquals(JedisClusterCRC16.getSlot("{bar"), JedisClusterCRC16.getSlot("foo{{bar}}zap"));
+	assertEquals(JedisClusterCRC16.getSlot("{user1000}.following"), JedisClusterCRC16.getSlot("{user1000}.followers"));
+	assertNotEquals(JedisClusterCRC16.getSlot("foo{}{bar}"), JedisClusterCRC16.getSlot("bar"));
+	assertEquals(JedisClusterCRC16.getSlot("foo{bar}{zap}"), JedisClusterCRC16.getSlot("bar"));
+    }
 
     private String getNodeId(String infoOutput) {
 	for (String infoLine : infoOutput.split("\n")) {
@@ -191,5 +199,5 @@ public class JedisClusterTest extends Assert {
 	    Thread.sleep(50);
 	}
     }
-
+    
 }