diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5cefa031..79a398c0 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 --------------------
 
 Enhancements:
+ - Share one redis-mpool across the application
  - Upgrades windshaft and cartodb-redis
  - Supports `!scale_denominator!` dynamic param in SQL queries
  - Metrics revamp: removes and adds some metrics
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index c420ab61..de77d794 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
  */
 
 var path = require('path'),
-    fs = require('fs')
+    fs = require('fs'),
+    RedisPool = require('redis-mpool')
 ;
 
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ var _ = require('underscore');
 global.environment  = require(__dirname + '/config/environments/' + ENV);
 global.environment.api_hostname = require('os').hostname().split('.')[0];
 
-global.log4js = require('log4js')
+global.log4js = require('log4js');
 log4js_config = {
   appenders: [],
   replaceConsole:true
@@ -65,10 +66,16 @@ if ( global.environment.rollbar ) {
 log4js.configure(log4js_config, { cwd: __dirname });
 global.logger = log4js.getLogger();
 
+var redisOpts = _.extend(global.environment.redis, {
+        name: 'windshaft_cartodb',
+        reportInterval: 5000
+    }),
+    redisPool = new RedisPool(redisOpts);
+
 // Include cartodb_windshaft only _after_ the "global" variable is set
 // See https://github.com/Vizzuality/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/28
-var CartodbWindshaft = require('./lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft');
-var serverOptions = require('./lib/cartodb/server_options')();
+var CartodbWindshaft = require('./lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft'),
+    serverOptions = require('./lib/cartodb/server_options')(redisPool);
 
 ws = CartodbWindshaft(serverOptions);
 
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
index cb6db192..c474afc1 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-
 var _ = require('underscore')
     , Step       = require('step')
     , Windshaft = require('windshaft')
-    , redisPool = require('redis-mpool')(_.extend(global.environment.redis, {name: 'windshaft:cartodb'}))
-    // TODO: instanciate cartoData with redisPool
-    , cartoData  = require('cartodb-redis')(global.environment.redis)
     , SignedMaps = require('./signed_maps.js')
     , TemplateMaps = require('./template_maps.js')
     , Cache = require('./cache_validator')
@@ -26,6 +22,11 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
       }
     }
 
+    var redisPool = serverOptions.redis.pool
+        || require('redis-mpool')(_.extend(global.environment.redis, {name: 'windshaft:cartodb'}));
+
+    var cartoData = require('cartodb-redis')({pool: redisPool});
+
     if(serverOptions.cache_enabled) {
         console.log("cache invalidation enabled, varnish on ", serverOptions.varnish_host, ' ', serverOptions.varnish_port);
         Cache.init(serverOptions.varnish_host, serverOptions.varnish_port, serverOptions.varnish_secret);
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
index 2fa27c8c..a42152ad 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 var   _          = require('underscore')
     , Step       = require('step')
-    , cartoData  = require('cartodb-redis')(global.environment.redis)
     , Cache      = require('./cache_validator')
     , QueryTablesApi   = require('./api/query_tables_api')
     , crypto     = require('crypto')
@@ -16,11 +15,11 @@ if ( _.isUndefined(global.environment.sqlapi.domain) ) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = function(){
+module.exports = function(redisPool) {
 
-    var lzmaWorker = new LZMA();
-
-    var queryTablesApi = new QueryTablesApi();
+    var cartoData = require('cartodb-redis')({pool: redisPool}),
+        lzmaWorker = new LZMA(),
+        queryTablesApi = new QueryTablesApi();
 
     var rendererConfig = _.defaults(global.environment.renderer || {}, {
       cache_ttl: 60000, // milliseconds
@@ -77,6 +76,9 @@ module.exports = function(){
     // See http://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/161
     me.redis.unwatchOnRelease = false;
 
+    // Re-use redisPool
+    me.redis.pool = redisPool;
+
 /* This whole block is about generating X-Cache-Channel { */
 
     // TODO: review lifetime of elements of this cache
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 99627479..78425b33 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         "request": "~2.9.203",
         "cartodb-redis": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-cartodb-redis/tarball/0.11.0",
         "cartodb-psql": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-cartodb-psql/tarball/0.4.0",
-        "redis-mpool": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-redis-mpool/tarball/0.1.0",
+        "redis-mpool": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-redis-mpool/tarball/master",
         "lzma": "~1.3.7",
         "log4js": "~0.6.17",
         "rollbar": "~0.3.13"