diff --git a/cluster.go b/cluster.go
index 68194c8d..dbb8deff 100644
--- a/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster.go
@@ -645,16 +645,13 @@ func (c *clusterStateHolder) ReloadOrGet() (*clusterState, error) {
 type ClusterClient struct {
 	cmdable
 
-	ctx context.Context
-
 	opt           *ClusterOptions
 	nodes         *clusterNodes
 	state         *clusterStateHolder
 	cmdsInfoCache *cmdsInfoCache
 
-	process           func(Cmder) error
-	processPipeline   func([]Cmder) error
-	processTxPipeline func([]Cmder) error
+	ctx context.Context
+	hooks
 }
 
 // NewClusterClient returns a Redis Cluster client as described in
@@ -669,10 +666,6 @@ func NewClusterClient(opt *ClusterOptions) *ClusterClient {
 	c.state = newClusterStateHolder(c.loadState)
 	c.cmdsInfoCache = newCmdsInfoCache(c.cmdsInfo)
 
-	c.process = c.defaultProcess
-	c.processPipeline = c.defaultProcessPipeline
-	c.processTxPipeline = c.defaultProcessTxPipeline
-
 	c.init()
 	if opt.IdleCheckFrequency > 0 {
 		go c.reaper(opt.IdleCheckFrequency)
@@ -685,13 +678,6 @@ func (c *ClusterClient) init() {
 	c.cmdable.setProcessor(c.Process)
 }
 
-// ReloadState reloads cluster state. If available it calls ClusterSlots func
-// to get cluster slots information.
-func (c *ClusterClient) ReloadState() error {
-	_, err := c.state.Reload()
-	return err
-}
-
 func (c *ClusterClient) Context() context.Context {
 	if c.ctx != nil {
 		return c.ctx
@@ -709,9 +695,10 @@ func (c *ClusterClient) WithContext(ctx context.Context) *ClusterClient {
 }
 
 func (c *ClusterClient) clone() *ClusterClient {
-	cp := *c
-	cp.init()
-	return &cp
+	clone := *c
+	clone.hooks.copy()
+	clone.init()
+	return &clone
 }
 
 // Options returns read-only Options that were used to create the client.
@@ -719,164 +706,10 @@ func (c *ClusterClient) Options() *ClusterOptions {
 	return c.opt
 }
 
-func (c *ClusterClient) retryBackoff(attempt int) time.Duration {
-	return internal.RetryBackoff(attempt, c.opt.MinRetryBackoff, c.opt.MaxRetryBackoff)
-}
-
-func (c *ClusterClient) cmdsInfo() (map[string]*CommandInfo, error) {
-	addrs, err := c.nodes.Addrs()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var firstErr error
-	for _, addr := range addrs {
-		node, err := c.nodes.Get(addr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if node == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		info, err := node.Client.Command().Result()
-		if err == nil {
-			return info, nil
-		}
-		if firstErr == nil {
-			firstErr = err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, firstErr
-}
-
-func (c *ClusterClient) cmdInfo(name string) *CommandInfo {
-	cmdsInfo, err := c.cmdsInfoCache.Get()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	info := cmdsInfo[name]
-	if info == nil {
-		internal.Logf("info for cmd=%s not found", name)
-	}
-	return info
-}
-
-func cmdSlot(cmd Cmder, pos int) int {
-	if pos == 0 {
-		return hashtag.RandomSlot()
-	}
-	firstKey := cmd.stringArg(pos)
-	return hashtag.Slot(firstKey)
-}
-
-func (c *ClusterClient) cmdSlot(cmd Cmder) int {
-	args := cmd.Args()
-	if args[0] == "cluster" && args[1] == "getkeysinslot" {
-		return args[2].(int)
-	}
-
-	cmdInfo := c.cmdInfo(cmd.Name())
-	return cmdSlot(cmd, cmdFirstKeyPos(cmd, cmdInfo))
-}
-
-func (c *ClusterClient) cmdSlotAndNode(cmd Cmder) (int, *clusterNode, error) {
-	state, err := c.state.Get()
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, nil, err
-	}
-
-	cmdInfo := c.cmdInfo(cmd.Name())
-	slot := c.cmdSlot(cmd)
-
-	if c.opt.ReadOnly && cmdInfo != nil && cmdInfo.ReadOnly {
-		if c.opt.RouteByLatency {
-			node, err := state.slotClosestNode(slot)
-			return slot, node, err
-		}
-
-		if c.opt.RouteRandomly {
-			node := state.slotRandomNode(slot)
-			return slot, node, nil
-		}
-
-		node, err := state.slotSlaveNode(slot)
-		return slot, node, err
-	}
-
-	node, err := state.slotMasterNode(slot)
-	return slot, node, err
-}
-
-func (c *ClusterClient) slotMasterNode(slot int) (*clusterNode, error) {
-	state, err := c.state.Get()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	nodes := state.slotNodes(slot)
-	if len(nodes) > 0 {
-		return nodes[0], nil
-	}
-	return c.nodes.Random()
-}
-
-func (c *ClusterClient) Watch(fn func(*Tx) error, keys ...string) error {
-	if len(keys) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("redis: Watch requires at least one key")
-	}
-
-	slot := hashtag.Slot(keys[0])
-	for _, key := range keys[1:] {
-		if hashtag.Slot(key) != slot {
-			err := fmt.Errorf("redis: Watch requires all keys to be in the same slot")
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	node, err := c.slotMasterNode(slot)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	for attempt := 0; attempt <= c.opt.MaxRedirects; attempt++ {
-		if attempt > 0 {
-			time.Sleep(c.retryBackoff(attempt))
-		}
-
-		err = node.Client.Watch(fn, keys...)
-		if err == nil {
-			break
-		}
-		if err != Nil {
-			c.state.LazyReload()
-		}
-
-		moved, ask, addr := internal.IsMovedError(err)
-		if moved || ask {
-			node, err = c.nodes.GetOrCreate(addr)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if err == pool.ErrClosed || internal.IsReadOnlyError(err) {
-			node, err = c.slotMasterNode(slot)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if internal.IsRetryableError(err, true) {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		return err
-	}
-
+// ReloadState reloads cluster state. If available it calls ClusterSlots func
+// to get cluster slots information.
+func (c *ClusterClient) ReloadState() error {
+	_, err := c.state.Reload()
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -895,17 +728,11 @@ func (c *ClusterClient) Do(args ...interface{}) *Cmd {
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func (c *ClusterClient) WrapProcess(
-	fn func(oldProcess func(Cmder) error) func(Cmder) error,
-) {
-	c.process = fn(c.process)
-}
-
 func (c *ClusterClient) Process(cmd Cmder) error {
-	return c.process(cmd)
+	return c.hooks.process(c.ctx, cmd, c.process)
 }
 
-func (c *ClusterClient) defaultProcess(cmd Cmder) error {
+func (c *ClusterClient) process(cmd Cmder) error {
 	var node *clusterNode
 	var ask bool
 	for attempt := 0; attempt <= c.opt.MaxRedirects; attempt++ {
@@ -1194,14 +1021,11 @@ func (c *ClusterClient) Pipelined(fn func(Pipeliner) error) ([]Cmder, error) {
 	return c.Pipeline().Pipelined(fn)
 }
 
-func (c *ClusterClient) WrapProcessPipeline(
-	fn func(oldProcess func([]Cmder) error) func([]Cmder) error,
-) {
-	c.processPipeline = fn(c.processPipeline)
-	c.processTxPipeline = fn(c.processTxPipeline)
+func (c *ClusterClient) processPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
+	return c.hooks.processPipeline(c.ctx, cmds, c._processPipeline)
 }
 
-func (c *ClusterClient) defaultProcessPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
+func (c *ClusterClient) _processPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
 	cmdsMap := newCmdsMap()
 	err := c.mapCmdsByNode(cmds, cmdsMap)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1391,7 +1215,11 @@ func (c *ClusterClient) TxPipelined(fn func(Pipeliner) error) ([]Cmder, error) {
 	return c.TxPipeline().Pipelined(fn)
 }
 
-func (c *ClusterClient) defaultProcessTxPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
+func (c *ClusterClient) processTxPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
+	return c.hooks.processPipeline(c.ctx, cmds, c._processTxPipeline)
+}
+
+func (c *ClusterClient) _processTxPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
 	state, err := c.state.Get()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1529,6 +1357,64 @@ func (c *ClusterClient) txPipelineReadQueued(
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *ClusterClient) Watch(fn func(*Tx) error, keys ...string) error {
+	if len(keys) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("redis: Watch requires at least one key")
+	}
+
+	slot := hashtag.Slot(keys[0])
+	for _, key := range keys[1:] {
+		if hashtag.Slot(key) != slot {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("redis: Watch requires all keys to be in the same slot")
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	node, err := c.slotMasterNode(slot)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for attempt := 0; attempt <= c.opt.MaxRedirects; attempt++ {
+		if attempt > 0 {
+			time.Sleep(c.retryBackoff(attempt))
+		}
+
+		err = node.Client.Watch(fn, keys...)
+		if err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != Nil {
+			c.state.LazyReload()
+		}
+
+		moved, ask, addr := internal.IsMovedError(err)
+		if moved || ask {
+			node, err = c.nodes.GetOrCreate(addr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err == pool.ErrClosed || internal.IsReadOnlyError(err) {
+			node, err = c.slotMasterNode(slot)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if internal.IsRetryableError(err, true) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
+
 func (c *ClusterClient) pubSub() *PubSub {
 	var node *clusterNode
 	pubsub := &PubSub{
@@ -1590,6 +1476,109 @@ func (c *ClusterClient) PSubscribe(channels ...string) *PubSub {
 	return pubsub
 }
 
+func (c *ClusterClient) retryBackoff(attempt int) time.Duration {
+	return internal.RetryBackoff(attempt, c.opt.MinRetryBackoff, c.opt.MaxRetryBackoff)
+}
+
+func (c *ClusterClient) cmdsInfo() (map[string]*CommandInfo, error) {
+	addrs, err := c.nodes.Addrs()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var firstErr error
+	for _, addr := range addrs {
+		node, err := c.nodes.Get(addr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if node == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		info, err := node.Client.Command().Result()
+		if err == nil {
+			return info, nil
+		}
+		if firstErr == nil {
+			firstErr = err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, firstErr
+}
+
+func (c *ClusterClient) cmdInfo(name string) *CommandInfo {
+	cmdsInfo, err := c.cmdsInfoCache.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	info := cmdsInfo[name]
+	if info == nil {
+		internal.Logf("info for cmd=%s not found", name)
+	}
+	return info
+}
+
+func cmdSlot(cmd Cmder, pos int) int {
+	if pos == 0 {
+		return hashtag.RandomSlot()
+	}
+	firstKey := cmd.stringArg(pos)
+	return hashtag.Slot(firstKey)
+}
+
+func (c *ClusterClient) cmdSlot(cmd Cmder) int {
+	args := cmd.Args()
+	if args[0] == "cluster" && args[1] == "getkeysinslot" {
+		return args[2].(int)
+	}
+
+	cmdInfo := c.cmdInfo(cmd.Name())
+	return cmdSlot(cmd, cmdFirstKeyPos(cmd, cmdInfo))
+}
+
+func (c *ClusterClient) cmdSlotAndNode(cmd Cmder) (int, *clusterNode, error) {
+	state, err := c.state.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, nil, err
+	}
+
+	cmdInfo := c.cmdInfo(cmd.Name())
+	slot := c.cmdSlot(cmd)
+
+	if c.opt.ReadOnly && cmdInfo != nil && cmdInfo.ReadOnly {
+		if c.opt.RouteByLatency {
+			node, err := state.slotClosestNode(slot)
+			return slot, node, err
+		}
+
+		if c.opt.RouteRandomly {
+			node := state.slotRandomNode(slot)
+			return slot, node, nil
+		}
+
+		node, err := state.slotSlaveNode(slot)
+		return slot, node, err
+	}
+
+	node, err := state.slotMasterNode(slot)
+	return slot, node, err
+}
+
+func (c *ClusterClient) slotMasterNode(slot int) (*clusterNode, error) {
+	state, err := c.state.Get()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	nodes := state.slotNodes(slot)
+	if len(nodes) > 0 {
+		return nodes[0], nil
+	}
+	return c.nodes.Random()
+}
+
 func appendUniqueNode(nodes []*clusterNode, node *clusterNode) []*clusterNode {
 	for _, n := range nodes {
 		if n == node {
diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index 6f058959..177459ed 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -100,8 +100,14 @@ type baseCmd struct {
 
 var _ Cmder = (*Cmd)(nil)
 
-func (cmd *baseCmd) Err() error {
-	return cmd.err
+func (cmd *baseCmd) Name() string {
+	if len(cmd._args) > 0 {
+		// Cmd name must be lower cased.
+		s := internal.ToLower(cmd.stringArg(0))
+		cmd._args[0] = s
+		return s
+	}
+	return ""
 }
 
 func (cmd *baseCmd) Args() []interface{} {
@@ -116,14 +122,8 @@ func (cmd *baseCmd) stringArg(pos int) string {
 	return s
 }
 
-func (cmd *baseCmd) Name() string {
-	if len(cmd._args) > 0 {
-		// Cmd name must be lower cased.
-		s := internal.ToLower(cmd.stringArg(0))
-		cmd._args[0] = s
-		return s
-	}
-	return ""
+func (cmd *baseCmd) Err() error {
+	return cmd.err
 }
 
 func (cmd *baseCmd) readTimeout() *time.Duration {
diff --git a/example_instrumentation_test.go b/example_instrumentation_test.go
index f9444a6e..65ef59cc 100644
--- a/example_instrumentation_test.go
+++ b/example_instrumentation_test.go
@@ -1,44 +1,54 @@
 package redis_test
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis"
 )
 
+type redisHook struct{}
+
+var _ redis.Hook = redisHook{}
+
+func (redisHook) BeforeProcess(ctx context.Context, cmd redis.Cmder) (context.Context, error) {
+	fmt.Printf("starting processing: <%s>\n", cmd)
+	return ctx, nil
+}
+
+func (redisHook) AfterProcess(ctx context.Context, cmd redis.Cmder) (context.Context, error) {
+	fmt.Printf("finished processing: <%s>\n", cmd)
+	return ctx, nil
+}
+
+func (redisHook) BeforeProcessPipeline(ctx context.Context, cmds []redis.Cmder) (context.Context, error) {
+	fmt.Printf("pipeline starting processing: %v\n", cmds)
+	return ctx, nil
+}
+
+func (redisHook) AfterProcessPipeline(ctx context.Context, cmds []redis.Cmder) (context.Context, error) {
+	fmt.Printf("pipeline finished processing: %v\n", cmds)
+	return ctx, nil
+}
+
 func Example_instrumentation() {
-	redisdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
+	rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
 		Addr: ":6379",
 	})
-	redisdb.WrapProcess(func(old func(cmd redis.Cmder) error) func(cmd redis.Cmder) error {
-		return func(cmd redis.Cmder) error {
-			fmt.Printf("starting processing: <%s>\n", cmd)
-			err := old(cmd)
-			fmt.Printf("finished processing: <%s>\n", cmd)
-			return err
-		}
-	})
+	rdb.AddHook(redisHook{})
 
-	redisdb.Ping()
+	rdb.Ping()
 	// Output: starting processing: <ping: >
 	// finished processing: <ping: PONG>
 }
 
 func ExamplePipeline_instrumentation() {
-	redisdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
+	rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
 		Addr: ":6379",
 	})
+	rdb.AddHook(redisHook{})
 
-	redisdb.WrapProcessPipeline(func(old func([]redis.Cmder) error) func([]redis.Cmder) error {
-		return func(cmds []redis.Cmder) error {
-			fmt.Printf("pipeline starting processing: %v\n", cmds)
-			err := old(cmds)
-			fmt.Printf("pipeline finished processing: %v\n", cmds)
-			return err
-		}
-	})
-
-	redisdb.Pipelined(func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+	rdb.Pipelined(func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
 		pipe.Ping()
 		pipe.Ping()
 		return nil
diff --git a/redis.go b/redis.go
index a7673760..61bbe966 100644
--- a/redis.go
+++ b/redis.go
@@ -23,24 +23,114 @@ func SetLogger(logger *log.Logger) {
 	internal.Logger = logger
 }
 
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+type Hook interface {
+	BeforeProcess(ctx context.Context, cmd Cmder) (context.Context, error)
+	AfterProcess(ctx context.Context, cmd Cmder) (context.Context, error)
+
+	BeforeProcessPipeline(ctx context.Context, cmds []Cmder) (context.Context, error)
+	AfterProcessPipeline(ctx context.Context, cmds []Cmder) (context.Context, error)
+}
+
+type hooks struct {
+	hooks []Hook
+}
+
+func (hs *hooks) AddHook(hook Hook) {
+	hs.hooks = append(hs.hooks, hook)
+}
+
+func (hs *hooks) copy() {
+	hs.hooks = hs.hooks[:len(hs.hooks):len(hs.hooks)]
+}
+
+func (hs hooks) process(ctx context.Context, cmd Cmder, fn func(Cmder) error) error {
+	ctx, err := hs.beforeProcess(ctx, cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cmdErr := fn(cmd)
+
+	_, err = hs.afterProcess(ctx, cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return cmdErr
+}
+
+func (hs hooks) beforeProcess(ctx context.Context, cmd Cmder) (context.Context, error) {
+	for _, h := range hs.hooks {
+		var err error
+		ctx, err = h.BeforeProcess(ctx, cmd)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return ctx, nil
+}
+
+func (hs hooks) afterProcess(ctx context.Context, cmd Cmder) (context.Context, error) {
+	for _, h := range hs.hooks {
+		var err error
+		ctx, err = h.AfterProcess(ctx, cmd)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return ctx, nil
+}
+
+func (hs hooks) processPipeline(ctx context.Context, cmds []Cmder, fn func([]Cmder) error) error {
+	ctx, err := hs.beforeProcessPipeline(ctx, cmds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cmdsErr := fn(cmds)
+
+	_, err = hs.afterProcessPipeline(ctx, cmds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return cmdsErr
+}
+
+func (hs hooks) beforeProcessPipeline(ctx context.Context, cmds []Cmder) (context.Context, error) {
+	for _, h := range hs.hooks {
+		var err error
+		ctx, err = h.BeforeProcessPipeline(ctx, cmds)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return ctx, nil
+}
+
+func (hs hooks) afterProcessPipeline(ctx context.Context, cmds []Cmder) (context.Context, error) {
+	for _, h := range hs.hooks {
+		var err error
+		ctx, err = h.AfterProcessPipeline(ctx, cmds)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return ctx, nil
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 type baseClient struct {
 	opt      *Options
 	connPool pool.Pooler
 	limiter  Limiter
 
-	process           func(Cmder) error
-	processPipeline   func([]Cmder) error
-	processTxPipeline func([]Cmder) error
-
 	onClose func() error // hook called when client is closed
 }
 
-func (c *baseClient) init() {
-	c.process = c.defaultProcess
-	c.processPipeline = c.defaultProcessPipeline
-	c.processTxPipeline = c.defaultProcessTxPipeline
-}
-
 func (c *baseClient) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Redis<%s db:%d>", c.getAddr(), c.opt.DB)
 }
@@ -159,22 +249,11 @@ func (c *baseClient) initConn(cn *pool.Conn) error {
 // Do creates a Cmd from the args and processes the cmd.
 func (c *baseClient) Do(args ...interface{}) *Cmd {
 	cmd := NewCmd(args...)
-	_ = c.Process(cmd)
+	_ = c.process(cmd)
 	return cmd
 }
 
-// WrapProcess wraps function that processes Redis commands.
-func (c *baseClient) WrapProcess(
-	fn func(oldProcess func(cmd Cmder) error) func(cmd Cmder) error,
-) {
-	c.process = fn(c.process)
-}
-
-func (c *baseClient) Process(cmd Cmder) error {
-	return c.process(cmd)
-}
-
-func (c *baseClient) defaultProcess(cmd Cmder) error {
+func (c *baseClient) process(cmd Cmder) error {
 	for attempt := 0; attempt <= c.opt.MaxRetries; attempt++ {
 		if attempt > 0 {
 			time.Sleep(c.retryBackoff(attempt))
@@ -249,18 +328,11 @@ func (c *baseClient) getAddr() string {
 	return c.opt.Addr
 }
 
-func (c *baseClient) WrapProcessPipeline(
-	fn func(oldProcess func([]Cmder) error) func([]Cmder) error,
-) {
-	c.processPipeline = fn(c.processPipeline)
-	c.processTxPipeline = fn(c.processTxPipeline)
-}
-
-func (c *baseClient) defaultProcessPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
+func (c *baseClient) processPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
 	return c.generalProcessPipeline(cmds, c.pipelineProcessCmds)
 }
 
-func (c *baseClient) defaultProcessTxPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
+func (c *baseClient) processTxPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
 	return c.generalProcessPipeline(cmds, c.txPipelineProcessCmds)
 }
 
@@ -388,6 +460,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	cmdable
 
 	ctx context.Context
+	hooks
 }
 
 // NewClient returns a client to the Redis Server specified by Options.
@@ -400,7 +473,6 @@ func NewClient(opt *Options) *Client {
 			connPool: newConnPool(opt),
 		},
 	}
-	c.baseClient.init()
 	c.init()
 
 	return &c
@@ -427,9 +499,22 @@ func (c *Client) WithContext(ctx context.Context) *Client {
 }
 
 func (c *Client) clone() *Client {
-	cp := *c
-	cp.init()
-	return &cp
+	clone := *c
+	clone.hooks.copy()
+	clone.init()
+	return &clone
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Process(cmd Cmder) error {
+	return c.hooks.process(c.ctx, cmd, c.baseClient.process)
+}
+
+func (c *Client) processPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
+	return c.hooks.processPipeline(c.ctx, cmds, c.baseClient.processPipeline)
+}
+
+func (c *Client) processTxPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
+	return c.hooks.processPipeline(c.ctx, cmds, c.baseClient.processTxPipeline)
 }
 
 // Options returns read-only Options that were used to create the client.
@@ -547,11 +632,14 @@ func newConn(opt *Options, cn *pool.Conn) *Conn {
 			connPool: pool.NewSingleConnPool(cn),
 		},
 	}
-	c.baseClient.init()
 	c.statefulCmdable.setProcessor(c.Process)
 	return &c
 }
 
+func (c *Conn) Process(cmd Cmder) error {
+	return c.baseClient.process(cmd)
+}
+
 func (c *Conn) Pipelined(fn func(Pipeliner) error) ([]Cmder, error) {
 	return c.Pipeline().Pipelined(fn)
 }
diff --git a/redis_test.go b/redis_test.go
index f46728f9..d600894b 100644
--- a/redis_test.go
+++ b/redis_test.go
@@ -224,43 +224,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Client", func() {
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(got).To(Equal(bigVal))
 	})
-
-	It("should call WrapProcess", func() {
-		var fnCalled bool
-
-		client.WrapProcess(func(old func(redis.Cmder) error) func(redis.Cmder) error {
-			return func(cmd redis.Cmder) error {
-				fnCalled = true
-				return old(cmd)
-			}
-		})
-
-		Expect(client.Ping().Err()).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-		Expect(fnCalled).To(BeTrue())
-	})
-
-	It("should call WrapProcess after WithContext", func() {
-		var fn1Called, fn2Called bool
-
-		client.WrapProcess(func(old func(cmd redis.Cmder) error) func(cmd redis.Cmder) error {
-			return func(cmd redis.Cmder) error {
-				fn1Called = true
-				return old(cmd)
-			}
-		})
-
-		client2 := client.WithContext(client.Context())
-		client2.WrapProcess(func(old func(cmd redis.Cmder) error) func(cmd redis.Cmder) error {
-			return func(cmd redis.Cmder) error {
-				fn2Called = true
-				return old(cmd)
-			}
-		})
-
-		Expect(client2.Ping().Err()).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-		Expect(fn2Called).To(BeTrue())
-		Expect(fn1Called).To(BeTrue())
-	})
 })
 
 var _ = Describe("Client timeout", func() {
diff --git a/ring.go b/ring.go
index 5956b71a..a98bee13 100644
--- a/ring.go
+++ b/ring.go
@@ -340,14 +340,12 @@ func (c *ringShards) Close() error {
 type Ring struct {
 	cmdable
 
-	ctx context.Context
-
 	opt           *RingOptions
 	shards        *ringShards
 	cmdsInfoCache *cmdsInfoCache
 
-	process         func(Cmder) error
-	processPipeline func([]Cmder) error
+	ctx context.Context
+	hooks
 }
 
 func NewRing(opt *RingOptions) *Ring {
@@ -358,10 +356,6 @@ func NewRing(opt *RingOptions) *Ring {
 		shards: newRingShards(opt),
 	}
 	ring.cmdsInfoCache = newCmdsInfoCache(ring.cmdsInfo)
-
-	ring.process = ring.defaultProcess
-	ring.processPipeline = ring.defaultProcessPipeline
-
 	ring.init()
 
 	for name, addr := range opt.Addrs {
@@ -536,17 +530,11 @@ func (c *Ring) Do(args ...interface{}) *Cmd {
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func (c *Ring) WrapProcess(
-	fn func(oldProcess func(cmd Cmder) error) func(cmd Cmder) error,
-) {
-	c.process = fn(c.process)
-}
-
 func (c *Ring) Process(cmd Cmder) error {
-	return c.process(cmd)
+	return c.hooks.process(c.ctx, cmd, c.process)
 }
 
-func (c *Ring) defaultProcess(cmd Cmder) error {
+func (c *Ring) process(cmd Cmder) error {
 	for attempt := 0; attempt <= c.opt.MaxRetries; attempt++ {
 		if attempt > 0 {
 			time.Sleep(c.retryBackoff(attempt))
@@ -581,13 +569,11 @@ func (c *Ring) Pipelined(fn func(Pipeliner) error) ([]Cmder, error) {
 	return c.Pipeline().Pipelined(fn)
 }
 
-func (c *Ring) WrapProcessPipeline(
-	fn func(oldProcess func([]Cmder) error) func([]Cmder) error,
-) {
-	c.processPipeline = fn(c.processPipeline)
+func (c *Ring) processPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
+	return c.hooks.processPipeline(c.ctx, cmds, c._processPipeline)
 }
 
-func (c *Ring) defaultProcessPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
+func (c *Ring) _processPipeline(cmds []Cmder) error {
 	cmdsMap := make(map[string][]Cmder)
 	for _, cmd := range cmds {
 		cmdInfo := c.cmdInfo(cmd.Name())
diff --git a/ring_test.go b/ring_test.go
index d498e034..4ff08986 100644
--- a/ring_test.go
+++ b/ring_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package redis_test
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
@@ -105,27 +104,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Redis Ring", func() {
 		Expect(ringShard2.Info("keyspace").Val()).To(ContainSubstring("keys=100"))
 	})
 
-	It("propagates process for WithContext", func() {
-		var fromWrap []string
-		wrapper := func(oldProcess func(cmd redis.Cmder) error) func(cmd redis.Cmder) error {
-			return func(cmd redis.Cmder) error {
-				fromWrap = append(fromWrap, cmd.Name())
-
-				return oldProcess(cmd)
-			}
-		}
-
-		ctx := context.Background()
-		ring = ring.WithContext(ctx)
-		ring.WrapProcess(wrapper)
-
-		ring.Ping()
-		Expect(fromWrap).To(Equal([]string{"ping"}))
-
-		ring.Ping()
-		Expect(fromWrap).To(Equal([]string{"ping", "ping"}))
-	})
-
 	Describe("pipeline", func() {
 		It("distributes keys", func() {
 			pipe := ring.Pipeline()
diff --git a/sentinel.go b/sentinel.go
index 3043fbda..3f605c72 100644
--- a/sentinel.go
+++ b/sentinel.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package redis
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"net"
@@ -93,7 +94,6 @@ func NewFailoverClient(failoverOpt *FailoverOptions) *Client {
 			onClose: failover.Close,
 		},
 	}
-	c.baseClient.init()
 	c.cmdable.setProcessor(c.Process)
 
 	return &c
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ func NewFailoverClient(failoverOpt *FailoverOptions) *Client {
 
 type SentinelClient struct {
 	baseClient
+
+	ctx context.Context
 }
 
 func NewSentinelClient(opt *Options) *SentinelClient {
@@ -113,10 +115,34 @@ func NewSentinelClient(opt *Options) *SentinelClient {
 			connPool: newConnPool(opt),
 		},
 	}
-	c.baseClient.init()
 	return c
 }
 
+func (c *SentinelClient) Context() context.Context {
+	if c.ctx != nil {
+		return c.ctx
+	}
+	return context.Background()
+}
+
+func (c *SentinelClient) WithContext(ctx context.Context) *SentinelClient {
+	if ctx == nil {
+		panic("nil context")
+	}
+	c2 := c.clone()
+	c2.ctx = ctx
+	return c2
+}
+
+func (c *SentinelClient) clone() *SentinelClient {
+	clone := *c
+	return &clone
+}
+
+func (c *SentinelClient) Process(cmd Cmder) error {
+	return c.baseClient.process(cmd)
+}
+
 func (c *SentinelClient) pubSub() *PubSub {
 	pubsub := &PubSub{
 		opt: c.opt,
diff --git a/tx.go b/tx.go
index fb3e6331..afeed147 100644
--- a/tx.go
+++ b/tx.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package redis
 
 import (
+	"context"
+
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/internal/pool"
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/internal/proto"
 )
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ const TxFailedErr = proto.RedisError("redis: transaction failed")
 type Tx struct {
 	statefulCmdable
 	baseClient
+
+	ctx context.Context
 }
 
 func (c *Client) newTx() *Tx {
@@ -23,12 +27,42 @@ func (c *Client) newTx() *Tx {
 			opt:      c.opt,
 			connPool: pool.NewStickyConnPool(c.connPool.(*pool.ConnPool), true),
 		},
+		ctx: c.ctx,
 	}
-	tx.baseClient.init()
-	tx.statefulCmdable.setProcessor(tx.Process)
+	tx.init()
 	return &tx
 }
 
+func (c *Tx) init() {
+	c.statefulCmdable.setProcessor(c.Process)
+}
+
+func (c *Tx) Context() context.Context {
+	if c.ctx != nil {
+		return c.ctx
+	}
+	return context.Background()
+}
+
+func (c *Tx) WithContext(ctx context.Context) *Tx {
+	if ctx == nil {
+		panic("nil context")
+	}
+	c2 := c.clone()
+	c2.ctx = ctx
+	return c2
+}
+
+func (c *Tx) clone() *Tx {
+	clone := *c
+	clone.init()
+	return &clone
+}
+
+func (c *Tx) Process(cmd Cmder) error {
+	return c.baseClient.process(cmd)
+}
+
 // Watch prepares a transaction and marks the keys to be watched
 // for conditional execution if there are any keys.
 //
diff --git a/universal.go b/universal.go
index 03bfa0fa..76bc1b2f 100644
--- a/universal.go
+++ b/universal.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package redis
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -147,15 +148,14 @@ func (o *UniversalOptions) simple() *Options {
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // UniversalClient is an abstract client which - based on the provided options -
-// can connect to either clusters, or sentinel-backed failover instances or simple
-// single-instance servers. This can be useful for testing cluster-specific
-// applications locally.
+// can connect to either clusters, or sentinel-backed failover instances
+// or simple single-instance servers. This can be useful for testing
+// cluster-specific applications locally.
 type UniversalClient interface {
 	Cmdable
+	Context() context.Context
 	Watch(fn func(*Tx) error, keys ...string) error
 	Process(cmd Cmder) error
-	WrapProcess(fn func(oldProcess func(cmd Cmder) error) func(cmd Cmder) error)
-	WrapProcessPipeline(fn func(oldProcess func([]Cmder) error) func([]Cmder) error)
 	Subscribe(channels ...string) *PubSub
 	PSubscribe(channels ...string) *PubSub
 	Close() error