diff --git a/universal.go b/universal.go
index 0a25bf22..3d91dd49 100644
--- a/universal.go
+++ b/universal.go
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ func (o *UniversalOptions) Failover() *FailoverOptions {
 		SentinelUsername: o.SentinelUsername,
 		SentinelPassword: o.SentinelPassword,
 
+		RouteByLatency: o.RouteByLatency,
+		RouteRandomly:  o.RouteRandomly,
+
 		MaxRetries:      o.MaxRetries,
 		MinRetryBackoff: o.MinRetryBackoff,
 		MaxRetryBackoff: o.MaxRetryBackoff,
@@ -256,14 +259,22 @@ var (
 // NewUniversalClient returns a new multi client. The type of the returned client depends
 // on the following conditions:
 //
-// 1. If the MasterName option is specified, a sentinel-backed FailoverClient is returned.
-// 2. if the number of Addrs is two or more, a ClusterClient is returned.
-// 3. Otherwise, a single-node Client is returned.
+// 1. If the MasterName option is specified with RouteByLatency, RouteRandomly or IsClusterMode,
+//    a FailoverClusterClient is returned.
+// 2. If the MasterName option is specified without RouteByLatency, RouteRandomly or IsClusterMode,
+//    a sentinel-backed FailoverClient is returned.
+// 3. If the number of Addrs is two or more, or IsClusterMode option is specified,
+//    a ClusterClient is returned.
+// 4. Otherwise, a single-node Client is returned.
 func NewUniversalClient(opts *UniversalOptions) UniversalClient {
-	if opts.MasterName != "" {
+	switch {
+	case opts.MasterName != "" && (opts.RouteByLatency || opts.RouteRandomly || opts.IsClusterMode):
+		return NewFailoverClusterClient(opts.Failover())
+	case opts.MasterName != "":
 		return NewFailoverClient(opts.Failover())
-	} else if len(opts.Addrs) > 1 || opts.IsClusterMode {
+	case len(opts.Addrs) > 1 || opts.IsClusterMode:
 		return NewClusterClient(opts.Cluster())
+	default:
+		return NewClient(opts.Simple())
 	}
-	return NewClient(opts.Simple())
 }
diff --git a/universal_test.go b/universal_test.go
index e389fe4f..f965253f 100644
--- a/universal_test.go
+++ b/universal_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ var _ = Describe("UniversalClient", func() {
 		Expect(client.Ping(ctx).Err()).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 	})
 
+	It("should connect to failover cluster", Label("NonRedisEnterprise"), func() {
+		client = redis.NewUniversalClient(&redis.UniversalOptions{
+			MasterName:    sentinelName,
+			RouteRandomly: true,
+			Addrs:         sentinelAddrs,
+		})
+		_, ok := client.(*redis.ClusterClient)
+		Expect(ok).To(BeTrue(), "expected a ClusterClient")
+	})
+
 	It("should connect to simple servers", func() {
 		client = redis.NewUniversalClient(&redis.UniversalOptions{
 			Addrs: []string{redisAddr},
@@ -79,6 +89,7 @@ var _ = Describe("UniversalClient", func() {
 		err = client.Set(ctx, "somekey", "somevalue", 0).Err()
 		Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
 	})
+
 	It("should connect to clusters if IsClusterMode is set even if only a single address is provided", Label("NonRedisEnterprise"), func() {
 		client = redis.NewUniversalClient(&redis.UniversalOptions{
 			Addrs:         []string{cluster.addrs()[0]},
@@ -96,4 +107,3 @@ var _ = Describe("UniversalClient", func() {
 		Expect(client.ClusterSlots(ctx).Val()).To(HaveLen(3))
 	})
 })
-