diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index c2d8d9a3..650eafe3 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -680,12 +680,22 @@ static void repl() {
                     linenoiseClearScreen();
                 } else {
                     long long start_time = mstime(), elapsed;
+                    int repeat, skipargs = 0;
 
-                    if (cliSendCommand(argc,argv,1) != REDIS_OK) {
+                    repeat = atoi(argv[0]);
+                    if (repeat) {
+                        skipargs = 1;
+                    } else {
+                        repeat = 1;
+                    }
+
+                    if (cliSendCommand(argc-skipargs,argv+skipargs,repeat)
+                        != REDIS_OK)
+                    {
                         cliConnect(1);
 
-                        /* If we still cannot send the command,
-                         * print error and abort. */
+                        /* If we still cannot send the command print error.
+                         * We'll try to reconnect the next time. */
                         if (cliSendCommand(argc,argv,1) != REDIS_OK)
                             cliPrintContextError();
                     }