diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46ec8c5a..b5e0bd08 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 
 ## Changes since v7.1.3
 
+- [#1063](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1063) Add Redis lock feature to lock persistent sessions (@Bibob7)
 - [#1108](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1108) Add alternative ways to generate cookie secrets to docs (@JoelSpeed)
 - [#1142](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1142) Add pagewriter to upstream proxy (@JoelSpeed)
 - [#1181](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1181) Fix incorrect `cfg` name in show-debug-on-error flag (@iTaybb)
 - [#1207](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1207) Fix URI fragment handling on sign-in page, regression introduced in 7.1.0 (@tarvip)
 
+
 # V7.1.3
 
 ## Release Highlights
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b4ced24b..174484df 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.1-0.20210213131748-c97fc7b6bee0
 	github.com/bitly/go-simplejson v0.5.0
 	github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869 // indirect
+	github.com/bsm/redislock v0.7.0
 	github.com/coreos/go-oidc v2.2.1+incompatible
 	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.10.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d1f2d89a..bc2f7038 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMT
 cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.38.0 h1:ROfEUZz+Gh5pa62DJWXSaonyu3StP6EA6lPEXPI6mCo=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.38.0/go.mod h1:990N+gfupTy94rShfmMCWGDn0LpTmnzTp2qbd1dvSRU=
+dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
 github.com/Bose/minisentinel v0.0.0-20200130220412-917c5a9223bb h1:ZVN4Iat3runWOFLaBCDVU5a9X/XikSRBosye++6gojw=
 github.com/Bose/minisentinel v0.0.0-20200130220412-917c5a9223bb/go.mod h1:WsAABbY4HQBgd3mGuG4KMNTbHJCPvx9IVBHzysbknss=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
+github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/FZambia/sentinel v1.0.0 h1:KJ0ryjKTZk5WMp0dXvSdNqp3lFaW1fNFuEYfrkLOYIc=
 github.com/FZambia/sentinel v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ytL1Am/RLlAoAXG6Kj5LNuw/TRRQrv2rt2FT26vP5gI=
 github.com/Knetic/govaluate v3.0.1-0.20171022003610-9aa49832a739+incompatible/go.mod h1:r7JcOSlj0wfOMncg0iLm8Leh48TZaKVeNIfJntJ2wa0=
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ github.com/bitly/go-simplejson v0.5.0 h1:6IH+V8/tVMab511d5bn4M7EwGXZf9Hj6i2xSwkN
 github.com/bitly/go-simplejson v0.5.0/go.mod h1:cXHtHw4XUPsvGaxgjIAn8PhEWG9NfngEKAMDJEczWVA=
 github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869 h1:DDGfHa7BWjL4YnC6+E63dPcxHo2sUxDIu8g3QgEJdRY=
 github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869/go.mod h1:Ekp36dRnpXw/yCqJaO+ZrUyxD+3VXMFFr56k5XYrpB4=
+github.com/bsm/redislock v0.7.0 h1:RL7aZJhCKkuBjQbnSTKCeedTRifBWxd/ffP+GZ599Mo=
+github.com/bsm/redislock v0.7.0/go.mod h1:3Kgu+cXw0JrkZ5pmY/JbcFpixGZ5M9v9G2PGWYqku+k=
 github.com/casbin/casbin/v2 v2.1.2/go.mod h1:YcPU1XXisHhLzuxH9coDNf2FbKpjGlbCg3n9yuLkIJQ=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ github.com/ghodss/yaml v0.0.0-20150909031657-73d445a93680/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2H
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.1-0.20190212211648-25d852aebe32 h1:Mn26/9ZMNWSw9C9ERFA1PUxfmGpolnw2v0bKOREu5ew=
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+github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2as=
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.9.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2as=
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.10.0/go.mod h1:xUsJbQ/Fp4kEt7AFgCuvyX4a71u8h9jB8tj/ORgOZ7o=
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.0.0-20160704185906-46af16f9f7b1/go.mod h1:+
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.0.0-20160704190145-13c6e3589ad9/go.mod h1:W3Z9FmVs9qj+KR4zFKmDPGiLdk1D9Rlm7cyMvf57TTg=
 github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.0.0-20160808142527-6aced65f8501/go.mod h1:J8+jY1nAiCcj+friV/PDoE1/3eeccG9LYBs0tYvLOWc=
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.0.0-20160704191624-1d0bd113de87/go.mod h1:DXUve3Dpr1UfpPtxFw+EFuQ41HhCWZfha5jSVRG7C7I=
+github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.1.0/go.mod h1:isLoQT/NFSP7V67lyvM9GmdvLdyZ7pEhsXvvyQtnQTo=
 github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.2.3 h1:eNesND+DWt/sjQOtPFxAbQkTIXaXX00qNLxjVWkZ70k=
 github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.2.3/go.mod h1:ysgGY09J/QeDYbu3HikWEIPCwaeOkuNoTgKayTEaEOw=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.4.0/go.mod h1:zAC/RDZ24gD3HViQzih4MyKcchzm+sOG5ZlKdlhCg5w=
@@ -325,6 +331,7 @@ github.com/pierrec/lz4 v2.5.2+incompatible h1:WCjObylUIOlKy/+7Abdn34TLIkXiA4UWUM
 github.com/pierrec/lz4 v2.5.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:pdkljMzZIN41W+lC3N2tnIh5sFi+IEE17M5jbnwPHcY=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/profile v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hJw3o1OdXxsrSjjVksARp5W95eeEaEfptyVZyv6JUPA=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -454,16 +461,23 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8U
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9 h1:psW17arqaxU48Z5kZ0CQnkZWQJsqcURM6tKiBApRjXI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
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+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190306152737-a1d7652674e8/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200908183739-ae8ad444f925/go.mod h1:1phAWC201xIgDyaFpmDeZkgf70Q4Pd/CNqfRtVPtxNw=
+golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190227222117-0694c2d4d067/go.mod h1:kZ7UVZpmo3dzQBMxlp+ypCbDeSB+sBbTgSJuh5dn5js=
+golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190802002840-cff245a6509b/go.mod h1:FeLwcggjj3mMvU+oOTbSwawSJRM1uh48EjtB4UJZlP0=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
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+golang.org/x/mod v0.3.1-0.20200828183125-ce943fd02449 h1:xUIPaMhvROX9dhPvRCenIJtU78+lbEenGbgqB5hfHCQ=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.3.1-0.20200828183125-ce943fd02449/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180724234803-3673e40ba225/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
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@@ -512,6 +526,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181116152217-5ac8a444bdc5/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181122145206-62eef0e2fa9b/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
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@@ -519,6 +534,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190507160741-ecd444e8653b/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190726091711-fc99dfbffb4e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191001151750-bb3f8db39f24/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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@@ -555,6 +571,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029041327-9cc4af7d6b2c/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtn
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diff --git a/pkg/apis/sessions/interfaces.go b/pkg/apis/sessions/interfaces.go
index 34d945f3..6569f2f3 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/sessions/interfaces.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/sessions/interfaces.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package sessions
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // SessionStore is an interface to storing user sessions in the proxy
@@ -10,3 +13,24 @@ type SessionStore interface {
 	Load(req *http.Request) (*SessionState, error)
 	Clear(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error
 }
+
+var ErrLockNotObtained = errors.New("lock: not obtained")
+var ErrNotLocked = errors.New("tried to release not existing lock")
+
+// Lock is an interface for controlling session locks
+type Lock interface {
+	// Obtain obtains the lock on the distributed
+	// lock resource if no lock exists yet.
+	// Otherwise it will return ErrLockNotObtained
+	Obtain(ctx context.Context, expiration time.Duration) error
+	// Peek returns true if the lock currently exists
+	// Otherwise it returns false.
+	Peek(ctx context.Context) (bool, error)
+	// Refresh refreshes the expiration time of the lock,
+	// if is still applied.
+	// Otherwise it will return ErrNotLocked
+	Refresh(ctx context.Context, expiration time.Duration) error
+	// Release removes the existing lock,
+	// Otherwise it will return ErrNotLocked
+	Release(ctx context.Context) error
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/sessions/lock.go b/pkg/apis/sessions/lock.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd080770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/apis/sessions/lock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package sessions
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type NoOpLock struct{}
+
+func (l *NoOpLock) Obtain(ctx context.Context, expiration time.Duration) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *NoOpLock) Peek(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+func (l *NoOpLock) Refresh(ctx context.Context, expiration time.Duration) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *NoOpLock) Release(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/sessions/session_state.go b/pkg/apis/sessions/session_state.go
index c3441fe3..e1ee4a6c 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/sessions/session_state.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/sessions/session_state.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package sessions
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -30,6 +31,36 @@ type SessionState struct {
 	User              string   `msgpack:"u,omitempty"`
 	Groups            []string `msgpack:"g,omitempty"`
 	PreferredUsername string   `msgpack:"pu,omitempty"`
+
+	Lock Lock `msgpack:"-"`
+}
+
+func (s *SessionState) ObtainLock(ctx context.Context, expiration time.Duration) error {
+	if s.Lock == nil {
+		s.Lock = &NoOpLock{}
+	}
+	return s.Lock.Obtain(ctx, expiration)
+}
+
+func (s *SessionState) RefreshLock(ctx context.Context, expiration time.Duration) error {
+	if s.Lock == nil {
+		s.Lock = &NoOpLock{}
+	}
+	return s.Lock.Refresh(ctx, expiration)
+}
+
+func (s *SessionState) ReleaseLock(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if s.Lock == nil {
+		s.Lock = &NoOpLock{}
+	}
+	return s.Lock.Release(ctx)
+}
+
+func (s *SessionState) PeekLock(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	if s.Lock == nil {
+		s.Lock = &NoOpLock{}
+	}
+	return s.Lock.Peek(ctx)
 }
 
 // IsExpired checks whether the session has expired
diff --git a/pkg/middleware/stored_session_test.go b/pkg/middleware/stored_session_test.go
index 0ab6c994..3d8dd087 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/stored_session_test.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/stored_session_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Stored Session Suite", func() {
 					Session: in.existingSession,
 				}
 
-				// Set up the request with the request headesr and a request scope
+				// Set up the request with the request header and a request scope
 				req := httptest.NewRequest("", "/", nil)
 				req.Header = in.requestHeaders
 				req = middlewareapi.AddRequestScope(req, scope)
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/persistence/interfaces.go b/pkg/sessions/persistence/interfaces.go
index cd983b4c..b1f50da5 100644
--- a/pkg/sessions/persistence/interfaces.go
+++ b/pkg/sessions/persistence/interfaces.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package persistence
 import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7/pkg/apis/sessions"
 )
 
 // Store is used for persistent session stores (IE not Cookie)
@@ -12,4 +14,5 @@ type Store interface {
 	Save(context.Context, string, []byte, time.Duration) error
 	Load(context.Context, string) ([]byte, error)
 	Clear(context.Context, string) error
+	Lock(key string) sessions.Lock
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/persistence/manager.go b/pkg/sessions/persistence/manager.go
index fc621a81..49225171 100644
--- a/pkg/sessions/persistence/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/sessions/persistence/manager.go
@@ -60,9 +60,12 @@ func (m *Manager) Load(req *http.Request) (*sessions.SessionState, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return tckt.loadSession(func(key string) ([]byte, error) {
-		return m.Store.Load(req.Context(), key)
-	})
+	return tckt.loadSession(
+		func(key string) ([]byte, error) {
+			return m.Store.Load(req.Context(), key)
+		},
+		m.Store.Lock,
+	)
 }
 
 // Clear clears any saved session information for a given ticket cookie.
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket.go b/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket.go
index 020f35e9..70bb58a0 100644
--- a/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket.go
+++ b/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket.go
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ type loadFunc func(string) ([]byte, error)
 // a string key for the target of the deletion.
 type clearFunc func(string) error
 
+// initLockFunc returns a lock object for a persistent store using a
+// string key
+type initLockFunc func(string) sessions.Lock
+
 // ticket is a structure representing the ticket used in server based
 // session storage. It provides a unique per session decryption secret giving
 // more security than the shared CookieSecret.
@@ -122,7 +126,8 @@ func (t *ticket) saveSession(s *sessions.SessionState, saver saveFunc) error {
 // loadSession loads a session from the disk store via the passed loadFunc
 // using the ticket.id as the key. It then decodes the SessionState using
 // ticket.secret to make the AES-GCM cipher.
-func (t *ticket) loadSession(loader loadFunc) (*sessions.SessionState, error) {
+// finally it appends a lock implementation
+func (t *ticket) loadSession(loader loadFunc, initLock initLockFunc) (*sessions.SessionState, error) {
 	ciphertext, err := loader(t.id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load the session state with the ticket: %v", err)
@@ -132,7 +137,13 @@ func (t *ticket) loadSession(loader loadFunc) (*sessions.SessionState, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return sessions.DecodeSessionState(ciphertext, c, false)
+	sessionState, err := sessions.DecodeSessionState(ciphertext, c, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	lock := initLock(t.id)
+	sessionState.Lock = lock
+	return sessionState, nil
 }
 
 // clearSession uses the passed clearFunc to delete a session stored with a
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket_test.go b/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket_test.go
index 001a306f..6b868b90 100644
--- a/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket_test.go
@@ -103,10 +103,17 @@ var _ = Describe("Session Ticket Tests", func() {
 			c, err := t.makeCipher()
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-			ss := &sessions.SessionState{User: "foobar"}
-			loadedSession, err := t.loadSession(func(k string) ([]byte, error) {
-				return ss.EncodeSessionState(c, false)
-			})
+			ss := &sessions.SessionState{
+				User: "foobar",
+				Lock: &sessions.NoOpLock{},
+			}
+			loadedSession, err := t.loadSession(
+				func(k string) ([]byte, error) {
+					return ss.EncodeSessionState(c, false)
+				},
+				func(k string) sessions.Lock {
+					return &sessions.NoOpLock{}
+				})
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(loadedSession).To(Equal(ss))
 		})
@@ -115,9 +122,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Session Ticket Tests", func() {
 			t, err := newTicket(&options.Cookie{Name: "dummy"})
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-			data, err := t.loadSession(func(k string) ([]byte, error) {
-				return nil, errors.New("load error")
-			})
+			data, err := t.loadSession(
+				func(k string) ([]byte, error) {
+					return nil, errors.New("load error")
+				},
+				func(k string) sessions.Lock {
+					return &sessions.NoOpLock{}
+				})
 			Expect(data).To(BeNil())
 			Expect(err).To(MatchError(errors.New("failed to load the session state with the ticket: load error")))
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/redis/client.go b/pkg/sessions/redis/client.go
index 3d312b34..d17aebbe 100644
--- a/pkg/sessions/redis/client.go
+++ b/pkg/sessions/redis/client.go
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
+	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7/pkg/apis/sessions"
 )
 
 // Client is wrapper interface for redis.Client and redis.ClusterClient.
 type Client interface {
 	Get(ctx context.Context, key string) ([]byte, error)
+	Lock(key string) sessions.Lock
 	Set(ctx context.Context, key string, value []byte, expiration time.Duration) error
 	Del(ctx context.Context, key string) error
 }
@@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ type client struct {
 }
 
 func newClient(c *redis.Client) Client {
-	return &client{Client: c}
+	return &client{
+		Client: c,
+	}
 }
 
 func (c *client) Get(ctx context.Context, key string) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -36,6 +40,10 @@ func (c *client) Del(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
 	return c.Client.Del(ctx, key).Err()
 }
 
+func (c *client) Lock(key string) sessions.Lock {
+	return NewLock(c.Client, key)
+}
+
 var _ Client = (*clusterClient)(nil)
 
 type clusterClient struct {
@@ -43,7 +51,9 @@ type clusterClient struct {
 }
 
 func newClusterClient(c *redis.ClusterClient) Client {
-	return &clusterClient{ClusterClient: c}
+	return &clusterClient{
+		ClusterClient: c,
+	}
 }
 
 func (c *clusterClient) Get(ctx context.Context, key string) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -57,3 +67,7 @@ func (c *clusterClient) Set(ctx context.Context, key string, value []byte, expir
 func (c *clusterClient) Del(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
 	return c.ClusterClient.Del(ctx, key).Err()
 }
+
+func (c *clusterClient) Lock(key string) sessions.Lock {
+	return NewLock(c.ClusterClient, key)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/redis/lock.go b/pkg/sessions/redis/lock.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91da0e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sessions/redis/lock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package redis
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/bsm/redislock"
+	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
+	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7/pkg/apis/sessions"
+)
+
+const LockSuffix = "lock"
+
+type Lock struct {
+	client redis.Cmdable
+	locker *redislock.Client
+	lock   *redislock.Lock
+	key    string
+}
+
+// NewLock instantiate a new lock instance. This will not yet apply a lock on Redis side.
+// For that you have to call Obtain(ctx context.Context, expiration time.Duration)
+func NewLock(client redis.Cmdable, key string) sessions.Lock {
+	return &Lock{
+		client: client,
+		locker: redislock.New(client),
+		key:    key,
+	}
+}
+
+// Obtain obtains a distributed lock on Redis for the configured key.
+func (l *Lock) Obtain(ctx context.Context, expiration time.Duration) error {
+	lock, err := l.locker.Obtain(ctx, l.lockKey(), expiration, nil)
+	if errors.Is(err, redislock.ErrNotObtained) {
+		return sessions.ErrLockNotObtained
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	l.lock = lock
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Refresh refreshes an already existing lock.
+func (l *Lock) Refresh(ctx context.Context, expiration time.Duration) error {
+	if l.lock == nil {
+		return sessions.ErrNotLocked
+	}
+	err := l.lock.Refresh(ctx, expiration, nil)
+	if errors.Is(err, redislock.ErrNotObtained) {
+		return sessions.ErrNotLocked
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+// Peek returns true, if the lock is still applied.
+func (l *Lock) Peek(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	v, err := l.client.Exists(ctx, l.lockKey()).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	if v == 0 {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+// Release releases the lock on Redis side.
+func (l *Lock) Release(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if l.lock == nil {
+		return sessions.ErrNotLocked
+	}
+	err := l.lock.Release(ctx)
+	if errors.Is(err, redislock.ErrLockNotHeld) {
+		return sessions.ErrNotLocked
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (l *Lock) lockKey() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", l.key, LockSuffix)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/redis/redis_store.go b/pkg/sessions/redis/redis_store.go
index 5de5ce5a..5beee8cb 100644
--- a/pkg/sessions/redis/redis_store.go
+++ b/pkg/sessions/redis/redis_store.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func NewRedisSessionStore(opts *options.SessionOptions, cookieOpts *options.Cook
 }
 
 // Save takes a sessions.SessionState and stores the information from it
-// to redies, and adds a new persistence cookie on the HTTP response writer
+// to redis, and adds a new persistence cookie on the HTTP response writer
 func (store *SessionStore) Save(ctx context.Context, key string, value []byte, exp time.Duration) error {
 	err := store.Client.Set(ctx, key, value, exp)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ func (store *SessionStore) Clear(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Lock creates a lock object for sessions.SessionState
+func (store *SessionStore) Lock(key string) sessions.Lock {
+	return store.Client.Lock(key)
+}
+
 // NewRedisClient makes a redis.Client (either standalone, sentinel aware, or
 // redis cluster)
 func NewRedisClient(opts options.RedisStoreOptions) (Client, error) {
@@ -151,7 +156,7 @@ func buildStandaloneClient(opts options.RedisStoreOptions) (Client, error) {
 }
 
 // parseRedisURLs parses a list of redis urls and returns a list
-// of addresses in the form of host:port that can be used to connnect to Redis
+// of addresses in the form of host:port that can be used to connect to Redis
 func parseRedisURLs(urls []string) ([]string, error) {
 	addrs := []string{}
 	for _, u := range urls {
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/tests/mock_lock.go b/pkg/sessions/tests/mock_lock.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbf3d638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sessions/tests/mock_lock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package tests
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7/pkg/apis/sessions"
+)
+
+type MockLock struct {
+	expiration time.Duration
+	elapsed    time.Duration
+}
+
+func (l *MockLock) Obtain(ctx context.Context, expiration time.Duration) error {
+	l.expiration = expiration
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *MockLock) Peek(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	if l.elapsed < l.expiration {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+func (l *MockLock) Refresh(ctx context.Context, expiration time.Duration) error {
+	if l.expiration <= l.elapsed {
+		return sessions.ErrNotLocked
+	}
+	l.expiration = expiration
+	l.elapsed = time.Duration(0)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *MockLock) Release(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if l.expiration <= l.elapsed {
+		return sessions.ErrNotLocked
+	}
+	l.expiration = time.Duration(0)
+	l.elapsed = time.Duration(0)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// FastForward simulates the flow of time to test expirations
+func (l *MockLock) FastForward(duration time.Duration) {
+	l.elapsed += duration
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/tests/mock_store.go b/pkg/sessions/tests/mock_store.go
index 1ddca76e..0ea66145 100644
--- a/pkg/sessions/tests/mock_store.go
+++ b/pkg/sessions/tests/mock_store.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/v7/pkg/apis/sessions"
 )
 
 // entry is a MockStore cache entry with an expiration
@@ -15,15 +17,17 @@ type entry struct {
 // MockStore is a generic in-memory implementation of persistence.Store
 // for mocking in tests
 type MockStore struct {
-	cache   map[string]entry
-	elapsed time.Duration
+	cache     map[string]entry
+	lockCache map[string]*MockLock
+	elapsed   time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewMockStore creates a MockStore
 func NewMockStore() *MockStore {
 	return &MockStore{
-		cache:   map[string]entry{},
-		elapsed: 0 * time.Second,
+		cache:     map[string]entry{},
+		lockCache: map[string]*MockLock{},
+		elapsed:   0 * time.Second,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -52,7 +56,19 @@ func (s *MockStore) Clear(_ context.Context, key string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *MockStore) Lock(key string) sessions.Lock {
+	if s.lockCache[key] != nil {
+		return s.lockCache[key]
+	}
+	lock := &MockLock{}
+	s.lockCache[key] = lock
+	return lock
+}
+
 // FastForward simulates the flow of time to test expirations
 func (s *MockStore) FastForward(duration time.Duration) {
+	for _, mockLock := range s.lockCache {
+		mockLock.FastForward(duration)
+	}
 	s.elapsed += duration
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/tests/session_store_tests.go b/pkg/sessions/tests/session_store_tests.go
index df90c7f3..416969a3 100644
--- a/pkg/sessions/tests/session_store_tests.go
+++ b/pkg/sessions/tests/session_store_tests.go
@@ -286,6 +286,78 @@ func PersistentSessionStoreInterfaceTests(in *testInput) {
 			})
 		})
 	})
+
+	Context("when lock is applied", func() {
+		var loadedSession *sessionsapi.SessionState
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			resp := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			err := in.ss().Save(resp, in.request, in.session)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			for _, cookie := range resp.Result().Cookies() {
+				in.request.AddCookie(cookie)
+			}
+
+			loadedSession, err = in.ss().Load(in.request)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			err = loadedSession.ObtainLock(in.request.Context(), 2*time.Minute)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			isLocked, err := loadedSession.PeekLock(in.request.Context())
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(isLocked).To(BeTrue())
+		})
+
+		Context("before lock expired", func() {
+			BeforeEach(func() {
+				Expect(in.persistentFastForward(time.Minute)).To(Succeed())
+			})
+
+			It("peek returns true on loaded session lock", func() {
+				l := *loadedSession
+				isLocked, err := l.PeekLock(in.request.Context())
+
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				Expect(isLocked).To(BeTrue())
+			})
+
+			It("lock can be released", func() {
+				l := *loadedSession
+
+				err := l.ReleaseLock(in.request.Context())
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+				isLocked, err := l.PeekLock(in.request.Context())
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				Expect(isLocked).To(BeFalse())
+			})
+
+			It("lock is refreshed", func() {
+				l := *loadedSession
+				err := l.RefreshLock(in.request.Context(), 3*time.Minute)
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+				Expect(in.persistentFastForward(2 * time.Minute)).To(Succeed())
+
+				isLocked, err := l.PeekLock(in.request.Context())
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				Expect(isLocked).To(BeTrue())
+			})
+		})
+
+		Context("after lock expired", func() {
+			BeforeEach(func() {
+				Expect(in.persistentFastForward(3 * time.Minute)).To(Succeed())
+			})
+
+			It("peek returns false on loaded session lock", func() {
+				l := *loadedSession
+				isLocked, err := l.PeekLock(in.request.Context())
+
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				Expect(isLocked).To(BeFalse())
+			})
+		})
+	})
 }
 
 func SessionStoreInterfaceTests(in *testInput) {
@@ -411,9 +483,11 @@ func LoadSessionTests(in *testInput) {
 		l := *loadedSession
 		l.CreatedAt = nil
 		l.ExpiresOn = nil
+		l.Lock = &sessionsapi.NoOpLock{}
 		s := *in.session
 		s.CreatedAt = nil
 		s.ExpiresOn = nil
+		s.Lock = &sessionsapi.NoOpLock{}
 		Expect(l).To(Equal(s))
 
 		// Compare time.Time separately