diff --git a/redis/asyncio/client.py b/redis/asyncio/client.py
index 867be53cf2..a380f286c8 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/client.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/client.py
@@ -145,12 +145,13 @@ class initializer. In the case of conflicting arguments, querystring
 
         """
         single_connection_client = kwargs.pop("single_connection_client", False)
+        auto_close_connection_pool = kwargs.pop("auto_close_connection_pool", True)
         connection_pool = ConnectionPool.from_url(url, **kwargs)
         redis = cls(
             connection_pool=connection_pool,
             single_connection_client=single_connection_client,
         )
-        redis.auto_close_connection_pool = True
+        redis.auto_close_connection_pool = auto_close_connection_pool
         return redis
 
     def __init__(
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
index 3e641a27d5..c4816a7e53 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
@@ -300,6 +300,26 @@ async def get_redis_connection():
 
     r1 = await get_redis_connection()
     assert r1.auto_close_connection_pool is True
+    await r1.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("from_url", (True, False))
+async def test_pool_auto_close_disable(request, from_url):
+    """Verify that auto_close_connection_pool can be disabled"""
+
+    url: str = request.config.getoption("--redis-url")
+    url_args = parse_url(url)
+
+    async def get_redis_connection():
+        if from_url:
+            return Redis.from_url(url, auto_close_connection_pool=False)
+        url_args["auto_close_connection_pool"] = False
+        return Redis(**url_args)
+
+    r1 = await get_redis_connection()
+    assert r1.auto_close_connection_pool is False
+    await r1.connection_pool.disconnect()
+    await r1.close()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.onlynoncluster