diff --git a/src/protocol/resp/src/request/mod.rs b/src/protocol/resp/src/request/mod.rs
index 534ccebc..ffe3d5c7 100644
--- a/src/protocol/resp/src/request/mod.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/resp/src/request/mod.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 mod badd;
 mod get;
+mod ping;
 mod set;
 
 pub use badd::BAddRequest;
 pub use get::GetRequest;
+pub use ping::PingRequest;
 pub use set::SetRequest;
 
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -98,6 +100,9 @@ impl Parse<Request> for RequestParser {
                         Some(b"set") | Some(b"SET") => {
                             SetRequest::try_from(message).map(Request::from)
                         }
+                        Some(b"ping") | Some(b"PING") => {
+                            PingRequest::try_from(message).map(Request::from)
+                        }
                         _ => Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "unknown command")),
                     },
                     _ => {
@@ -121,6 +126,7 @@ impl Compose for Request {
             Self::BAdd(r) => r.compose(buf),
             Self::Get(r) => r.compose(buf),
             Self::Set(r) => r.compose(buf),
+            Self::Ping(r) => r.compose(buf),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -130,6 +136,7 @@ pub enum Request {
     BAdd(BAddRequest),
     Get(GetRequest),
     Set(SetRequest),
+    Ping(PingRequest),
 }
 
 impl From<BAddRequest> for Request {
@@ -150,11 +157,18 @@ impl From<SetRequest> for Request {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<PingRequest> for Request {
+    fn from(other: PingRequest) -> Self {
+        Self::Ping(other)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Command {
     BAdd,
     Get,
     Set,
+    Ping,
 }
 
 impl TryFrom<&[u8]> for Command {
@@ -165,6 +179,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&[u8]> for Command {
             b"badd" | b"BADD" => Ok(Command::BAdd),
             b"get" | b"GET" => Ok(Command::Get),
             b"set" | b"SET" => Ok(Command::Set),
+            b"ping" | b"PING" => Ok(Command::Ping),
             _ => Err(()),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/protocol/resp/src/request/ping.rs b/src/protocol/resp/src/request/ping.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5be8eb26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/protocol/resp/src/request/ping.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+use super::*;
+use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[allow(clippy::redundant_allocation)]
+pub struct PingRequest {}
+
+impl TryFrom<Message> for PingRequest {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn try_from(other: Message) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        if let Message::Array(array) = other {
+            if array.inner.is_none() {
+                return Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "malformed command"));
+            }
+            Ok(Self {})
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "malformed command"))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PingRequest {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {}
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&PingRequest> for Message {
+    fn from(_: &PingRequest) -> Message {
+        Message::Array(Array {
+            inner: Some(vec![Message::BulkString(BulkString::new(b"Ping"))]),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Compose for PingRequest {
+    fn compose(&self, buf: &mut dyn BufMut) -> usize {
+        let message = Message::from(self);
+        message.compose(buf)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parser() {
+        let parser = RequestParser::new();
+        assert_eq!(
+            parser.parse(b"PING\r\n").unwrap().into_inner(),
+            Request::Ping(PingRequest::new())
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/proxy/momento/src/frontend.rs b/src/proxy/momento/src/frontend.rs
index 55a7729c..7701fd02 100644
--- a/src/proxy/momento/src/frontend.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/momento/src/frontend.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle_resp_client(
                             break;
                         }
                     }
+                    resp::Request::Ping(_) => {
+                        if resp::ping(&mut socket).await.is_err() {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
                     _ => {
                         println!("bad request");
                         let _ = socket.write_all(b"CLIENT_ERROR\r\n").await;
diff --git a/src/proxy/momento/src/protocol/resp/mod.rs b/src/proxy/momento/src/protocol/resp/mod.rs
index fb65889e..ed1b7e04 100644
--- a/src/proxy/momento/src/protocol/resp/mod.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/momento/src/protocol/resp/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 pub use protocol_resp::{Request, RequestParser};
 
 mod get;
+mod ping;
 mod set;
 
 pub use get::*;
+pub use ping::*;
 pub use set::*;
diff --git a/src/proxy/momento/src/protocol/resp/ping.rs b/src/proxy/momento/src/protocol/resp/ping.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cac6541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proxy/momento/src/protocol/resp/ping.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+use crate::Error;
+use net::TCP_SEND_BYTE;
+use session::{SESSION_SEND, SESSION_SEND_BYTE, SESSION_SEND_EX};
+use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+
+const PONG_RSP: &[u8; 7] = b"+PONG\r\n";
+
+pub async fn ping(socket: &mut tokio::net::TcpStream) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let mut response_buf = Vec::new();
+    response_buf.extend_from_slice(PONG_RSP);
+    SESSION_SEND.increment();
+    SESSION_SEND_BYTE.add(response_buf.len() as _);
+    TCP_SEND_BYTE.add(response_buf.len() as _);
+    if let Err(e) = socket.write_all(&response_buf).await {
+        SESSION_SEND_EX.increment();
+        return Err(e);
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}