diff --git a/plugins/redis/redis_ b/plugins/redis/redis_
index d71e1671..e3414763 100755
--- a/plugins/redis/redis_
+++ b/plugins/redis/redis_
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ switch ($0) {
             print "graph_title Used memory\n";
             print "graph_vlabel Used memory\n";
             print "graph_category redis\n";
-            print "graph_args -l 0\n";
+            print "graph_args -l 0 --base 1024\n";
             print "used_memory.label used memory\n";
             print "used_memory.draw AREA\n";
             exit 0;