diff --git a/changes/issue-5048-detect-noperm-redis-standalone b/changes/issue-5048-detect-noperm-redis-standalone
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3823c21b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/issue-5048-detect-noperm-redis-standalone
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Support Redis in standalone mode when CLUSTER commands are disabled via ACL.
diff --git a/server/datastore/redis/redis.go b/server/datastore/redis/redis.go
index c8eae2da80..fc5dea76c9 100644
--- a/server/datastore/redis/redis.go
+++ b/server/datastore/redis/redis.go
@@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ func newCluster(conf PoolConfig) (*redisc.Cluster, error) {
 }
 
 func isClusterDisabled(err error) bool {
-	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "ERR This instance has cluster support disabled")
+	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "ERR This instance has cluster support disabled") ||
+		strings.Contains(err.Error(), "NOPERM this user has no permissions to run the 'cluster' command")
 }
 
 // On GCP Memorystore the CLUSTER command is entirely unavailable and fails with