diff --git a/src/rdb.c b/src/rdb.c
index b83d1d40..5a74a2c4 100644
--- a/src/rdb.c
+++ b/src/rdb.c
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ int rdbSaveBackground(char *filename) {
         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Background saving started by pid %d",childpid);
         server.rdb_save_time_start = time(NULL);
         server.rdb_child_pid = childpid;
+        server.rdb_child_type = REDIS_RDB_CHILD_TYPE_DISK;
         updateDictResizePolicy();
         return REDIS_OK;
     }
@@ -1236,6 +1237,7 @@ void backgroundSaveDoneHandler(int exitcode, int bysignal) {
             server.lastbgsave_status = REDIS_ERR;
     }
     server.rdb_child_pid = -1;
+    server.rdb_child_type = REDIS_RDB_CHILD_TYPE_NONE;
     server.rdb_save_time_last = time(NULL)-server.rdb_save_time_start;
     server.rdb_save_time_start = -1;
     /* Possibly there are slaves waiting for a BGSAVE in order to be served
diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index d090b1ed..b01ee5b3 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -1677,6 +1677,7 @@ void initServer(void) {
     server.cronloops = 0;
     server.rdb_child_pid = -1;
     server.aof_child_pid = -1;
+    server.rdb_child_type = REDIS_RDB_CHILD_TYPE_NONE;
     aofRewriteBufferReset();
     server.aof_buf = sdsempty();
     server.lastsave = time(NULL); /* At startup we consider the DB saved. */
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index bc5253e7..d11be2a9 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ typedef long long mstime_t; /* millisecond time type. */
 #define REDIS_PROPAGATE_AOF 1
 #define REDIS_PROPAGATE_REPL 2
 
+/* RDB active child save type. */
+#define REDIS_RDB_CHILD_TYPE_NONE 0
+#define REDIS_RDB_CHILD_TYPE_DISK 1     /* RDB is written to disk. */
+#define REDIS_RDB_CHILD_TYPE_SOCKET 2   /* RDB is written to slave socket. */
+
 /* Keyspace changes notification classes. Every class is associated with a
  * character for configuration purposes. */
 #define REDIS_NOTIFY_KEYSPACE (1<<0)    /* K */
@@ -705,6 +710,7 @@ struct redisServer {
     time_t lastbgsave_try;          /* Unix time of last attempted bgsave */
     time_t rdb_save_time_last;      /* Time used by last RDB save run. */
     time_t rdb_save_time_start;     /* Current RDB save start time. */
+    int rdb_child_type;             /* Type of save by active child. */
     int lastbgsave_status;          /* REDIS_OK or REDIS_ERR */
     int stop_writes_on_bgsave_err;  /* Don't allow writes if can't BGSAVE */
     /* Propagation of commands in AOF / replication */