diff --git a/lib/UtapiReindex.js b/lib/UtapiReindex.js
index 8c98648c..fd357c5f 100644
--- a/lib/UtapiReindex.js
+++ b/lib/UtapiReindex.js
@@ -16,15 +16,19 @@ const REINDEX_PYTHON_INTERPRETER = process.env.REINDEX_PYTHON_INTERPRETER !== un
     ? process.env.REINDEX_PYTHON_INTERPRETER
     : 'python3.7';
 
+const EXIT_CODE_SENTINEL_CONNECTION = 100;
+
 class UtapiReindex {
     constructor(config) {
         this._enabled = false;
         this._schedule = REINDEX_SCHEDULE;
-        this._sentinel = {
-            host: '127.0.0.1',
-            port: 16379,
+        this._redis = {
             name: 'scality-s3',
             sentinelPassword: '',
+            sentinels: [{
+                host: '127.0.0.1',
+                port: 16379,
+            }],
         };
         this._bucketd = {
             host: '127.0.0.1',
@@ -42,14 +46,13 @@ class UtapiReindex {
         if (config && config.password) {
             this._password = config.password;
         }
-        if (config && config.sentinel) {
+        if (config && config.redis) {
             const {
-                host, port, name, sentinelPassword,
-            } = config.sentinel;
-            this._sentinel.host = host || this._sentinel.host;
-            this._sentinel.port = port || this._sentinel.port;
-            this._sentinel.name = name || this._sentinel.name;
-            this._sentinel.sentinelPassword = sentinelPassword || this._sentinel.sentinelPassword;
+                name, sentinelPassword, sentinels,
+            } = config.redis;
+            this._redis.name = name || this._redis.name;
+            this._redis.sentinelPassword = sentinelPassword || this._redis.sentinelPassword;
+            this._redis.sentinels = sentinels || this._redis.sentinels;
         }
         if (config && config.bucketd) {
             const { host, port } = config.bucketd;
@@ -68,12 +71,9 @@ class UtapiReindex {
 
     _getRedisClient() {
         const client = new RedisClient({
-            sentinels: [{
-                host: this._sentinel.host,
-                port: this._sentinel.port,
-            }],
-            name: this._sentinel.name,
-            sentinelPassword: this._sentinel.sentinelPassword,
+            sentinels: this._redis.sentinels,
+            name: this._redis.name,
+            sentinelPassword: this._redis.sentinelPassword,
             password: this._password,
         });
         client.connect();
@@ -88,16 +88,16 @@ class UtapiReindex {
         return this.ds.del(REINDEX_LOCK_KEY);
     }
 
-    _buildFlags() {
+    _buildFlags(sentinel) {
         const flags = {
             /* eslint-disable camelcase */
-            sentinel_ip: this._sentinel.host,
-            sentinel_port: this._sentinel.port,
-            sentinel_cluster_name: this._sentinel.name,
+            sentinel_ip: sentinel.host,
+            sentinel_port: sentinel.port,
+            sentinel_cluster_name: this._redis.name,
             bucketd_addr: `http://${this._bucketd.host}:${this._bucketd.port}`,
         };
-        if (this._sentinel.sentinelPassword) {
-            flags.redis_password = this._sentinel.sentinelPassword;
+        if (this._redis.sentinelPassword) {
+            flags.redis_password = this._redis.sentinelPassword;
         }
 
         /* eslint-enable camelcase */
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class UtapiReindex {
         return opts;
     }
 
-    _runScript(path, done) {
-        const flags = this._buildFlags();
+    _runScriptWithSentinels(path, remainingSentinels, done) {
+        const flags = this._buildFlags(remainingSentinels.shift());
         this._requestLogger.debug(`launching subprocess ${path} with flags: ${flags}`);
         const process = childProcess.spawn(REINDEX_PYTHON_INTERPRETER, [path, ...flags]);
         process.stdout.on('data', data => {
@@ -143,6 +143,17 @@ class UtapiReindex {
                     statusCode: code,
                     script: path,
                 });
+                if (code === EXIT_CODE_SENTINEL_CONNECTION) {
+                    if (remainingSentinels.length > 0) {
+                        this._requestLogger.info('retrying with next sentinel host', {
+                            script: path,
+                        });
+                        return this._runScriptWithSentinels(path, remainingSentinels, done);
+                    }
+                    this._requestLogger.error('no more sentinel host to try', {
+                        script: path,
+                    });
+                }
             } else {
                 this._requestLogger.info('script exited successfully', {
                     statusCode: code,
@@ -153,6 +164,11 @@ class UtapiReindex {
         });
     }
 
+    _runScript(path, done) {
+        const remainingSentinels = [...this._redis.sentinels];
+        this._runScriptWithSentinels(path, remainingSentinels, done);
+    }
+
     _attemptLock(job) {
         this._requestLogger.info('attempting to acquire the lock to begin job');
         this._lock()
diff --git a/lib/reindex/reporting.py b/lib/reindex/reporting.py
index 7cda6328..f4fab3ab 100644
--- a/lib/reindex/reporting.py
+++ b/lib/reindex/reporting.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 import argparse
 
+EXIT_CODE_SENTINEL_CONNECTION_ERROR = 100
+
 def get_options():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("-i", "--sentinel-ip", default='127.0.0.1', help="Sentinel IP")
@@ -30,7 +32,12 @@ class askRedis():
     def __init__(self, ip="127.0.0.1", port="16379", sentinel_cluster_name="scality-s3", password=None):
         self._password = password
         r = redis.Redis(host=ip, port=port, db=0, password=password)
-        self._ip, self._port = r.sentinel_get_master_addr_by_name(sentinel_cluster_name)
+        try:
+            self._ip, self._port = r.sentinel_get_master_addr_by_name(sentinel_cluster_name)
+        except redis.exceptions.ConnectionError as e:
+            _log.error(f'Failed to connect to redis sentinel at {ip}:{port}: {e}')
+            # use a specific error code to hint on retrying with another sentinel node
+            sys.exit(EXIT_CODE_SENTINEL_CONNECTION_ERROR)
 
     def read(self, resource, name):
         r = redis.Redis(host=self._ip, port=self._port, db=0, password=self._password)
@@ -98,4 +105,4 @@ def run(self):
         data = U.read('accounts', userid)
         content = "Account:%s|NumberOFfiles:%s|StorageCapacity:%s " % (
             userid, data["files"], data["total_size"])
-        executor.submit(safe_print, content)
\ No newline at end of file
+        executor.submit(safe_print, content)
diff --git a/lib/reindex/s3_bucketd.py b/lib/reindex/s3_bucketd.py
index b76ed4eb..c40f5c6c 100644
--- a/lib/reindex/s3_bucketd.py
+++ b/lib/reindex/s3_bucketd.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 ACCOUNT_UPDATE_CHUNKSIZE = 100
 
+EXIT_CODE_SENTINEL_CONNECTION_ERROR = 100
+
 def get_options():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("-i", "--sentinel-ip", default='127.0.0.1', help="Sentinel IP")
@@ -365,7 +367,13 @@ def get_redis_client(options):
         db=0,
         password=options.redis_password
     )
-    ip, port = sentinel.sentinel_get_master_addr_by_name(options.sentinel_cluster_name)
+    try:
+        ip, port = sentinel.sentinel_get_master_addr_by_name(options.sentinel_cluster_name)
+    except redis.exceptions.ConnectionError as e:
+        _log.error(f'Failed to connect to redis sentinel at {options.sentinel_ip}:{options.sentinel_port}: {e}')
+        # use a specific error code to hint on retrying with another sentinel node
+        sys.exit(EXIT_CODE_SENTINEL_CONNECTION_ERROR)
+
     return redis.Redis(
         host=ip,
         port=port,