diff --git a/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py b/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py
index f1d2cab3f1..0389539fcf 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ def __init__(
         sentinels,
         min_other_sentinels=0,
         sentinel_kwargs=None,
+        force_master_ip=None,
         **connection_kwargs,
     ):
         # if sentinel_kwargs isn't defined, use the socket_* options from
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ def __init__(
         ]
         self.min_other_sentinels = min_other_sentinels
         self.connection_kwargs = connection_kwargs
+        self._force_master_ip = force_master_ip
 
     async def execute_command(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -277,7 +279,13 @@ async def discover_master(self, service_name: str):
                     sentinel,
                     self.sentinels[0],
                 )
-                return state["ip"], state["port"]
+
+                ip = (
+                    self._force_master_ip
+                    if self._force_master_ip is not None
+                    else state["ip"]
+                )
+                return ip, state["port"]
 
         error_info = ""
         if len(collected_errors) > 0:
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/conftest.py b/tests/test_asyncio/conftest.py
index 99ad155d0a..d9cccf1b92 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/conftest.py
@@ -151,8 +151,10 @@ async def sentinel_setup(local_cache, request):
         for ip, port in (endpoint.split(":") for endpoint in sentinel_ips.split(","))
     ]
     kwargs = request.param.get("kwargs", {}) if hasattr(request, "param") else {}
+    force_master_ip = request.param.get("force_master_ip", None)
     sentinel = Sentinel(
         sentinel_endpoints,
+        force_master_ip=force_master_ip,
         socket_timeout=0.1,
         client_cache=local_cache,
         protocol=3,