diff --git a/samples/SessionSample/Startup.cs b/samples/SessionSample/Startup.cs
index 8c65358399..1d98147980 100644
--- a/samples/SessionSample/Startup.cs
+++ b/samples/SessionSample/Startup.cs
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@ namespace SessionSample
             //    o.SchemaName = "dbo";
             //    o.TableName = "Sessions";
             //});
-#if NET451
+
             // Uncomment the following line to use the Redis implementation of IDistributedCache.
             // This will override any previously registered IDistributedCache service.
-            //services.AddSingleton<IDistributedCache, RedisCache>();
-#endif
+            //services.AddDistributedRedisCache(o =>
+            //{
+            //    o.Configuration = "localhost";
+            //    o.InstanceName = "SampleInstance";
+            //});
+
             services.AddSession(o =>
             {
                 o.IdleTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
diff --git a/samples/SessionSample/project.json b/samples/SessionSample/project.json
index d73613027c..9729846107 100644
--- a/samples/SessionSample/project.json
+++ b/samples/SessionSample/project.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel": "1.1.0-*",
     "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Session": "1.1.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory": "1.1.0-*",
+    "Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Redis": "1.1.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer": "1.1.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console": "1.1.0-*"
   },
@@ -16,11 +17,7 @@
     ]
   },
   "frameworks": {
-    "net451": {
-      "dependencies": {
-        "Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Redis": "1.1.0-*"
-      }
-    },
+    "net451": {},
     "netcoreapp1.0": {
       "dependencies": {
         "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {