diff --git a/src/cmd/services/m3query/config/config.go b/src/cmd/services/m3query/config/config.go
index 29ae366405..7236a9a419 100644
--- a/src/cmd/services/m3query/config/config.go
+++ b/src/cmd/services/m3query/config/config.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/graphite/graphite"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/models"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/storage"
+	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/storage/cache"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/storage/m3"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/storage/m3/consolidators"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/storage/m3/storagemetadata"
@@ -146,8 +147,8 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	// ListenAddress is the server listen address.
 	ListenAddress *string `yaml:"listenAddress"`
 
-	// RedisAddress is the Redis address for caching.
-	RedisCacheAddress *string `yaml:"redisCacheAddress"`
+	// Specifies the settings for Redis cache-enabled coordinators
+	RedisCacheSpec *cache.RedisCacheSpec `yaml:"redisCacheSpec"`
 
 	// Filter is the read/write/complete tags filter configuration.
 	Filter FilterConfiguration `yaml:"filter"`
diff --git a/src/query/api/v1/handler/prom/prom.go b/src/query/api/v1/handler/prom/prom.go
index 7be2cc39f2..96938dbb33 100644
--- a/src/query/api/v1/handler/prom/prom.go
+++ b/src/query/api/v1/handler/prom/prom.go
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ func withEngine(promQLEngineFn options.PromQLEngineFn, instant bool) Option {
 func newDefaultOptions(hOpts options.HandlerOptions) opts {
 	// Check if Redis Address exists, otherwise let it be ""
 	redisAddress := ""
-	if hOpts.Config().RedisCacheAddress != nil {
-		redisAddress = *hOpts.Config().RedisCacheAddress
+	if hOpts.Config().RedisCacheSpec != nil && hOpts.Config().RedisCacheSpec.RedisCacheAddress != "" {
+		redisAddress = hOpts.Config().RedisCacheSpec.RedisCacheAddress
 	}
 	queryable := prometheus.NewPrometheusQueryable(
 		prometheus.PrometheusOptions{
diff --git a/src/query/api/v1/handler/prom/read.go b/src/query/api/v1/handler/prom/read.go
index ddb46d41bd..b91b861a98 100644
--- a/src/query/api/v1/handler/prom/read.go
+++ b/src/query/api/v1/handler/prom/read.go
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ package prom
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"math"
+	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
+	"sort"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/api/v1/handler/prometheus/handleroptions"
@@ -84,14 +87,67 @@ var (
 				params.Now)
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Ratio of queries we make a check for
+	DefaultCheckSampleRate float64 = 0.0
+	// Threshold in % to determine if there's difference in results (1 means 1% diff)
+	DefaultComparePercentThreshold float64 = 1.0
 )
 
+// Compares results a, b to the specified percent threshold
+// Results should be vectors
+func compareResults(a, b *promql.Result, threshold float64) bool {
+	if a.Value.Type() != parser.ValueTypeVector || b.Value.Type() != parser.ValueTypeVector {
+		return false
+	}
+	v1 := a.Value.(promql.Vector)
+	v2 := b.Value.(promql.Vector)
+
+	if len(v1) != len(v2) {
+		return false
+	} else {
+		sort.Slice(v1, func(i, j int) bool {
+			return v1[i].Metric.String() < v1[j].Metric.String()
+		})
+		sort.Slice(v2, func(i, j int) bool {
+			return v2[i].Metric.String() < v2[j].Metric.String()
+		})
+
+		for i := range v1 {
+			if v1[i].Metric.String() != v2[i].Metric.String() {
+				return false
+			}
+			if v1[i].Point.V == 0 && v2[i].Point.V != 0 {
+				return false
+			}
+			percent_diff := math.Abs(v1[i].Point.V-v2[i].Point.V) / v1[i].Point.V * 100
+			if percent_diff > threshold {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+type queryCheckMetrics struct {
+	queryCheckMismatch tally.Counter
+	queryCheckTotal    tally.Counter
+}
+
+type queryCheckConfig struct {
+	CheckSampleRate         float64
+	ComparePercentThreshold float64
+}
+
 type readHandler struct {
 	hOpts               options.HandlerOptions
 	scope               tally.Scope
 	logger              *zap.Logger
 	opts                opts
 	returnedDataMetrics native.PromReadReturnedDataMetrics
+
+	queryCheckConfig  queryCheckConfig
+	queryCheckMetrics queryCheckMetrics
 }
 
 func newReadHandler(
@@ -101,12 +157,29 @@ func newReadHandler(
 	scope := hOpts.InstrumentOpts().MetricsScope().Tagged(
 		map[string]string{"handler": "prometheus-read"},
 	)
+	queryCheckMetrics := queryCheckMetrics{
+		queryCheckMismatch: scope.Counter("query_check_mismatches"),
+		queryCheckTotal:    scope.Counter("query_check_total"),
+	}
+	checkSampleRate := DefaultCheckSampleRate
+	comparePercentThreshold := DefaultComparePercentThreshold
+	// If specified, use config, otherwise default
+	if hOpts.Config().RedisCacheSpec != nil {
+		checkSampleRate = hOpts.Config().RedisCacheSpec.CheckSampleRate
+		comparePercentThreshold = hOpts.Config().RedisCacheSpec.ComparePercentThreshold
+	}
+	queryCheckConfig := queryCheckConfig{
+		CheckSampleRate:         checkSampleRate,
+		ComparePercentThreshold: comparePercentThreshold,
+	}
 	return &readHandler{
 		hOpts:               hOpts,
 		opts:                options,
 		scope:               scope,
 		logger:              hOpts.InstrumentOpts().Logger(),
 		returnedDataMetrics: native.NewPromReadReturnedDataMetrics(scope),
+		queryCheckMetrics:   queryCheckMetrics,
+		queryCheckConfig:    queryCheckConfig,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -149,6 +222,7 @@ func (h *readHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	defer qry.Close()
 
 	res := qry.Exec(ctx)
+	// h.logger.Info("final result", zap.String("result", res.Value.String()), zap.Float64("base", CheckSampleRate))
 	if res.Err != nil {
 		h.logger.Error("error executing query",
 			zap.Error(res.Err), zap.String("query", params.Query),
@@ -177,6 +251,27 @@ func (h *readHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Rulemanager results are vector values (list of metric + value)
+	// Take a random number and check if under rate so we check a proportion of the queries
+	if rand.Float64() < float64(h.queryCheckConfig.CheckSampleRate) && res.Value.Type() == parser.ValueTypeVector {
+		query, err := h.opts.newQueryFn(params)
+		if err != nil {
+			h.logger.Error("Comparison query failed to create")
+		}
+		defer query.Close()
+		// Set context so we can default to M3DB later on
+		result := query.Exec(context.WithValue(ctx, "UseM3DB", true))
+		if result.Err != nil {
+			h.logger.Error("Comparison query failed to execute")
+		} else {
+			if result != nil && !compareResults(res, result, h.queryCheckConfig.ComparePercentThreshold) {
+				h.queryCheckMetrics.queryCheckMismatch.Inc(1)
+				h.logger.Info("mismatch", zap.String("query", qry.String()))
+			}
+			h.queryCheckMetrics.queryCheckTotal.Inc(1)
+		}
+	}
+
 	for _, warn := range resultMetadata.Warnings {
 		res.Warnings = append(res.Warnings, errors.New(warn.Message))
 	}
diff --git a/src/query/storage/cache/redis_cache.go b/src/query/storage/cache/redis_cache.go
index f7ea482143..7affd674a9 100644
--- a/src/query/storage/cache/redis_cache.go
+++ b/src/query/storage/cache/redis_cache.go
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ const (
 	CreateAfterTime time.Duration = 100 * time.Millisecond
 )
 
+type RedisCacheSpec struct {
+	// RedisAddress is the Redis address for caching.
+	RedisCacheAddress string `yaml:"redisCacheAddress"`
+
+	// The % of queries we check against the result using only M3DB
+	CheckSampleRate float64 `yaml:"checkSampleRate"`
+
+	// The % diff threshold to declare inequality
+	ComparePercentThreshold float64 `yaml:"comparePercentThreshold"`
+}
+
 type RedisCache struct {
 	client       radix.Client
 	redisAddress string
@@ -94,13 +105,12 @@ func NewRedisCache(redisAddress string, logger *zap.Logger, scope tally.Scope) *
 		return nil
 	}
 	logger.Info("Connection to Redis established", zap.String("address", redisAddress))
-	cache := &RedisCache{
+	return &RedisCache{
 		client:       pool,
 		redisAddress: redisAddress,
 		logger:       logger,
 		cacheMetrics: NewCacheMetrics(scope),
 	}
-	return cache
 }
 
 // Given a fetch query, converts it into a key for Redis
diff --git a/src/query/storage/prometheus/prometheus_storage.go b/src/query/storage/prometheus/prometheus_storage.go
index f20303ae9f..d4cddc12eb 100644
--- a/src/query/storage/prometheus/prometheus_storage.go
+++ b/src/query/storage/prometheus/prometheus_storage.go
@@ -145,9 +145,16 @@ func (q *querier) Select(
 	}
 
 	// result, err := q.storage.FetchProm(q.ctx, query, fetchOptions)
-	result, err := cache.WindowGetOrFetch(q.ctx, q.storage, fetchOptions, query, q.cache)
-	if err != nil {
-		return promstorage.ErrSeriesSet(NewStorageErr(err))
+	useM3DB := q.ctx.Value("UseM3DB")
+	var result storage.PromResult
+	var e error
+	if useM3DB != nil && useM3DB.(bool) {
+		result, e = q.storage.FetchProm(q.ctx, query, fetchOptions)
+	} else {
+		result, e = cache.WindowGetOrFetch(q.ctx, q.storage, fetchOptions, query, q.cache)
+	}
+	if e != nil {
+		return promstorage.ErrSeriesSet(NewStorageErr(e))
 	}
 	seriesSet := fromQueryResult(sortSeries, result.PromResult, result.Metadata)