diff --git a/lib/pipeline.js b/lib/pipeline.js
index 29a14779..a36a1867 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/pipeline.js
@@ -266,19 +266,19 @@ Pipeline.prototype.exec = function (callback) {
     return execPipeline();
   }
 
-  return this.redis.script('exists', scripts.map(function (item) {
-    return item.sha;
-  })).then(function (results) {
-    var pending = [];
-    for (var i = 0; i < results.length; ++i) {
-      if (!results[i]) {
-        pending.push(scripts[i]);
+  return this.redis
+    .script('exists', Array.from(new Set(scripts.map(({ sha }) => sha))))
+    .then(function (results) {
+      var pending = [];
+      for (var i = 0; i < results.length; ++i) {
+        if (!results[i]) {
+          pending.push(scripts[i]);
+        }
       }
-    }
-    var Promise = PromiseContainer.get()
-    return Promise.all(pending.map(function (script) {
-      return _this.redis.script('load', script.lua);
-    }));
+      var Promise = PromiseContainer.get()
+      return Promise.all(pending.map(function (script) {
+        return _this.redis.script('load', script.lua);
+      }));
   }).then(execPipeline);
 
   function execPipeline() {
diff --git a/test/functional/pipeline.js b/test/functional/pipeline.js
index b06a480a..e9e1d0d4 100644
--- a/test/functional/pipeline.js
+++ b/test/functional/pipeline.js
@@ -222,6 +222,35 @@ describe('pipeline', function () {
         });
       });
     });
+
+    it('should check and load uniq scripts only', function (done) {
+      var redis = new Redis();
+      redis.defineCommand('test', {
+        numberOfKeys: 1,
+        lua: 'return {unpack(KEYS),unpack(ARGV)}'
+      });
+      redis.defineCommand('echo', {
+        numberOfKeys: 1,
+        lua: 'return {KEYS[1],ARGV[1]}'
+      });
+
+      redis.once('ready', function () {
+        var expectedComands = ['script', 'script', 'script', 'evalsha', 'evalsha', 'evalsha', 'evalsha'];
+        redis.monitor(function (err, monitor) {
+          monitor.on('monitor', function (_, command) {
+            var name = expectedComands.shift();
+            expect(name).to.eql(command[0]);
+            if (!expectedComands.length) {
+              monitor.disconnect();
+              redis.disconnect();
+              done();
+            }
+          });
+          var pipe = redis.pipeline();
+          pipe.echo('f', '0').test('a', '1').echo('b', '2').test('b', '3').exec();
+        });
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('#length', function () {