diff --git a/superset/db_engine_specs/redshift.py b/superset/db_engine_specs/redshift.py
index beff1f694..6b7900752 100644
--- a/superset/db_engine_specs/redshift.py
+++ b/superset/db_engine_specs/redshift.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class RedshiftEngineSpec(PostgresBaseEngineSpec, BasicParametersMixin):
     engine = "redshift"
     engine_name = "Amazon Redshift"
     max_column_name_length = 127
+    default_driver = "psycopg2"
 
     sqlalchemy_uri_placeholder = (
         "redshift+psycopg2://user:password@host:port/dbname[?key=value&key=value...]"
diff --git a/tests/databases/api_tests.py b/tests/databases/api_tests.py
index 09711fd98..fad93ade8 100644
--- a/tests/databases/api_tests.py
+++ b/tests/databases/api_tests.py
@@ -1506,10 +1506,49 @@ class TestDatabaseApi(SupersetTestCase):
                 },
                 {
                     "available_drivers": ["psycopg2"],
-                    "default_driver": "",
+                    "default_driver": "psycopg2",
                     "engine": "redshift",
                     "name": "Amazon Redshift",
+                    "parameters": {
+                        "properties": {
+                            "database": {
+                                "description": "Database name",
+                                "type": "string",
+                            },
+                            "encryption": {
+                                "description": "Use an encrypted connection to the database",
+                                "type": "boolean",
+                            },
+                            "host": {
+                                "description": "Hostname or IP address",
+                                "type": "string",
+                            },
+                            "password": {
+                                "description": "Password",
+                                "nullable": True,
+                                "type": "string",
+                            },
+                            "port": {
+                                "description": "Database port",
+                                "format": "int32",
+                                "type": "integer",
+                            },
+                            "query": {
+                                "additionalProperties": {},
+                                "description": "Additional parameters",
+                                "type": "object",
+                            },
+                            "username": {
+                                "description": "Username",
+                                "nullable": True,
+                                "type": "string",
+                            },
+                        },
+                        "required": ["database", "host", "port", "username"],
+                        "type": "object",
+                    },
                     "preferred": False,
+                    "sqlalchemy_uri_placeholder": "redshift+psycopg2://user:password@host:port/dbname[?key=value&key=value...]",
                 },
                 {
                     "available_drivers": ["mysqlconnector", "mysqldb"],