diff --git a/lib/lookup_http.rb b/lib/lookup_http.rb
index 432aa8b..feb76f0 100644
--- a/lib/lookup_http.rb
+++ b/lib/lookup_http.rb
@@ -79,8 +79,22 @@ def get_parsed(path)
       end
     end
 
+    retries = 0
+    retry_limit = @config[:retries] || 3
+    retry_interval = @config[:retry_interval] || 1
+
     begin
       httpres = @http.request(httpreq)
+    rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Net::ReadTimeout => e
+      if (retries += 1) <= retry_limit
+        retry_sleep = retries * retry_interval
+        log_debug("Timeout (#{e}), retrying in #{retry_sleep} second(s)...")
+        sleep(retry_sleep)
+        retry
+      else
+        raise LookupHttp::LookupError, e.message unless @config[:failure] == 'graceful'
+        return
+      end
     rescue Exception => e
       raise LookupHttp::LookupError, e.message unless @config[:failure] == 'graceful'
       return