diff --git a/src/networkfilemanager.cpp b/src/networkfilemanager.cpp
index bec611f674..5fe9955989 100644
--- a/src/networkfilemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/networkfilemanager.cpp
@@ -1675,6 +1675,7 @@ static double GetNewRetryDelay(int response_code, double dfOldDelay,
         // S3 sends some client timeout errors as 400 Client Error
         (response_code == 400 && pszErrBuf &&
          strstr(pszErrBuf, "RequestTimeout")) ||
+        (pszCurlError && strstr(pszCurlError, "Connection reset by peer")) ||
         (pszCurlError && strstr(pszCurlError, "Connection timed out"))) {
         // Use an exponential backoff factor of 2 plus some random jitter
         // We don't care about cryptographic quality randomness, hence: