diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 56fc682..e0dbc19 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ venv
 /dist/*
 /AUTHORS
 /ChangeLog
-/.eggs
+/.eggs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/airtable/__init__.py b/airtable/__init__.py
index ab7a974..05e3e53 100644
--- a/airtable/__init__.py
+++ b/airtable/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import warnings
 
 import requests
+from requests.packages.urllib3.util import retry
 import six
 
 API_URL = 'https://api.airtable.com/v%s/'
@@ -94,7 +95,10 @@ def __init__(self, base_id, api_key, dict_class=OrderedDict):
     def __request(self, method, url, params=None, payload=None):
         if method in ['POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH']:
             self.headers.update({'Content-type': 'application/json'})
-        response = requests.request(
+        retries = retry.Retry(total=10, backoff_factor=1, status_forcelist=[429, 500, 502, 503, 504])
+        session = requests.Session()
+        session.mount('https://', requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))
+        response = session.request(
             method,
             posixpath.join(self.base_url, url),
             params=params,
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index b03a90a..868281f 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pylint
 flake8
 requests-mock
+httpretty
diff --git a/test_airtable.py b/test_airtable.py
index a7469b7..b7f3a90 100644
--- a/test_airtable.py
+++ b/test_airtable.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict
 import unittest
+import json
 
 import requests_mock
-
+import httpretty
 import airtable
+import re
 
 FAKE_TABLE_NAME = 'TableName'
 FAKE_BASE_ID = 'app12345'
@@ -33,6 +35,43 @@ def test_build_headers(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.airtable.headers['Authorization'],
                          'Bearer fake_api_key')
 
+    @httpretty.activate
+    def test_retries(self):
+        httpretty.register_uri(
+            httpretty.GET,
+            re.compile(r'https://.*'),
+            responses=[
+                httpretty.Response(
+                    body='{}',
+                    status=429,
+                ),
+                httpretty.Response(
+                    body='{}',
+                    status=500,
+                ),
+                 httpretty.Response(
+                    body=json.dumps({
+                        'records': [
+                            {
+                                'id': 'reccA6yaHKzw5Zlp0',
+                                'fields': {
+                                    'Name': 'John',
+                                    'Number': '(987) 654-3210'
+                                }
+                            }
+                        ],
+                        'offset': 'reccg3Kke0QvTDW0H'
+                    }),
+                    status=200,
+                ),
+            ]
+        )
+        
+        res = self.get()
+        self.assertEqual(3, len(httpretty.latest_requests()))
+        self.assertEqual(len(res['records']), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(res['offset'], 'reccg3Kke0QvTDW0H')
+
     @requests_mock.mock()
     def test_get_all(self, mock_requests):
         mock_requests.get('https://api.airtable.com/v0/app12345/TableName', json={