diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 26cf8c1..f78943c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ func main() {
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_PORT,SSH_PORT",
 			Value:  22,
 		},
+		cli.DurationFlag{
+			Name:   "retry-timeout",
+			Usage:  "connection retry timeout",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_RETRY_TIMEOUT",
+		},
 		cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:   "sync",
 			Usage:  "sync mode",
@@ -194,6 +199,7 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			Password:       c.String("password"),
 			Host:           c.StringSlice("host"),
 			Port:           c.Int("port"),
+			RetryTimeout:   c.Duration("retry-timeout"),
 			Timeout:        c.Duration("timeout"),
 			CommandTimeout: c.Int("command.timeout"),
 			Script:         c.StringSlice("script"),
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index d47fcab..7793c13 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/appleboy/easyssh-proxy"
 	"io"
+	"net"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ type (
 		Host           []string
 		Port           int
 		Timeout        time.Duration
+		RetryTimeout   time.Duration
 		CommandTimeout int
 		Script         []string
 		Secrets        []string
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ func (p Plugin) exec(host string, wg *sync.WaitGroup, errChannel chan error) {
 		p.log(host, "======END======")
 	}
 
-	stdoutChan, stderrChan, doneChan, errChan, err := ssh.Stream(strings.Join(p.Config.Script, "\n"), p.Config.CommandTimeout)
+	stdoutChan, stderrChan, doneChan, errChan, err := retryStream(ssh, p)
 	if err != nil {
 		errChannel <- err
 	} else {
@@ -179,3 +181,34 @@ func (p Plugin) Exec() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func retryStream(ssh *easyssh.MakeConfig, p Plugin) (<-chan string, <-chan string, <-chan bool, <-chan error, error) {
+	var (
+		timeout = time.After(p.Config.RetryTimeout)
+		wait    = time.Second
+	)
+
+	for {
+		stdoutChan, stderrChan, doneChan, errChan, err := ssh.Stream(strings.Join(p.Config.Script, "\n"), p.Config.CommandTimeout)
+
+		// If there was no error, return all channels
+		if err == nil {
+			return stdoutChan, stderrChan, doneChan, errChan, nil
+		}
+
+		// If the error was not a net.OpError, return that error
+		if _, ok := err.(*net.OpError); !ok {
+			return nil, nil, nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		select {
+		case <-timeout:
+			return nil, nil, nil, nil, err
+		case <-time.After(wait):
+			break
+		}
+
+		// Double our back-off time
+		wait *= 2
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plugin_test.go b/plugin_test.go
index 563c06b..26160bb 100644
--- a/plugin_test.go
+++ b/plugin_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/appleboy/easyssh-proxy"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"strings"
+
+	"time"
 )
 
 func TestMissingHostOrUser(t *testing.T) {
@@ -457,6 +459,56 @@ func TestEnvOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, unindent(expected), unindent(buffer.String()))
 }
 
+// TestConnectTimeoutRetry tests that when a network error occurs, the connect
+// is retried until it either succeeds or the configured timeout is hit.
+func TestConnectTimeoutRetry(t *testing.T) {
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	plugin := Plugin{
+		Config: Config{
+			Host:         []string{"localhost"},
+			UserName:     "drone-scp",
+			Port:         2200,
+			KeyPath:      "./tests/.ssh/id_rsa",
+			Script:       []string{"exit"},
+			RetryTimeout: 15 * time.Second,
+			Sync:         true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	err := plugin.Exec()
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+
+	end := time.Now()
+	assert.WithinDuration(t, start.Local().Add(15*time.Second), end, 2*time.Second)
+
+}
+
+// TestConnectTimeoutRetry tests that when a non-network error occurs, the connect
+// is not retried and instead returns the error immediately.
+func TestConnectTimeoutImmediate(t *testing.T) {
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	plugin := Plugin{
+		Config: Config{
+			Host:         []string{"localhost"},
+			UserName:     "drone-scp",
+			Port:         22,
+			Key:          "",
+			Script:       []string{"exit"},
+			RetryTimeout: 60 * time.Second,
+			Sync:         true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	err := plugin.Exec()
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+
+	end := time.Now()
+	assert.WithinDuration(t, start.Local().Add(time.Second), end, 2*time.Second)
+
+}
+
 func unindent(text string) string {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(strings.Replace(text, "\t", "", -1))
 }