diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 12ac50b..aad1ec2 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -523,6 +523,11 @@ func baseRetryPolicy(resp *http.Response, err error) (bool, error) {
 		return true, nil
 	}
 
+	// Retry when the response is nil as this can indicate a closed connection or some other temporary condition
+	if resp == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
 	// 429 Too Many Requests is recoverable. Sometimes the server puts
 	// a Retry-After response header to indicate when the server is
 	// available to start processing request from client.
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 3c37ef6..1d01ef8 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -1268,3 +1268,16 @@ func TestClient_RedirectWithBody(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected the client to be redirected 2 times, got: %d", atomic.LoadInt32(&redirects))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestClient_baseRetryPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	var response *http.Response = nil
+
+	ok, err := baseRetryPolicy(response, nil)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", true, ok)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("no error expected")
+	}
+}