diff --git a/lib/StripeResource.js b/lib/StripeResource.js
index c9acf3f41a..d29f186478 100644
--- a/lib/StripeResource.js
+++ b/lib/StripeResource.js
@@ -273,7 +273,15 @@ StripeResource.prototype = {
   },
 
   // For more on when and how to retry API requests, see https://stripe.com/docs/error-handling#safely-retrying-requests-with-idempotency
-  _shouldRetry(res, numRetries, maxRetries) {
+  _shouldRetry(res, numRetries, maxRetries, error) {
+    if (
+      error &&
+      numRetries === 0 &&
+      HttpClient.CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERROR_CODES.includes(error.code)
+    ) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
     // Do not retry if we are out of retries.
     if (numRetries >= maxRetries) {
       return false;
@@ -502,7 +510,7 @@ StripeResource.prototype = {
           }
         })
         .catch((error) => {
-          if (this._shouldRetry(null, requestRetries, maxRetries)) {
+          if (this._shouldRetry(null, requestRetries, maxRetries, error)) {
             return retryRequest(
               makeRequest,
               apiVersion,
diff --git a/lib/net/HttpClient.js b/lib/net/HttpClient.js
index eca551a084..053ab0d8e7 100644
--- a/lib/net/HttpClient.js
+++ b/lib/net/HttpClient.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class HttpClient {
   }
 }
 
+HttpClient.CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERROR_CODES = ['ECONNRESET', 'EPIPE'];
 HttpClient.TIMEOUT_ERROR_CODE = 'ETIMEDOUT';
 
 class HttpClientResponse {
diff --git a/test/StripeResource.spec.js b/test/StripeResource.spec.js
index e84937cc5f..a548bef931 100644
--- a/test/StripeResource.spec.js
+++ b/test/StripeResource.spec.js
@@ -356,6 +356,39 @@ describe('StripeResource', () => {
         );
       });
 
+      it('retries closed connection errors once', (done) => {
+        nock(`https://${options.host}`)
+          .post(options.path, options.params)
+          .replyWithError({
+            code: 'ECONNRESET',
+            errno: 'ECONNRESET',
+          })
+          .post(options.path, options.params)
+          .reply(200, {
+            id: 'ch_123',
+            object: 'charge',
+            amount: 1000,
+          });
+
+        realStripe.charges.create(options.data, (err, charge) => {
+          expect(charge.id).to.equal('ch_123');
+          done(err);
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('throws on multiple closed connection errors', (done) => {
+        nock(`https://${options.host}`)
+          .post(options.path, options.params)
+          .replyWithError({ code: 'ECONNRESET' })
+          .post(options.path, options.params)
+          .replyWithError({ code: 'ECONNRESET' });
+
+        realStripe.charges.create(options.data, (err) => {
+          expect(err.detail.code).to.deep.equal('ECONNRESET');
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+
       it('should retry the request if max retries are set', (done) => {
         nock(`https://${options.host}`)
           .post(options.path, options.params)