diff --git a/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/BaseServiceException.java b/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/BaseServiceException.java
index e9e9e2aa63..29396d6d58 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/BaseServiceException.java
+++ b/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/BaseServiceException.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException;
 
 /** Base class for all service exceptions. */
@@ -256,6 +257,8 @@ public static boolean isRetryable(boolean idempotent, IOException exception) {
     boolean exceptionIsRetryable =
         exception instanceof SocketTimeoutException
             || exception instanceof SocketException
+            || (exception instanceof SSLException
+                && exception.getMessage().contains("Connection has been shutdown: "))
             || (exception instanceof SSLHandshakeException
                 && !(exception.getCause() instanceof CertificateException))
             || "insufficient data written".equals(exception.getMessage())