diff --git a/errors/types.go b/errors/types.go
index e4fafd85..efeca36c 100644
--- a/errors/types.go
+++ b/errors/types.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package errors
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -134,6 +135,9 @@ func IsRetriableError(err error) bool {
 	}); ok {
 		return e.RetriableError()
 	}
+	if cause, ok := Cause(err).(*url.Error); ok {
+		return cause.Temporary() || cause.Timeout()
+	}
 	if parent := parentOf(err); parent != nil {
 		return IsRetriableError(parent)
 	}
diff --git a/errors/types_test.go b/errors/types_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a71ab9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/errors/types_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package errors_test
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+type TemporaryError struct {
+}
+
+func (e TemporaryError) Error() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (e TemporaryError) Temporary() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+type TimeoutError struct {
+}
+
+func (e TimeoutError) Error() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (e TimeoutError) Timeout() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func TestCanRetryOnTemporaryError(t *testing.T) {
+	err := &url.Error{Err: TemporaryError{}}
+	assert.True(t, errors.IsRetriableError(err))
+}
+
+func TestCanRetryOnTimeoutError(t *testing.T) {
+	err := &url.Error{Err: TimeoutError{}}
+	assert.True(t, errors.IsRetriableError(err))
+}
+
+func TestCannotRetryOnGenericUrlError(t *testing.T) {
+	err := &url.Error{Err: errors.New("")}
+	assert.False(t, errors.IsRetriableError(err))
+}