diff --git a/lib/aws/s3/connection.rb b/lib/aws/s3/connection.rb
index dac8700..9aa7027 100644
--- a/lib/aws/s3/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/aws/s3/connection.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def request(verb, path, headers = {}, body = nil, attempts = 0, &block)
         else
           http.start(&requester)
         end
-      rescue Errno::EPIPE, Timeout::Error, Errno::EINVAL, EOFError, Errno::ECONNRESET
+      rescue Errno::EPIPE, Timeout::Error, Errno::EINVAL, EOFError, Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::EHOSTUNREACH
         @http = create_connection
         attempts == 3 ? raise : (attempts += 1; retry)
       end