diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonLoadBalancerClient.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonLoadBalancerClient.java
index 4d00a9fb..811a48bb 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonLoadBalancerClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonLoadBalancerClient.java
@@ -16,22 +16,24 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
-
+import com.netflix.client.config.IClientConfig;
+import com.netflix.loadbalancer.ILoadBalancer;
+import com.netflix.loadbalancer.Server;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.DefaultServiceInstance;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.ServiceInstance;
+import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancedRetryContext;
+import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancedRetryPolicy;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerClient;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerRequest;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
-import com.netflix.client.config.IClientConfig;
-import com.netflix.loadbalancer.ILoadBalancer;
-import com.netflix.loadbalancer.Server;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
@@ -60,6 +62,33 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancerClient implements LoadBalancerClient {
 		return context.reconstructURIWithServer(server, uri);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public LoadBalancedRetryPolicy getRetryPolicy(String serviceId) {
+		final RibbonLoadBalancerContext lbContext = this.clientFactory
+				.getLoadBalancerContext(serviceId);
+		return new LoadBalancedRetryPolicy() {
+			@Override
+			public boolean canRetry(LoadBalancedRetryContext context) {
+				HttpMethod method = context.getRequest().getMethod();
+				if(HttpMethod.GET == method || lbContext.isOkToRetryOnAllOperations()) {
+					return true;
+				} else {
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public void close(LoadBalancedRetryContext context) {
+
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public void registerThrowable(LoadBalancedRetryContext context, Throwable throwable) {
+
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public ServiceInstance choose(String serviceId) {
 		Server server = getServer(serviceId);
@@ -80,12 +109,24 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancerClient implements LoadBalancerClient {
 		RibbonServer ribbonServer = new RibbonServer(serviceId, server, isSecure(server,
 				serviceId), serverIntrospector(serviceId).getMetadata(server));
 
+		return execute(serviceId, ribbonServer, request);
+	}
+
+	public <T> T execute(String serviceId, ServiceInstance serviceInstance, LoadBalancerRequest<T> request) throws IOException {
+		Server server = null;
+		if(serviceInstance instanceof RibbonServer) {
+			server = ((RibbonServer)serviceInstance).getServer();
+		}
+		if (server == null) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("No instances available for " + serviceId);
+		}
+
 		RibbonLoadBalancerContext context = this.clientFactory
 				.getLoadBalancerContext(serviceId);
 		RibbonStatsRecorder statsRecorder = new RibbonStatsRecorder(context, server);
 
 		try {
-			T returnVal = request.apply(ribbonServer);
+			T returnVal = request.apply(serviceInstance);
 			statsRecorder.recordStats(returnVal);
 			return returnVal;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonInterceptorTests.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonInterceptorTests.java
index 41c3ebd9..dbdf52d7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonInterceptorTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonInterceptorTests.java
@@ -16,15 +16,14 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URL;
-
+import com.netflix.loadbalancer.Server;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.ServiceInstance;
+import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancedRetryPolicy;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerClient;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerRequest;
@@ -33,10 +32,12 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestExecution;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse;
 import org.springframework.http.client.support.HttpRequestWrapper;
+import org.springframework.retry.support.RetryTemplate;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
-import com.netflix.loadbalancer.Server;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ public class RibbonInterceptorTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testIntercept() throws Exception {
 		RibbonServer server = new RibbonServer("myservice", new Server("myhost", 8080));
-		LoadBalancerInterceptor interceptor = new LoadBalancerInterceptor(new MyClient(server));
+		LoadBalancerInterceptor interceptor = new LoadBalancerInterceptor(new MyClient(server), new RetryTemplate());
 		given(this.request.getURI()).willReturn(new URL("http://myservice").toURI());
 		given(this.execution.execute(isA(HttpRequest.class), isA(byte[].class)))
 				.willReturn(this.response);
@@ -111,6 +112,11 @@ public class RibbonInterceptorTests {
 					.port(instance.getPort()).build().toUri();
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		public LoadBalancedRetryPolicy getRetryPolicy(String serviceId) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }