diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonClientConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonClientConfiguration.java
index b574cd9e..0f955844 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonClientConfiguration.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
+import com.netflix.client.DefaultLoadBalancerRetryHandler;
+import com.netflix.client.RetryHandler;
 import com.netflix.client.config.DefaultClientConfigImpl;
 import com.netflix.client.config.IClientConfig;
 import com.netflix.loadbalancer.ConfigurationBasedServerList;
@@ -98,15 +100,18 @@ public class RibbonClientConfiguration {
 	 *
 	 * @param config the configuration to use by the underlying Ribbon instance
 	 * @param loadBalancer the load balancer to use by the underlying Ribbon instance
+	 * @param serverIntrospector server introspector to use by the underlying Ribbon instance
+	 * @param retryHandler retry handler to use by the underlying Ribbon instance
 	 * @return a {@link RestClient} instances backed by Ribbon
 	 */
 	@Bean
 	@Lazy
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	public RestClient ribbonRestClient(IClientConfig config, ILoadBalancer loadBalancer,
-			ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector) {
+			ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector, RetryHandler retryHandler) {
 		RestClient client = new OverrideRestClient(config, serverIntrospector);
 		client.setLoadBalancer(loadBalancer);
+		client.setRetryHandler(retryHandler);
 		Monitors.registerObject("Client_" + this.name, client);
 		return client;
 	}
@@ -134,10 +139,16 @@ public class RibbonClientConfiguration {
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	public RibbonLoadBalancerContext ribbonLoadBalancerContext(
-			ILoadBalancer loadBalancer, IClientConfig config) {
-		return new RibbonLoadBalancerContext(loadBalancer, config);
+			ILoadBalancer loadBalancer, IClientConfig config, RetryHandler retryHandler) {
+		return new RibbonLoadBalancerContext(loadBalancer, config, retryHandler);
 	}
 
+	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
+	public RetryHandler retryHandler(IClientConfig config) {
+		return new DefaultLoadBalancerRetryHandler(config);
+	}
+	
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	public ServerIntrospector serverIntrospector() {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonClientPreprocessorOverridesRetryTests.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonClientPreprocessorOverridesRetryTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecabe95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonClientPreprocessorOverridesRetryTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.netflix.ribbon;
+
+import java.net.ConnectException;
+import java.net.SocketException;
+import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.archaius.ArchaiusAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.netflix.client.DefaultLoadBalancerRetryHandler;
+import com.netflix.client.RetryHandler;
+import com.netflix.client.config.IClientConfig;
+
+/**
+ * @author Tyler Van Gorder
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = RibbonClientPreprocessorOverridesRetryTests.TestConfiguration.class)
+@TestPropertySource(properties = { "customRetry.ribbon.MaxAutoRetries=0",
+		"customRetry.ribbon.MaxAutoRetriesNextServer=1",
+		"customRetry.ribbon.OkToRetryOnAllOperations=true" })
+@DirtiesContext
+public class RibbonClientPreprocessorOverridesRetryTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private SpringClientFactory factory;
+
+	@Test
+	public void customRetryIsConfigured() throws Exception {
+		RibbonLoadBalancerContext context = (RibbonLoadBalancerContext) this.factory
+				.getLoadBalancerContext("customRetry");
+		Assert.isInstanceOf(RetryRibbonConfiguration.CustomRetryHandler.class,
+				context.getRetryHandler());
+		Assert.isTrue(context.getRetryHandler().getMaxRetriesOnSameServer() == 0);
+		Assert.isTrue(context.getRetryHandler().getMaxRetriesOnNextServer() == 1);
+		Assert.isTrue(context.getRetryHandler().isCircuitTrippingException(
+				new UnknownHostException("Unknown Host")));
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	@RibbonClient(name = "customRetry", configuration = RetryRibbonConfiguration.class)
+	@Import({ PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class,
+			ArchaiusAutoConfiguration.class, RibbonAutoConfiguration.class })
+	protected static class TestConfiguration {
+	}
+
+}
+
+@Configuration
+class RetryRibbonConfiguration {
+	@Bean
+	public RetryHandler retryHandler(IClientConfig config) {
+		return new CustomRetryHandler(config);
+	}
+
+	class CustomRetryHandler extends DefaultLoadBalancerRetryHandler {
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		private List<Class<? extends Throwable>> retriable = new ArrayList(){{
+			add(UnknownHostException.class);
+			add(ConnectException.class);
+			add(SocketTimeoutException.class);
+		}};
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		private List<Class<? extends Throwable>> circuitRelated = new ArrayList(){{
+			add(UnknownHostException.class);
+			add(SocketException.class);
+			add(SocketTimeoutException.class);
+		}};
+
+		CustomRetryHandler(IClientConfig config) {
+			super(config);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected List<Class<? extends Throwable>> getRetriableExceptions() {
+			return retriable;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected List<Class<? extends Throwable>> getCircuitRelatedExceptions() {
+			return circuitRelated;
+		}
+
+	}
+}