diff --git a/active_encode.gemspec b/active_encode.gemspec
index 66cff4d..327fc19 100644
--- a/active_encode.gemspec
+++ b/active_encode.gemspec
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_dependency "rails"
+  spec.add_dependency "retriable"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "aws-sdk-cloudwatchevents"
   spec.add_development_dependency "aws-sdk-cloudwatchlogs"
diff --git a/lib/active_encode/engine_adapters/media_convert_adapter.rb b/lib/active_encode/engine_adapters/media_convert_adapter.rb
index 2c52298..f43cc49 100644
--- a/lib/active_encode/engine_adapters/media_convert_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/active_encode/engine_adapters/media_convert_adapter.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 require 'aws-sdk-cloudwatchlogs'
 require 'aws-sdk-mediaconvert'
 require 'file_locator'
+require 'retriable'
 
 require 'active_support/json'
 require 'active_support/time'
@@ -60,6 +61,26 @@ def initialize(msg = nil, encode = nil)
         end
       end
 
+      class RetriableClient
+        def initialize
+          @retry_params = {on: Aws::MediaConvert::Errors::ServiceError, base_interval: 1}
+          endpoint = Retriable.retriable(@retry_params) { Aws::MediaConvert::Client.new.describe_endpoints.endpoints.first.url }
+          @client = Aws::MediaConvert::Client.new(endpoint: endpoint)
+        end
+
+        def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
+          if @client.respond_to?(method)
+            Retriable.retriable(@retry_params) { @client.send(method, *args, &block) }
+          else
+            super
+          end
+        end
+
+        def respond_to?(method)
+          @client.respond_to?(method)
+        end
+      end
+
       attr_accessor :role, :output_bucket
       attr_writer :log_group, :queue
 
@@ -285,8 +306,7 @@ def cloudwatch_logs
         end
 
         def mediaconvert
-          endpoint = Aws::MediaConvert::Client.new.describe_endpoints.endpoints.first.url
-          @mediaconvert ||= Aws::MediaConvert::Client.new(endpoint: endpoint)
+          @mediaconvert ||= RetriableClient.new
         end
 
         def s3_uri(url, options = {})
diff --git a/spec/integration/media_convert_adapter_spec.rb b/spec/integration/media_convert_adapter_spec.rb
index e589eb2..aa9842e 100644
--- a/spec/integration/media_convert_adapter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/media_convert_adapter_spec.rb
@@ -176,4 +176,27 @@ def reconstitute_response(fixture_path)
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "retry" do
+    it "recovers from Aws::MediaConvert errors" do
+      mediaconvert.stub_responses(:get_job, [
+        Aws::MediaConvert::Errors::TooManyRequestsException.new(nil, 'Too Many Requests'),
+        reconstitute_response("media_convert/job_progressing.json")
+      ])
+      expect(ActiveEncode::Base.find(job_id)).to eq(running_job)
+    end
+
+    it "raises when the retries run out" do
+      mediaconvert.stub_responses(:get_job, [
+        Aws::MediaConvert::Errors::TooManyRequestsException.new(nil, 'Too Many Requests 1'),
+        Aws::MediaConvert::Errors::TooManyRequestsException.new(nil, 'Too Many Requests 2'),
+        Aws::MediaConvert::Errors::TooManyRequestsException.new(nil, 'Too Many Requests 3'),
+        reconstitute_response("media_convert/job_progressing.json")
+      ])
+      expect { ActiveEncode::Base.find(job_id) }.to raise_error do |error|
+        expect(error).to be_a(Aws::MediaConvert::Errors::TooManyRequestsException)
+        expect(error.message).to eq('Too Many Requests 3')
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end