diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e09ae2..4835da2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,20 +78,27 @@ const retryPolicy = fixedRetryPolicy([3, 10, 50, 100], TimeUnit.Milliseconds);
 ```
 
 #### Exponential backoff retry policy
+Exponential backoff formula based retry policy with optional custom exponent base and a limit. 
+The optional `limit` provides control over maximum pause intervals, so they don't soar beyond reasonable values.
+
+**The formula used by this implementation is the following:** 
+
+interval<sub>i</sub> = min(limit, (exponential<sup>i</sup>) - 1) / 2
+
 ```ts
-// 10 retries, starting with 10 milliseconds and then exponentially increases the delay based on the default power value without a limit.
 const retryPolicy = exponentialBackoffRetryPolicy(/* count = */10, /* opts?: { exponential?: number, limit?: number, units?: TimeUnit }*/);
 ```
 
 ### RetryAround
-Executes the given function with the retries based on the specified policy.
+Executes the given function with retries based on the specified policy and *optional* predicate.
+The predicate provides control over which errors we want to retry on.
 ```ts
-const result = await retryAround(action, retryPolicy);
+const result = await retryAround(action, retryPolicy, predicate);
 ```
 
 ### Retriable
-Wraps a given function with `retryAround` with the specified policy.
+Wraps a given function with `retryAround` with the specified arguments.
 ```ts
-const retriableAction = retriable(action, retryPolicy);
+const retriableAction = retriable(action, retryPolicy, predicate);
 const result = await retriableAction();
 ```
diff --git a/lib/retry.ts b/lib/retry.ts
index 8fab191..2c317a3 100644
--- a/lib/retry.ts
+++ b/lib/retry.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ function exponentialBackoffRetryPolicy(
   return Object.freeze(new ExponentialBackoffRetryPolicy(count, opts?.exponential, opts?.limit, opts?.units));
 }
 
-async function retryAround<T>(action: () => T | Promise<T>, policy: RetryPolicy): Promise<T> {
+async function retryAround<T>(
+  action: () => T | Promise<T>,
+  policy: RetryPolicy,
+  predicate: (e: Error) => boolean = () => true
+): Promise<T> {
   let next: IteratorResult<number, undefined>;
   const intervals = policy.intervals()[Symbol.iterator]();
   do {
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ async function retryAround<T>(action: () => T | Promise<T>, policy: RetryPolicy)
     } catch (e) {
       next = intervals.next();
 
-      if (next.done) {
+      if (next.done || !predicate(e)) {
         throw e;
       }
 
@@ -99,9 +103,13 @@ async function retryAround<T>(action: () => T | Promise<T>, policy: RetryPolicy)
   throw new Error('Unexpected error. This is most likely a bug.');
 }
 
-function retriable<T>(action: () => T | Promise<T>, policy: RetryPolicy): () => Promise<T> {
+function retriable<T>(
+  action: () => T | Promise<T>,
+  policy: RetryPolicy,
+  predicate: (e: Error) => boolean = () => true
+): () => Promise<T> {
   return () => {
-    return retryAround(action, policy);
+    return retryAround(action, policy, predicate);
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ccb3d3e..cd16296 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@sha1n/about-time",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.2",
   "description": "A set of essential time related utilities",
   "repository": "https://github.com/sha1n/about-time",
   "author": "Shai Nagar",
diff --git a/test/retry.spec.ts b/test/retry.spec.ts
index 6d1a4ab..571d5b4 100644
--- a/test/retry.spec.ts
+++ b/test/retry.spec.ts
@@ -1,44 +1,75 @@
-import { fixedRetryPolicy, retriable, simpleRetryPolicy } from '../lib/retry';
+import { fixedRetryPolicy, retriable, retryAround, simpleRetryPolicy } from '../lib/retry';
 import { anError, aString } from './randoms';
 
-describe('retriable', () => {
+describe('retry', () => {
   const expectedError = anError();
 
-  test('should throw when no retries are left', async () => {
-    const policy = fixedRetryPolicy([1, 1]);
-    const fail = () => Promise.reject(expectedError);
+  describe('when no predicate is specied', () => {
+    describe('retriable', () => {
+      test('should throw when no retries are left', async () => {
+        const policy = fixedRetryPolicy([1, 1]);
+        const fail = () => Promise.reject(expectedError);
 
-    await expect(retriable(fail, policy)()).rejects.toThrow(expectedError);
-  });
+        await expect(retriable(fail, policy)()).rejects.toThrow(expectedError);
+      });
 
-  test('should throw when no retries are left with sync action', async () => {
-    const policy = fixedRetryPolicy([1]);
-    const failSync = () => {
-      throw expectedError;
-    };
+      test('should throw when no retries are left with sync action', async () => {
+        const policy = fixedRetryPolicy([1]);
+        const failSync = () => {
+          throw expectedError;
+        };
 
-    await expect(retriable(failSync, policy)()).rejects.toThrow(expectedError);
-  });
+        await expect(retriable(failSync, policy)()).rejects.toThrow(expectedError);
+      });
 
-  test('should throw when the provided policy is effectively empty', async () => {
-    const policy = fixedRetryPolicy([]);
-    const { action } = givenAsyncActionThatFailsOnce();
+      test('should throw when the provided policy is effectively empty', async () => {
+        const policy = fixedRetryPolicy([]);
+        const { action } = givenAsyncActionThatFailsOnce();
 
-    await expect(retriable(action, policy)()).rejects.toThrow(expectedError);
-  });
+        await expect(retriable(action, policy)()).rejects.toThrow(expectedError);
+      });
+
+      test('should retry and resolve with an async function resolved value', async () => {
+        const policy = simpleRetryPolicy(1, 1);
+        const { action, expectedValue } = givenAsyncActionThatFailsOnce();
 
-  test('should retry and resolve with an async function resolved value', async () => {
-    const policy = simpleRetryPolicy(1, 1);
-    const { action, expectedValue } = givenAsyncActionThatFailsOnce();
+        await expect(retriable(action, policy)()).resolves.toEqual(expectedValue);
+      });
 
-    await expect(retriable(action, policy)()).resolves.toEqual(expectedValue);
+      test('should retry and resolve with a sync function returned value', async () => {
+        const policy = simpleRetryPolicy(1, 1);
+        const { action, expectedValue } = givenSyncActionThatFailsOnce();
+
+        await expect(retriable(action, policy)()).resolves.toEqual(expectedValue);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('retryAround', () => {
+      test('should retry if an error is thrown', async () => {
+        const policy = simpleRetryPolicy(1, 1);
+        const { action, expectedValue } = givenSyncActionThatFailsOnce();
+
+        await expect(retryAround(action, policy)).resolves.toEqual(expectedValue);
+      });
+    });
   });
 
-  test('should retry and resolve with a sync function returned value', async () => {
-    const policy = simpleRetryPolicy(1, 1);
-    const { action, expectedValue } = givenSyncActionThatFailsOnce();
+  describe('when a predicate is specified', () => {
+    describe('retriable', () => {
+      test('should not retry if a specified predicate returns false', async () => {
+        const policy = simpleRetryPolicy(1, 1);
+        const { action } = givenSyncActionThatFailsOnce();
+
+        await expect(retriable(action, policy, () => false)()).rejects.toThrow(expectedError);
+      });
+
+      test('should retry if a specified predicate returns true', async () => {
+        const policy = simpleRetryPolicy(1, 1);
+        const { action } = givenSyncActionThatFailsOnce();
 
-    await expect(retriable(action, policy)()).resolves.toEqual(expectedValue);
+        await expect(retriable(action, policy, () => true)()).toResolve();
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   function givenSyncActionThatFailsOnce(): {