diff --git a/internal/backend_s3.go b/internal/backend_s3.go
index c602aa63..cf3d7d2d 100644
--- a/internal/backend_s3.go
+++ b/internal/backend_s3.go
@@ -512,7 +512,19 @@ func (s *S3Backend) getRequestId(r *request.Request) string {
 		r.HTTPResponse.Header.Get("x-amz-id-2")
 }
 
-func (s *S3Backend) HeadBlob(param *HeadBlobInput) (*HeadBlobOutput, error) {
+// FIXME: Move retries to common code from S3
+func (s *S3Backend) HeadBlob(req *HeadBlobInput) (resp *HeadBlobOutput, err error) {
+	s.readBackoff(func(attempt int) error {
+		resp, err = s.tryHeadBlob(req)
+		if err != nil && shouldRetry(err) {
+			s3Log.Errorf("Error getting metadata of %v (attempt %v): %v\n", req.Key, attempt, err)
+		}
+		return err
+	})
+	return
+}
+
+func (s *S3Backend) tryHeadBlob(param *HeadBlobInput) (*HeadBlobOutput, error) {
 	head := s3.HeadObjectInput{Bucket: &s.bucket,
 		Key: &param.Key,
 	}
@@ -542,7 +554,20 @@ func (s *S3Backend) HeadBlob(param *HeadBlobInput) (*HeadBlobOutput, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (s *S3Backend) ListBlobs(param *ListBlobsInput) (*ListBlobsOutput, error) {
+// FIXME: Move retries to common code from S3
+func (s *S3Backend) ListBlobs(req *ListBlobsInput) (resp *ListBlobsOutput, err error) {
+	s.readBackoff(func(attempt int) error {
+		resp, err = s.tryListBlobs(req)
+		if err != nil && shouldRetry(err) {
+			s3Log.Errorf("Error listing objects with prefix=%v delimiter=%v start-after=%v max-keys=%v (attempt %v): %v\n",
+				NilStr(req.Prefix), NilStr(req.Delimiter), NilStr(req.StartAfter), NilUInt32(req.MaxKeys), attempt, err)
+		}
+		return err
+	})
+	return
+}
+
+func (s *S3Backend) tryListBlobs(param *ListBlobsInput) (*ListBlobsOutput, error) {
 	var maxKeys *int64
 
 	if param.MaxKeys != nil {
@@ -868,7 +893,49 @@ func (s *S3Backend) CopyBlob(param *CopyBlobInput) (*CopyBlobOutput, error) {
 	return &CopyBlobOutput{s.getRequestId(req)}, nil
 }
 
-func (s *S3Backend) GetBlob(param *GetBlobInput) (*GetBlobOutput, error) {
+func shouldRetry(err error) bool {
+	err = mapAwsError(err)
+	return err != syscall.ENOENT && err != syscall.EINVAL &&
+		err != syscall.EACCES && err != syscall.ENOTSUP && err != syscall.ERANGE
+}
+
+// FIXME: Add similar write backoff (now it's handled by file/dir code)
+func (s *S3Backend) readBackoff(try func(attempt int) error) (err error) {
+	interval := s.flags.ReadRetryInterval
+	attempt := 1
+	for {
+		err = try(attempt)
+		if err != nil {
+			if shouldRetry(err) && (s.flags.ReadRetryAttempts < 1 || attempt < s.flags.ReadRetryAttempts) {
+				attempt++
+				time.Sleep(interval)
+				interval = time.Duration(s.flags.ReadRetryMultiplier * float64(interval))
+				if interval > s.flags.ReadRetryMax {
+					interval = s.flags.ReadRetryMax
+				}
+			} else {
+				break
+			}
+		} else {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// FIXME: Move retries to common code from S3
+func (s *S3Backend) GetBlob(req *GetBlobInput) (resp *GetBlobOutput, err error) {
+	s.readBackoff(func(attempt int) error {
+		resp, err = s.tryGetBlob(req)
+		if err != nil && shouldRetry(err) {
+			log.Errorf("Error reading %v +%v of %v (attempt %v): %v", req.Start, req.Count, req.Key, attempt, err)
+		}
+		return err
+	})
+	return
+}
+
+func (s *S3Backend) tryGetBlob(param *GetBlobInput) (*GetBlobOutput, error) {
 	get := s3.GetObjectInput{
 		Bucket: &s.bucket,
 		Key:    &param.Key,
diff --git a/internal/cfg/config.go b/internal/cfg/config.go
index b765cfe7..1e5ff639 100644
--- a/internal/cfg/config.go
+++ b/internal/cfg/config.go
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ type FlagStorage struct {
 	MaxParallelCopy       int
 	StatCacheTTL          time.Duration
 	HTTPTimeout           time.Duration
+	ReadRetryInterval     time.Duration
+	ReadRetryMultiplier   float64
+	ReadRetryMax          time.Duration
+	ReadRetryAttempts     int
 	RetryInterval         time.Duration
 	ReadAheadKB           uint64
 	SmallReadCount        uint64
diff --git a/internal/cfg/flags.go b/internal/cfg/flags.go
index d7e3017f..198e97ca 100644
--- a/internal/cfg/flags.go
+++ b/internal/cfg/flags.go
@@ -500,7 +500,31 @@ MISC OPTIONS:
 		cli.DurationFlag{
 			Name:  "retry-interval",
 			Value: 30 * time.Second,
-			Usage: "Retry unsuccessful flushes after this amount of time",
+			Usage: "Retry unsuccessful writes after this time",
+		},
+
+		cli.DurationFlag{
+			Name:  "read-retry-interval",
+			Value: 1 * time.Second,
+			Usage: "Initial interval for retrying unsuccessful reads",
+		},
+
+		cli.Float64Flag{
+			Name:  "read-retry-mul",
+			Value: 2,
+			Usage: "Increase read retry interval this number of times on each unsuccessful attempt",
+		},
+
+		cli.DurationFlag{
+			Name:  "read-retry-max-interval",
+			Value: 60 * time.Second,
+			Usage: "Maximum interval for retrying unsuccessful reads",
+		},
+
+		cli.DurationFlag{
+			Name:  "read-retry-attempts",
+			Value: 0,
+			Usage: "Maximum read retry attempts (0 means unlimited)",
 		},
 
 		cli.IntFlag{
@@ -758,6 +782,10 @@ func PopulateFlags(c *cli.Context) (ret *FlagStorage) {
 		StatCacheTTL:           c.Duration("stat-cache-ttl"),
 		HTTPTimeout:            c.Duration("http-timeout"),
 		RetryInterval:          c.Duration("retry-interval"),
+		ReadRetryInterval:      c.Duration("read-retry-interval"),
+		ReadRetryMultiplier:    c.Float64("read-retry-mul"),
+		ReadRetryMax:           c.Duration("read-retry-max-interval"),
+		ReadRetryAttempts:      c.Int("read-retry-attempts"),
 		ReadAheadKB:            uint64(c.Int("read-ahead")),
 		SmallReadCount:         uint64(c.Int("small-read-count")),
 		SmallReadCutoffKB:      uint64(c.Int("small-read-cutoff")),
diff --git a/internal/utils.go b/internal/utils.go
index 11cca287..e61a0308 100644
--- a/internal/utils.go
+++ b/internal/utils.go
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ func PTime(v time.Time) *time.Time {
 	return &v
 }
 
+func NilUInt32(v *uint32) uint32 {
+	if v == nil {
+		return 0
+	} else {
+		return *v
+	}
+}
+
 func NilInt64(v *int64) int64 {
 	if v == nil {
 		return 0