diff --git a/sshspray.py b/sshspray.py
index 76775fb..d4466b6 100644
--- a/sshspray.py
+++ b/sshspray.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from sys import exit
 from re import compile
 from os import devnull
+from paramiko.ssh_exception import NoValidConnectionsError
 
 from os.path import isfile
 
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ def do_key_checks(self):
 
 class Sprayer:
     def __init__(self, queue, username, key_file, password, passphrase,
-                 host_key_file, port, timeout, target_list, verbosity):
+                 host_key_file, port, timeout, retry, target_list, verbosity):
         self.queue = queue
         self.username = username
         self.key_file = key_file
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ def __init__(self, queue, username, key_file, password, passphrase,
         self.host_key_file = host_key_file
         self.port = port
         self.timeout = timeout
+        self.retry = retry
         self.verbose = verbosity
         self.target_list = target_list
 
@@ -138,17 +140,27 @@ def try_auth(self, ip):
         ssh = SSHClient()
         ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(AutoAddPolicy())
         conn_params = self.conn_params(ip)
-        try:
-            ssh.connect(**conn_params)
-            ssh.close()
-
-            print(Message.success(), ip)
-        except Exception as e:
-            if not self.verbose:
-                pass
-            else:
-                output = [Message.fail(), ip, e]
-                print(*output[0:self.verbose+1])
+        retry = self.retry
+        while retry > 0:
+            try:
+                ssh.connect(**conn_params)
+                ssh.close()
+
+                print(Message.success(), ip)
+            except NoValidConnectionsError as e:
+                retry -= 1
+                if retry > 0:
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    print(Message.info(), f'Failed to connect to {ip}')
+                    return
+            except Exception as e:
+                if not self.verbose:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    output = [Message.fail(), ip, e]
+                    print(*output[0:self.verbose+1])
+                return
 
     def run(self) -> None:
         print(Message.info(), "Running against {hostcount} hosts...".format(hostcount=len(self.target_list)))
@@ -180,6 +192,7 @@ def arg_parse():
     parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action='count', default=0, help="Show failures. Use '-vv-' to show reasons for failure")
     parser.add_argument("-t", "--target-list", required=True, help="List of hosts to test(hostname, ip, and/or CIDR)")
     parser.add_argument("-w", "--wait", nargs='?', default=1, type=int, help="Timeout for each connection in seconds")
+    parser.add_argument("-r", "--retry", default=3, type=int, help="Times to retry in case of network failure")
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
@@ -241,7 +254,8 @@ def main():
                       passphrase=passphrase,
                       timeout=args.wait,
                       verbosity=verbosity,
-                      target_list=targets)
+                      target_list=targets,
+                      retry=args.retry)
     sprayer.run()