diff --git a/sentry.go b/sentry.go
index b043466..60e6c46 100644
--- a/sentry.go
+++ b/sentry.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package logrus_sentry
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ type SentryHook struct {
 	// consider the message correctly sent
 	Timeout                 time.Duration
 	StacktraceConfiguration StackTraceConfiguration
+	// If Retries is non-zero, packets will be resent in case of a 429 error
+	// (too many requests) up to this many times, or until the timeout is
+	// reached.
+	Retries uint8
 
 	client *raven.Client
 	levels []logrus.Level
@@ -243,18 +248,41 @@ func (hook *SentryHook) Flush() {
 }
 
 func (hook *SentryHook) sendPacket(packet *raven.Packet) error {
-	_, errCh := hook.client.Capture(packet, nil)
+	cases := make([]reflect.SelectCase, 1, 2)
 	timeout := hook.Timeout
-	if timeout != 0 {
-		timeoutCh := time.After(timeout)
-		select {
-		case err := <-errCh:
+	if timeout > 0 {
+		cases = append(cases, reflect.SelectCase{
+			Dir:  reflect.SelectRecv,
+			Chan: reflect.ValueOf(time.After(timeout)),
+		})
+	}
+	var err error
+	for i := 0; i < int(hook.Retries)+1; i++ {
+		_, errCh := hook.client.Capture(packet, nil)
+		cases[0] = reflect.SelectCase{
+			Dir:  reflect.SelectRecv,
+			Chan: reflect.ValueOf(errCh),
+		}
+
+		chosen, recv, _ := reflect.Select(cases)
+		switch chosen {
+		case 0:
+			var ok bool
+			err, ok = recv.Interface().(error)
+			if !ok {
+				// Success!
+				return nil
+			}
+			if err.Error() == "raven: got http status 429" { // Too many requests
+				continue
+			}
 			return err
-		case <-timeoutCh:
+		case 1:
 			return fmt.Errorf("no response from sentry server in %s", timeout)
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
+	// Retries count exceeded, return the error
+	return err
 }
 
 func (hook *SentryHook) findStacktraceAndCause(err error) (*raven.Stacktrace, error) {
diff --git a/sentry_test.go b/sentry_test.go
index 2ad9864..b910d92 100644
--- a/sentry_test.go
+++ b/sentry_test.go
@@ -450,3 +450,48 @@ func (myStacktracerError) GetStacktrace() *raven.Stacktrace {
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRetries(t *testing.T) {
+	failures := 8
+	s := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		// This HTTP handler will respond with a 429 3 times, then success,
+		// ignoring the request otherwise.
+		defer req.Body.Close()
+		if failures > 0 {
+			rw.WriteHeader(429) // Too many requests
+			failures--
+			return
+		}
+		rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
+	defer s.Close()
+	fragments := strings.SplitN(s.URL, "://", 2)
+	dsn := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"%s://public:secret@%s/sentry/project-id",
+		fragments[0],
+		fragments[1],
+	)
+	logger := getTestLogger()
+
+	hook, err := NewSentryHook(dsn, []logrus.Level{
+		logrus.ErrorLevel,
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+	logger.Hooks.Add(hook)
+	hook.Retries = 5
+	if err := hook.Fire(&logrus.Entry{}); err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected failure")
+	}
+	if failures != 2 { // Ensure the failure counter was properly decremented
+		t.Errorf("Expected failure counter to be 3, got %d", failures)
+	}
+	if err := hook.Fire(&logrus.Entry{}); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected success, got: %s", err)
+	}
+	if failures != 0 { // Ensure the failure counter was properly decremented
+		t.Errorf("Expected failure counter to be 3, got %d", failures)
+	}
+}