diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/LogglyHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/LogglyHandler.php
index 9785cec0..c59c21bd 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/LogglyHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/LogglyHandler.php
@@ -92,11 +92,45 @@ class LogglyHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 
-        if (curl_exec($ch) === false) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Curl error (code %s): %s', curl_errno($ch), curl_error($ch)));
-        }
+        $RETRY_COUNT = 5;  
+        $TOTAL_RETRIES = 0;
 
-        curl_close($ch);
+        /*
+        * Curl error code 6  : CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST  
+        * Curl error code 7  : CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT
+        * Curl error code 9  : CURLE_REMOTE_ACCESS_DENIED 
+        * Curl error code 22 : CURLE_HTTP_RETURNED_ERROR
+        * Curl error code 25 : CURLE_UPLOAD_FAILED
+        * Curl error code 26 : CURLE_READ_ERROR 
+        * Curl error code 28 : CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT
+        * Curl error code 34 : CURLE_HTTP_POST_ERROR 
+        * Curl error code 35 : CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR 
+        *
+        * Curl Error Codes  : http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html
+        */
+        $CurlErrorCodesForRetries = array(6,7,9,22,25,26,28,34,35);
+
+        do
+        {
+            $TOTAL_RETRIES = $TOTAL_RETRIES + 1;
+            if (curl_exec($ch) === false) {
+                /*
+                    If the error cannot be controlled by retries or
+                    total retry count is already completed then
+                    show error and break the loop
+                */
+                if(in_array(curl_errno($ch),$CurlErrorCodesForRetries) === false 
+                        || $TOTAL_RETRIES > $RETRY_COUNT){
+                    echo sprintf('Curl error (code %s): %s', curl_errno($ch), curl_error($ch));
+                    curl_close($ch);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            else{
+                curl_close($ch);
+                break;
+            }
+        }while($TOTAL_RETRIES <= $RETRY_COUNT);
     }
 
     protected function getDefaultFormatter()