diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index af4870cd..e832c99e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.29 // indirect
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger v1.0.0
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/massdns v0.0.0-20200331204010-f72d136ae361
+	github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go v0.0.0-20200404113336-78da8dcb5040
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/shuffledns v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/xid v1.2.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e5736875..1b27b213 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger v1.0.0 h1:XAQ8kHeVKXMjY4rLGh7eT5+oHU077BNEv
 github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Ok+axMqK53bWNwDSU1nTNwITLYMXMdZtRc8/y1c7sWE=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/massdns v0.0.0-20200331204010-f72d136ae361 h1:HXHngEMCoJGgEUigUwX5L2PD1Fpj2EcQMplXgPwpkD4=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/massdns v0.0.0-20200331204010-f72d136ae361/go.mod h1:F4246OEiiR3iUPQDt0BRUdEZdlrQVyM+I3Wl3AcFaUg=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go v0.0.0-20200404113336-78da8dcb5040 h1:vQQ/wys6mfOVVRyMw+W9lS52J6Iiy7MZp3DXFI94UY0=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go v0.0.0-20200404113336-78da8dcb5040/go.mod h1:SrN6iLZilNG1X4neq1D+SBxoqfAF4nyzvmevkTkWsek=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/shuffledns v1.0.2 h1:0gvWe6eHNaUr1xkJCRaYVi33dcFVU/bSaOmKp16mTis=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/shuffledns v1.0.2/go.mod h1:sp+rOgvOckLYxyzAM8WtxQKkuPyHNcG/xLWkKwLm/Vo=
 github.com/remeh/sizedwaitgroup v1.0.0 h1:VNGGFwNo/R5+MJBf6yrsr110p0m4/OX4S3DCy7Kyl5E=
diff --git a/internal/runner/runner.go b/internal/runner/runner.go
index 9dd4fb7a..355d65d4 100644
--- a/internal/runner/runner.go
+++ b/internal/runner/runner.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package runner
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -10,15 +11,17 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/pkg/matchers"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/pkg/templates"
+	retryablehttp "github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go"
 )
 
 // Runner is a client for running the enumeration process.
 type Runner struct {
-	client  *http.Client
+	client  *retryablehttp.Client
 	options *Options
 }
 
@@ -27,6 +30,26 @@ func New(options *Options) (*Runner, error) {
 	runner := &Runner{
 		options: options,
 	}
+
+	// Create the HTTP Client
+	client := retryablehttp.NewWithHTTPClient(&http.Client{
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			MaxIdleConnsPerHost: -1,
+			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+				Renegotiation:      tls.RenegotiateOnceAsClient,
+				InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+			},
+			DisableKeepAlives: true,
+		},
+		Timeout: time.Duration(options.Timeout) * time.Second,
+		CheckRedirect: func(_ *http.Request, _ []*http.Request) error {
+			return http.ErrUseLastResponse
+		},
+	}, retryablehttp.DefaultOptionsSpraying)
+	client.Backoff = retryablehttp.FullJitterBackoff()
+	client.CheckRetry = retryablehttp.HostSprayRetryPolicy()
+
+	runner.client = client
 	return runner, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/requests/requests.go b/pkg/requests/requests.go
index 17a39577..1107528f 100644
--- a/pkg/requests/requests.go
+++ b/pkg/requests/requests.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/pkg/matchers"
+	retryablehttp "github.com/projectdiscovery/retryablehttp-go"
 	"github.com/valyala/fasttemplate"
 )
 
@@ -26,14 +27,14 @@ type Request struct {
 }
 
 // MakeRequest creates a *http.Request from a request template
-func (r *Request) MakeRequest(baseURL string) ([]*http.Request, error) {
+func (r *Request) MakeRequest(baseURL string) ([]*retryablehttp.Request, error) {
 	parsed, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	hostname := parsed.Hostname()
 
-	requests := make([]*http.Request, 0, len(r.Path))
+	requests := make([]*retryablehttp.Request, 0, len(r.Path))
 	for _, path := range r.Path {
 		// Replace the dynamic variables in the URL if any
 		t := fasttemplate.New(path, "{{", "}}")
@@ -67,7 +68,12 @@ func (r *Request) MakeRequest(baseURL string) ([]*http.Request, error) {
 		req.Header.Set("Connection", "close")
 		req.Close = true
 
-		requests = append(requests, req)
+		request, err := retryablehttp.FromRequest(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		requests = append(requests, request)
 	}
 
 	return requests, nil