diff --git a/lib/module.js b/lib/module.js
index 43b3ab1..ceb6db4 100755
--- a/lib/module.js
+++ b/lib/module.js
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ module.exports = function nuxtAxios (_moduleOptions) {
       progress: true,
       proxyHeaders: true,
       proxyHeadersIgnore: ['accept', 'host'],
-      proxy: false
+      proxy: false,
+      retry: false
     },
     moduleOptions
   )
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9a7e13..93fd7f5 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@nuxtjs/proxy": "^1.1.4",
     "axios": "^0.17.1",
+    "axios-retry": "^3.0.1",
     "chalk": "^2.3.0",
     "debug": "^3.1.0"
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ac543f2..a5b3b9c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -345,6 +345,12 @@ aws4@^1.2.1, aws4@^1.6.0:
   version "1.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.6.0.tgz#83ef5ca860b2b32e4a0deedee8c771b9db57471e"
 
+axios-retry@^3.0.1:
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios-retry/-/axios-retry-3.0.1.tgz#519305b0ae34b68d67fd92e45e5f18057879febd"
+  dependencies:
+    is-retry-allowed "^1.1.0"
+
 axios@^0.17.1:
   version "0.17.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.17.1.tgz#2d8e3e5d0bdbd7327f91bc814f5c57660f81824d"
@@ -3764,6 +3770,10 @@ is-resolvable@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-resolvable/-/is-resolvable-1.1.0.tgz#fb18f87ce1feb925169c9a407c19318a3206ed88"
 
+is-retry-allowed@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-retry-allowed/-/is-retry-allowed-1.1.0.tgz#11a060568b67339444033d0125a61a20d564fb34"
+
 is-stream@^1.0.1, is-stream@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-stream/-/is-stream-1.1.0.tgz#12d4a3dd4e68e0b79ceb8dbc84173ae80d91ca44"