diff --git a/src/common/helpers.py b/src/common/helpers.py
index 67f5e0de1..9186f92f4 100644
--- a/src/common/helpers.py
+++ b/src/common/helpers.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def temp_failure_retry(func, *args, **kwargs):
 	while True:
 		try:
 			return func(*args, **kwargs)
-		except (os.error, IOError), ex:
+		except (os.error, IOError, socket.error), ex:
 			if ex.errno == errno.EINTR:
 				continue
 			else:
diff --git a/src/common/xmpp/transports.py b/src/common/xmpp/transports.py
index 2225d19b2..7358e1e92 100644
--- a/src/common/xmpp/transports.py
+++ b/src/common/xmpp/transports.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def temp_failure_retry(func, *args, **kwargs):
     while True:
         try:
             return func(*args, **kwargs)
-        except (os.error, IOError), ex:
+        except (os.error, IOError, socket.error), ex:
             if ex.errno == errno.EINTR:
                 continue
             else: