diff --git a/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml b/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml
index b611c81..491dfb2 100644
--- a/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/reqwest-retry/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ keywords = ["reqwest", "http", "middleware", "retry"]
 categories = ["web-programming::http-client"]
 
 [dependencies]
-reqwest-middleware = { version = "0.1.2", path = "../reqwest-middleware" }
+reqwest-middleware = { version = "0.1.2" } # TODO remove this change: it was just to make rust-analyzer happy locally
 
 anyhow = "1"
 async-trait = "0.1.51"
 chrono = "0.4"
 futures = "0.3"
 http = "0.2"
+hyper = "0.14"
 retry-policies = "0.1"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1.6", features = ["time"] }
diff --git a/reqwest-retry/src/retryable.rs b/reqwest-retry/src/retryable.rs
index 0087f3e..387e860 100644
--- a/reqwest-retry/src/retryable.rs
+++ b/reqwest-retry/src/retryable.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use http::StatusCode;
+use hyper;
 use reqwest_middleware::Error;
 
 /// Classification of an error/status returned by request.
@@ -49,6 +50,14 @@ impl Retryable {
                         || error.is_redirect()
                     {
                         Some(Retryable::Fatal)
+                    } else if let Some(hyper_error) = get_source_error_type::<hyper::Error>(&error)
+                    {
+                        if hyper_error.is_incomplete_message() {
+                            Some(Retryable::Fatal)
+                        } else {
+                            Some(Retryable::Transient)
+                        }
+                        // TODO: map all the hyper_error types
                     } else {
                         // We omit checking if error.is_status() since we check that already.
                         // However, if Response::error_for_status is used the status will still
@@ -66,3 +75,18 @@ impl From<&reqwest::Error> for Retryable {
         Retryable::Transient
     }
 }
+
+fn get_source_error_type<T: std::error::Error + 'static>(
+    err: &dyn std::error::Error,
+) -> Option<&T> {
+    let mut source = err.source();
+
+    while let Some(err) = source {
+        if let Some(hyper_err) = err.downcast_ref::<T>() {
+            return Some(hyper_err);
+        }
+
+        source = err.source();
+    }
+    None
+}
diff --git a/reqwest-retry/tests/all/helpers/mod.rs b/reqwest-retry/tests/all/helpers/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78bd5ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reqwest-retry/tests/all/helpers/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mod simple_server;
+
+pub use simple_server::SimpleServer;
diff --git a/reqwest-retry/tests/all/helpers/simple_server.rs b/reqwest-retry/tests/all/helpers/simple_server.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a739b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reqwest-retry/tests/all/helpers/simple_server.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::{
+    error::Error,
+    fmt,
+    net::{TcpListener, TcpStream},
+};
+use std::{fmt, fs};
+
+pub struct SimpleServer {
+    listener: TcpListener,
+    port: u16,
+    host: String,
+    raw_http_response: String,
+}
+
+/// Request-Line = Method SP Request-URI SP HTTP-Version CRLF
+struct Request<'a> {
+    method: &'a str,
+    uri: &'a str,
+    http_version: &'a str,
+}
+
+impl<'a> fmt::Display for Request<'a> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{} {} {}\r\n", self.method, self.uri, self.http_version)
+    }
+}
+
+/// This is a simple server that
+impl SimpleServer {
+    pub fn new(
+        host: &str,
+        port: Option<u16>,
+        raw_http_response: &str,
+    ) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind(format!("{}:{}", host, port.ok_or(0).unwrap()))?;
+
+        let port = listener.local_addr()?.port();
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            listener,
+            port,
+            host: host.to_string(),
+            raw_http_response: raw_http_response.to_string(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn uri(&self) -> String {
+        format!("http://{}:{}", self.host, self.port)
+    }
+
+    pub fn start(&self) {
+        for stream in self.listener.incoming() {
+            match stream {
+                Ok(stream) => {
+                    match self.handle_connection(stream, self.raw_http_response.clone()) {
+                        Ok(_) => (),
+                        Err(e) => println!("Error handling connection: {}", e),
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => println!("Connection failed: {}", e),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn handle_connection(
+        &self,
+        mut stream: TcpStream,
+        raw_http_response: String,
+    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        // 512 bytes is enough for a toy HTTP server
+        let mut buffer = [0; 512];
+
+        // writes stream into buffer
+        stream.read(&mut buffer).unwrap();
+
+        let request = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buffer[..]);
+        let request_line = request.lines().next().unwrap();
+
+        match Self::parse_request_line(&request_line) {
+            Ok(request) => {
+                println!("Request: {}", &request);
+
+                let response = format!("{}", raw_http_response.clone());
+
+                stream.write(response.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+                stream.flush().unwrap();
+            }
+            Err(e) => print!("Bad request: {}", e),
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn parse_request_line(request: &str) -> Result<Request, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let mut parts = request.split_whitespace();
+
+        let method = parts.next().ok_or("Method not specified")?;
+
+        let uri = parts.next().ok_or("URI not specified")?;
+
+        let http_version = parts.next().ok_or("HTTP version not specified")?;
+
+        Ok(Request {
+            method,
+            uri,
+            http_version,
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/reqwest-retry/tests/all/main.rs b/reqwest-retry/tests/all/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28b7da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reqwest-retry/tests/all/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+mod helpers;
+mod retry;
diff --git a/reqwest-retry/tests/retry.rs b/reqwest-retry/tests/all/retry.rs
similarity index 87%
rename from reqwest-retry/tests/retry.rs
rename to reqwest-retry/tests/all/retry.rs
index ff721f4..9fc6d71 100644
--- a/reqwest-retry/tests/retry.rs
+++ b/reqwest-retry/tests/all/retry.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use std::sync::{
 use wiremock::matchers::{method, path};
 use wiremock::{Mock, MockServer, Respond, ResponseTemplate};
 
+use crate::helpers::SimpleServer;
+
 pub struct RetryResponder(Arc<AtomicU32>, u32, u16);
 
 impl RetryResponder {
@@ -213,3 +215,33 @@ async fn assert_retry_on_request_timeout() {
 
     assert_eq!(resp.status(), 200);
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn assert_retry_on_incomplete_message() {
+    let raw_response = "HTTP/1.1 200"; // the full working response is: "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\r\n"
+
+    let simple_server = SimpleServer::new("127.0.0.1", None, raw_response)
+        .expect("Error when creating a simple server");
+    tokio::spawn(simple_server.start());
+
+    let reqwest_client = Client::builder().build().unwrap();
+    let client = ClientBuilder::new(reqwest_client)
+        .with(RetryTransientMiddleware::new_with_policy(
+            ExponentialBackoff {
+                max_n_retries: 3,
+                max_retry_interval: std::time::Duration::from_millis(30),
+                min_retry_interval: std::time::Duration::from_millis(100),
+                backoff_exponent: 2,
+            },
+        ))
+        .build();
+
+    let resp = client
+        .get(&format!("{}/foo", simple_server.uri()))
+        .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect("call failed");
+
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), 200);
+}