diff --git a/pipeline.go b/pipeline.go
index 8413125..b3cc44b 100644
--- a/pipeline.go
+++ b/pipeline.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package connector
 import (
 	"log"
 	"math"
+	"net"
 	"reflect"
 	"time"
 
@@ -25,8 +26,34 @@ type Pipeline struct {
 	CheckpointFilteredRecords bool
 }
 
-var pipelineRecoverableErrorCodes = map[string]bool{
-	"ProvisionedThroughputExceededException": true,
+type pipelineIsRecoverableErrorFunc func(error) bool
+
+func pipelineKinesisIsRecoverableError(err error) bool {
+	recoverableErrorCodes := map[string]bool{
+		"ProvisionedThroughputExceededException": true,
+	}
+	r := false
+	cErr, ok := err.(*kinesis.Error)
+	if ok && recoverableErrorCodes[cErr.Code] == true {
+		r = true
+	}
+	return r
+}
+
+func pipelineNetIsRecoverableError(err error) bool {
+	recoverableErrors := map[string]bool{
+		"connection reset by peer": true,
+	}
+	r := false
+	cErr, ok := err.(*net.OpError)
+	if ok && recoverableErrors[cErr.Err.Error()] == true {
+		r = true
+	}
+	return r
+}
+
+var pipelineIsRecoverableErrors = []pipelineIsRecoverableErrorFunc{
+	pipelineKinesisIsRecoverableError, pipelineNetIsRecoverableError,
 }
 
 // this determines whether the error is recoverable
@@ -35,9 +62,11 @@ func (p Pipeline) isRecoverableError(err error) bool {
 
 	log.Printf("isRecoverableError, type %s, value (+%v)\n", reflect.TypeOf(err).String(), err)
 
-	cErr, ok := err.(*kinesis.Error)
-	if ok && pipelineRecoverableErrorCodes[cErr.Code] == true {
-		r = true
+	for _, errF := range pipelineIsRecoverableErrors {
+		r = errF(err)
+		if r {
+			break
+		}
 	}
 
 	return r