diff --git a/storage/go110.go b/storage/go110.go
index 75be3cbb5d5b..206813f0cea4 100644
--- a/storage/go110.go
+++ b/storage/go110.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ func shouldRetry(err error) bool {
 		// Retry on 429 and 5xx, according to
 		// https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/exponential-backoff.
 		return e.Code == 429 || (e.Code >= 500 && e.Code < 600)
+	case interface{ Temporary() bool }:
+		return e.Temporary()
 	default:
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/storage/not_go110.go b/storage/not_go110.go
index 700fde1ccb7c..66fa45bea2fe 100644
--- a/storage/not_go110.go
+++ b/storage/not_go110.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ func shouldRetry(err error) bool {
 		// Unfortunately the error type is unexported, so we resort to string
 		// matching.
 		return strings.Contains(e.Error(), "REFUSED_STREAM")
+	case interface{ Temporary() bool }:
+		return e.Temporary()
 	default:
 		return false
 	}