diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
index 6ecac347d..ac79b105c 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
@@ -351,8 +351,10 @@ class CurlDownloader
 
                     if (
                         (!isset($job['options']['http']['method']) || $job['options']['http']['method'] === 'GET')
-                        && in_array($errno, array(7 /* CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT */, 16 /* CURLE_HTTP2 */), true)
-                        && $job['attributes']['retries'] < $this->maxRetries
+                        && (
+                            in_array($errno, array(7 /* CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT */, 16 /* CURLE_HTTP2 */), true)
+                            || ($errno === 35 /* CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR */ && false !== strpos($error, 'Connection reset by peer'))
+                        ) && $job['attributes']['retries'] < $this->maxRetries
                     ) {
                         $this->io->writeError('Retrying ('.($job['attributes']['retries'] + 1).') ' . Url::sanitize($job['url']) . ' due to curl error '. $errno, true, IOInterface::DEBUG);
                         $this->restartJob($job, $job['url'], array('retries' => $job['attributes']['retries'] + 1));