diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
index edc668a60..7bc9034d6 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
@@ -357,6 +357,13 @@ class CurlDownloader
                         continue;
                     }
 
+                    // TODO: Remove this as soon as https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/10591 is resolved
+                    if ($errno === 55 /* CURLE_SEND_ERROR */) {
+                        $this->io->writeError('Retrying ('.($job['attributes']['retries'] + 1).') ' . Url::sanitize($job['url']) . ' due to curl error '. $errno, true, IOInterface::DEBUG);
+                        $this->restartJobWithDelay($job, $job['url'], ['retries' => $job['attributes']['retries'] + 1]);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     if ($errno === 28 /* CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT */ && PHP_VERSION_ID >= 70300 && $progress['namelookup_time'] === 0.0 && !$timeoutWarning) {
                         $timeoutWarning = true;
                         $this->io->writeError('<warning>A connection timeout was encountered. If you intend to run Composer without connecting to the internet, run the command again prefixed with COMPOSER_DISABLE_NETWORK=1 to make Composer run in offline mode.</warning>');