diff --git a/algorithms/retry.go b/algorithms/retry.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..741a90f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/algorithms/retry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package algorithms
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
+)
+
+func Retry(op func() error, maxTries uint64) (err error) {
+	b := backoff.NewExponentialBackOff()
+	br := withMaxRetries(b, maxTries)
+	return backoff.Retry(op, br)
+}
+
+func withMaxRetries(b backoff.BackOff, max uint64) backoff.BackOff {
+	return &backOffTries{delegate: b, maxTries: max}
+}
+
+type backOffTries struct {
+	delegate backoff.BackOff
+	maxTries uint64
+	numTries uint64
+}
+
+func (b *backOffTries) NextBackOff() time.Duration {
+	if b.maxTries > 0 {
+		b.numTries++
+		if b.maxTries <= b.numTries {
+			return backoff.Stop
+		}
+	}
+	return b.delegate.NextBackOff()
+}
+
+func (b *backOffTries) Reset() {
+	b.numTries = 0
+	b.delegate.Reset()
+}
diff --git a/algorithms/retry_test.go b/algorithms/retry_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..911e467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/algorithms/retry_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package algorithms
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestRetryAlwaysFails(t *testing.T) {
+	var counter int
+	err := Retry(func() error {
+		counter++
+		return fmt.Errorf("some error")
+	}, 2)
+
+	assert.Error(t, err, "expected error")
+	assert.Equal(t, "some error", err.Error())
+	assert.Equal(t, counter, 2)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d7d806f..80d4f73 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ module github.com/pluralsh/polly
 
 go 1.19
 
-require github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
+require (
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible
+	github.com/samber/lo v1.33.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
+)
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/samber/lo v1.33.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220303212507-bbda1eaf7a17 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ab194f4..9b1f24a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
+github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e h1:fD57ERR4JtEqsWbfPhv4DMiApHyliiK5xCTNVSPiaAs=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/samber/lo v1.33.0 h1:2aKucr+rQV6gHpY3bpeZu69uYoQOzVhGT3J22Op6Cjk=
@@ -12,9 +16,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+github.com/thoas/go-funk v0.9.1 h1:O549iLZqPpTUQ10ykd26sZhzD+rmR5pWhuElrhbC20M=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220303212507-bbda1eaf7a17 h1:3MTrJm4PyNL9NBqvYDSj3DHl46qQakyfqfWo4jgfaEM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220303212507-bbda1eaf7a17/go.mod h1:lgLbSvA5ygNOMpwM/9anMpWVlVJ7Z+cHWq/eFuinpGE=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f h1:BLraFXnmrev5lT+xlilqcH8XK9/i0At2xKjWk4p6zsU=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=