diff --git a/src/unzip/seekable_http_reader.rs b/src/unzip/seekable_http_reader.rs
index 61cd61a..74b0dd2 100644
--- a/src/unzip/seekable_http_reader.rs
+++ b/src/unzip/seekable_http_reader.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ const DEFAULT_MAX_BLOCK: usize = 1024 * 1024;
 /// an expensive rewind.
 const DEFAULT_SKIP_AHEAD_THRESHOLD: u64 = 2 * 1024 * 1024; // 2MB
 
+/// keep track of number of retries we do when we encounter read failure from stream
+/// keeping this number 3 for now,
+const MAX_RETRIES: usize = 3;
+
 /// A hint to the [`SeekableHttpReaderEngine`] about the expected access pattern.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub(crate) enum AccessPattern {
@@ -381,6 +385,12 @@ impl SeekableHttpReaderEngine {
             log::debug!("Immediate cache success");
             return Ok(bytes_read_from_cache);
         }
+        if state.read_failed_somewhere {
+            return Err(std::io::Err::new(
+                std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe,
+                "another thread experienced a problem"
+            ));
+        }
         // - If no, check if read in progress
         let mut reading_stuff = state.reader.take();
         //   Is there read in progress?
@@ -487,26 +497,77 @@ impl SeekableHttpReaderEngine {
             reader_created = true;
         };
 
-        let (reader, reader_pos) = reading_stuff.reader.as_mut().unwrap();
-        if pos > *reader_pos {
+        let (mut reader, mut reader_pos) = reading_stuff.reader.take().unwrap();
+        if pos > reader_pos {
             log::debug!(
                 "Read: reading ahead from 0x{:x} to 0x{:x} without skipping",
-                *reader_pos,
+                reader_pos,
                 pos
             );
         }
-        while pos >= *reader_pos {
+        while pos >= reader_pos {
             // Fast forward beyond the desired position, recording any reads in the cache
             // for later.
-            let to_read = min(max_block, self.len as usize - *reader_pos as usize);
+            let to_read = min(max_block, self.len as usize - reader_pos as usize);
             let mut new_block = vec![0u8; to_read];
-            reader.read_exact(&mut new_block)?;
+
+            let mut retries = 0;
+            while retries < MAX_RETRIES {
+                match reader.read_exact(&mut new_block) {
+                    Ok(_) => break,
+                    Err(e) => match e.kind() {
+                        ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof | ErrorKind::Interrupted => {
+                            retries += 1;
+                            // This is a bit of a hack, but it seems to be the only way
+                            // to get the underlying stream to retry.
+                            log::error!(
+                                "Error reading from stream: {:?} - retrying {}/{}",
+                                e,
+                                retries,
+                                MAX_RETRIES
+                            );
+                            // Recreate the HTTP stream since the server errored out on the old stream
+                            reading_stuff.reader = Some((
+                                BufReader::new(
+                                    reading_stuff
+                                        .range_fetcher
+                                        .fetch_range(reader_pos)
+                                        .map_err(|e| {
+                                            std::io::Error::new(
+                                                ErrorKind::Unsupported,
+                                                e.to_string(),
+                                            )
+                                        })?,
+                                ),
+                                reader_pos,
+                            ));
+                            let (new_reader, new_reader_pos) = reading_stuff.reader.take().unwrap();
+                            // Update the reader and reader_pos variables
+                            reader = new_reader;
+                            reader_pos = new_reader_pos;
+                        }
+                        _ => {
+                            log::error!("Error reading from stream: {:?}", e);
+                            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                                std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe,
+                                "error reading from stream",
+                            ));
+                        }
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+            if retries == MAX_RETRIES {
+                return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                    std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe,
+                    "reached max number of retries reading from stream",
+                ));
+            }
             //     claim STATE mutex
             let mut state = self.state.lock().unwrap();
-            state.insert(*reader_pos, new_block);
+            state.insert(reader_pos, new_block);
             // Tell any waiting threads they should re-check the cache
             self.read_completed.notify_all();
-            *reader_pos += to_read as u64;
+            reader_pos += to_read as u64;
         }
         // Because the above condition is >=, and because we know the request was not
         // to read at the very end of the file, we know we now have some data in the
@@ -520,6 +581,8 @@ impl SeekableHttpReaderEngine {
         if reader_created {
             state.stats.num_http_streams += 1;
         }
+        //     Update reading_stuff with right information
+        reading_stuff.reader = Some((reader, reader_pos));
         //     return the underlying reader to the state so that some other
         //     thread can use it
         state.reader = Some(reading_stuff);