diff --git a/socketio/asyncio_redis_manager.py b/socketio/asyncio_redis_manager.py
index 7ecc34c..7cb2a53 100644
--- a/socketio/asyncio_redis_manager.py
+++ b/socketio/asyncio_redis_manager.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import asyncio
+import logging
 import pickle
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from .asyncio_pubsub_manager import AsyncPubSubManager
 
+logger = logging.getLogger('socketio')
+
 
 def _parse_redis_url(url):
     p = urlparse(url)
@@ -59,17 +63,39 @@ class AsyncRedisManager(AsyncPubSubManager):  # pragma: no cover
         super().__init__(channel=channel, write_only=write_only)
 
     async def _publish(self, data):
-        if self.pub is None:
-            self.pub = await aioredis.create_redis((self.host, self.port),
-                                                   db=self.db,
-                                                   password=self.password)
-        return await self.pub.publish(self.channel, pickle.dumps(data))
+        retry = True
+        while True:
+            try:
+                if self.pub is None:
+                    self.pub = await aioredis.create_redis(
+                        (self.host, self.port), db=self.db,
+                        password=self.password)
+                return await self.pub.publish(self.channel,
+                                              pickle.dumps(data))
+            except (aioredis.RedisError, OSError):
+                if retry:
+                    logger.error('Cannot publish to redis... retrying')
+                    self.pub = None
+                    retry = False
+                else:
+                    logger.error('Cannot publish to redis... giving up')
+                    break
 
     async def _listen(self):
-        if self.sub is None:
-            self.sub = await aioredis.create_redis((self.host, self.port),
-                                                   db=self.db,
-                                                   password=self.password)
-            self.ch = (await self.sub.subscribe(self.channel))[0]
+        retry_sleep = 1
         while True:
-            return await self.ch.get()
+            try:
+                if self.sub is None:
+                    self.sub = await aioredis.create_redis(
+                        (self.host, self.port), db=self.db,
+                        password=self.password)
+                self.ch = (await self.sub.subscribe(self.channel))[0]
+                return await self.ch.get()
+            except (aioredis.RedisError, OSError):
+                logger.error('Cannot receive from redis... '
+                             'retrying in {} secs'.format(retry_sleep))
+                self.sub = None
+                await asyncio.sleep(retry_sleep)
+                retry_sleep *= 2
+                if retry_sleep > 60:
+                    retry_sleep = 60
diff --git a/socketio/redis_manager.py b/socketio/redis_manager.py
index 30f7978..9a6f499 100644
--- a/socketio/redis_manager.py
+++ b/socketio/redis_manager.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import logging
 import pickle
+import time
 
 try:
     import redis
@@ -7,6 +9,8 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from .pubsub_manager import PubSubManager
 
+logger = logging.getLogger('socketio')
+
 
 class RedisManager(PubSubManager):  # pragma: no cover
     """Redis based client manager.
@@ -38,8 +42,8 @@ class RedisManager(PubSubManager):  # pragma: no cover
             raise RuntimeError('Redis package is not installed '
                                '(Run "pip install redis" in your '
                                'virtualenv).')
-        self.redis = redis.Redis.from_url(url)
-        self.pubsub = self.redis.pubsub()
+        self.redis_url = url
+        self._redis_connect()
         super(RedisManager, self).__init__(channel=channel,
                                            write_only=write_only)
 
@@ -58,13 +62,48 @@ class RedisManager(PubSubManager):  # pragma: no cover
                 'Redis requires a monkey patched socket library to work '
                 'with ' + self.server.async_mode)
 
+    def _redis_connect(self):
+        self.redis = redis.Redis.from_url(self.redis_url)
+        self.pubsub = self.redis.pubsub()
+
     def _publish(self, data):
-        return self.redis.publish(self.channel, pickle.dumps(data))
+        retry = True
+        while True:
+            try:
+                if not retry:
+                    self._redis_connect()
+                return self.redis.publish(self.channel, pickle.dumps(data))
+            except redis.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+                if retry:
+                    logger.error('Cannot publish to redis... retrying')
+                    retry = False
+                else:
+                    logger.error('Cannot publish to redis... giving up')
+                    break
+
+    def _redis_listen_with_retries(self):
+        retry_sleep = 1
+        connect = False
+        while True:
+            try:
+                if connect:
+                    self._redis_connect()
+                    self.pubsub.subscribe(self.channel)
+                for message in self.pubsub.listen():
+                    yield message
+            except redis.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+                logger.error('Cannot receive from redis... '
+                             'retrying in {} secs'.format(retry_sleep))
+                connect = True
+                time.sleep(retry_sleep)
+                retry_sleep *= 2
+                if retry_sleep > 60:
+                    retry_sleep = 60
 
     def _listen(self):
         channel = self.channel.encode('utf-8')
         self.pubsub.subscribe(self.channel)
-        for message in self.pubsub.listen():
+        for message in self._redis_listen_with_retries():
             if message['channel'] == channel and \
                     message['type'] == 'message' and 'data' in message:
                 yield message['data']