diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e897c69..e9bcfa4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
     "mocha": "^5.2.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.18.0",
+    "axios": "^0.19.0",
     "debug": "^4.1.0",
-    "merge-options": "^1.0.1"
+    "merge-options": "^1.0.1",
+    "promise-retry": "^1.1.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/api.js b/src/api.js
index 685c726..0681c6e 100644
--- a/src/api.js
+++ b/src/api.js
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ class Api {
    * @param {*} endpoints
    * @param {string} token
    * @param {string} key
+   * @param {object} opts
    */
-  constructor(namespace, endpoints, token, key) {
+  constructor(namespace, endpoints, token, key, opts) {
     this.namespace = namespace;
     this._endpoints = endpoints;
     this.token = token;
     this.key = key;
+    this.opts = opts;
 
     debug(`endpoints:${this.namespace}`, this.endpoints);
   }
@@ -32,7 +34,8 @@ class Api {
       `${this.namespace}:${endpoint}`,
       this._endpoints[endpoint],
       this.token,
-      this.key
+      this.key,
+      this.opts
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/src/endpoint.js b/src/endpoint.js
index 102614b..eee4fc7 100644
--- a/src/endpoint.js
+++ b/src/endpoint.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const axios = require('axios');
+const promiseRetry = require('promise-retry');
 const debug = require('./utils/debug')(__filename);
 const Response = require('./response');
 
@@ -8,14 +9,16 @@ class Endpoint {
    * @param {*} definition
    * @param {string} token
    * @param {string} key
+   * @param {object} opts
    */
-  constructor(name, definition, token, key) {
+  constructor(name, definition, token, key, opts) {
     this.name = name;
     this.definition = definition;
     this.token = token;
     this.key = key;
+    this.opts = opts;
 
-    debug(`endpoint:${this.name}`, this.definition);
+    debug(`endpoint:${ this.name }`, this.definition);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ class Endpoint {
    * @returns {Response}
    */
   async call(...args) {
+    const { name } = this;
     const opts = await this.definition.build(
       this.definition,
       this.token,
@@ -31,17 +35,25 @@ class Endpoint {
       ...args
     );
 
-    debug(`call:${this.name}`, opts);
+    debug(`call:${ name }`, opts);
 
     let response = null;
 
     try {
-      response = new Response(this, opts, null, await axios.request(opts));
+      const result = await promiseRetry(this.opts.backoff, async (retry, number) => {
+        debug(`call:${ name }:try:${ number }`, opts);
+
+        const response = await axios.request(opts);
+
+        return response.status === 429 ? retry(response) : response;
+      });
+
+      response = new Response(this, opts, null, result);
     } catch (error) {
       response = new Response(this, opts, error, null);
     }
 
-    debug(`response:${this.name}`, response.toJSON());
+    debug(`response:${ name }`, response.toJSON());
 
     return response;
   }
diff --git a/src/ubidots.js b/src/ubidots.js
index e6f0733..bbc555d 100644
--- a/src/ubidots.js
+++ b/src/ubidots.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const mergeOptions = require('merge-options');
+
 const { ApiBase, api: apigen } = require('./api-definition');
 const Api = require('./api');
 const debug = require('./utils/debug')(__filename);
@@ -6,11 +8,17 @@ const MissingApiNamespaceError = require('./error/missing-api-namespace');
 class Ubidots {
   /**
    * @param {*} api
+   * @param {object} opts
+   * @param {object} opts.backoff - backoff options
+   * @param {number} opts.backoff.retries - amount of retries
+   * @param {number} opts.backoff.minTimeout - minimum amount of time between retries
+   * @param {number} opts.backoff.factor - factor of the timeout between retries
    */
-  constructor(api) {
+  constructor(api, opts) {
     this._api = api;
     this.token = null;
     this.key = null;
+    this.opts = opts;
 
     debug('namespaces', this.apis);
   }
@@ -46,7 +54,8 @@ class Ubidots {
       namespace,
       this._api[namespace],
       this.token,
-      this.key
+      this.key,
+      this.opts
     );
   }
 
@@ -78,14 +87,34 @@ class Ubidots {
   /**
    * Create an instance of Ubidots API Client
    * @param {string} baseURL
+   * @param {object} opts
+   * @param {object} opts.backoff - backoff options
+   * @param {number=} opts.backoff.retries - amount of retries
+   * @param {number=} opts.backoff.minTimeout - minimum amount of time between retries
+   * @param {number=} opts.backoff.factor - factor of the timeout between retries
    * @returns {Ubidots}
    */
-  static create(baseURL = ApiBase.Industrial) {
+  static create(baseURL = ApiBase.Industrial, opts = Ubidots.DEFAULT_CONFIG) {
     debug('client', baseURL);
 
     const api = apigen(baseURL);
 
-    return new this(api);
+    const mergedOpts = mergeOptions(this.DEFAULT_CONFIG, opts);
+
+    return new this(api, mergedOpts);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @returns {{backoff: {minTimeout: number, retries: number, factor: number}}}
+   */
+  static get DEFAULT_CONFIG() {
+    return {
+      backoff: {
+        retries: 5,
+        factor: 1.4,
+        minTimeout: 500,
+      }
+    };
   }
 }