diff --git a/storages/backends/gcloud.py b/storages/backends/gcloud.py
index b00311dd4..c2c1b940a 100644
--- a/storages/backends/gcloud.py
+++ b/storages/backends/gcloud.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     from google.cloud.storage import Blob
     from google.cloud.storage import Client
     from google.cloud.storage.blob import _quote
+    from google.cloud.storage.retry import DEFAULT_RETRY
 except ImportError:
     raise ImproperlyConfigured("Could not load Google Cloud Storage bindings.\n"
                                "See https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-python")
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ def close(self):
                 blob_params = self._storage.get_object_parameters(self.name)
                 self.blob.upload_from_file(
                     self.file, rewind=True, content_type=self.mime_type,
+                    retry=DEFAULT_RETRY,
                     predefined_acl=blob_params.get('acl', self._storage.default_acl))
             self._file.close()
             self._file = None
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ def _save(self, name, content):
         for prop, val in blob_params.items():
             setattr(file_object.blob, prop, val)
 
-        file_object.blob.upload_from_file(content, rewind=True, size=getattr(content, 'size', None), **upload_params)
+        file_object.blob.upload_from_file(content, rewind=True, retry=DEFAULT_RETRY, size=getattr(content, 'size', None), **upload_params)
         return cleaned_name
 
     def get_object_parameters(self, name):