diff --git a/rietveld.py b/rietveld.py
index a4fd4d920..d49e5dd3a 100644
--- a/rietveld.py
+++ b/rietveld.py
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class Rietveld(object):
             raise
           if (not 'Name or service not known' in e.reason and
               not 'EOF occurred in violation of protocol' in e.reason and
-              not 'Connection timed out' in e.reason and
+              not 'timed out' in e.reason and
               not 'The handshake operation timed out' in e.reason and
               # On windows we hit weird bug http://crbug.com/537417
               # with message '[Errno 10060] A connection attempt failed...'