diff --git a/src/HttpSkipResponseCommand.cc b/src/HttpSkipResponseCommand.cc
index 14bd37d4..a722d774 100644
--- a/src/HttpSkipResponseCommand.cc
+++ b/src/HttpSkipResponseCommand.cc
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ bool HttpSkipResponseCommand::processResponse()
       }
       throw DL_RETRY_EX2(MSG_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND,
                          error_code::RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND);
+    case 502:
     case 503:
       // Only retry if pretry-wait > 0. Hammering 'busy' server is not
       // a good idea.