diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index fe534e319f7..158a0cd6153 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=`pwd`
 popd
 
 VERSION=`cat pom.xml | grep version | head -4 | tail -1 | sed 's_.*<version>\([^<]*\)</version>.*_\1_'`
-#TAR_FILE=${SCRIPT_DIR}/${PROJECT}-${VERSION}.tar.gz
-#rm -f ${TAR_FILE}
 
 echo Using Version[${VERSION}]
 
diff --git a/indexing-common/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/common/s3/S3Utils.java b/indexing-common/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/common/s3/S3Utils.java
index 079f46676ca..15fa7c88240 100644
--- a/indexing-common/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/common/s3/S3Utils.java
+++ b/indexing-common/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/common/s3/S3Utils.java
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@
 
 package com.metamx.druid.common.s3;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.metamx.common.logger.Logger;
-import org.jets3t.service.S3ServiceException;
-import org.jets3t.service.impl.rest.httpclient.RestS3Service;
-import org.jets3t.service.model.S3Bucket;
+import org.jets3t.service.ServiceException;
 import org.jets3t.service.model.S3Object;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -36,37 +35,6 @@ public class S3Utils
 {
   private static final Logger log = new Logger(S3Utils.class);
 
-  public static void putFileToS3(
-      File localFile, RestS3Service s3Client, String outputS3Bucket, String outputS3Path
-  )
-      throws S3ServiceException, IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException
-  {
-    S3Object s3Obj = new S3Object(localFile);
-    s3Obj.setBucketName(outputS3Bucket);
-    s3Obj.setKey(outputS3Path);
-
-    log.info("Uploading file[%s] to [s3://%s/%s]", localFile, s3Obj.getBucketName(), s3Obj.getKey());
-    s3Client.putObject(new S3Bucket(outputS3Bucket), s3Obj);
-  }
-
-  public static void putFileToS3WrapExceptions(
-      File localFile, RestS3Service s3Client, String outputS3Bucket, String outputS3Path
-  )
-  {
-    try {
-      putFileToS3(localFile, s3Client, outputS3Bucket, outputS3Path);
-    }
-    catch (S3ServiceException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-    }
-    catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-    }
-    catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-    }
-  }
-
   public static void closeStreamsQuietly(S3Object s3Obj)
   {
     if (s3Obj == null) {
@@ -80,4 +48,52 @@ public class S3Utils
 
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Retries S3 operations that fail due to io-related exceptions. Service-level exceptions (access denied, file not
+   * found, etc) are not retried.
+   */
+  public static <T> T retryS3Operation(Callable<T> f) throws ServiceException, InterruptedException
+  {
+    int nTry = 0;
+    final int maxTries = 3;
+    while (true) {
+      try {
+        nTry++;
+        return f.call();
+      }
+      catch (IOException e) {
+        if (nTry <= maxTries) {
+          awaitNextRetry(e, nTry);
+        } else {
+          throw Throwables.propagate(e);
+        }
+      }
+      catch (ServiceException e) {
+        if (nTry <= maxTries &&
+            (e.getCause() instanceof IOException ||
+             (e.getErrorCode() != null && e.getErrorCode().equals("RequestTimeout")))) {
+          awaitNextRetry(e, nTry);
+        } else {
+          throw e;
+        }
+      }
+      catch (Exception e) {
+        throw Throwables.propagate(e);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static void awaitNextRetry(Exception e, int nTry) throws InterruptedException
+  {
+    final long baseSleepMillis = 1000;
+    final double fuzziness = 0.2;
+    final long sleepMillis = Math.max(
+        baseSleepMillis,
+        (long) (baseSleepMillis * Math.pow(2, nTry) *
+                (1 + new Random().nextGaussian() * fuzziness))
+    );
+    log.info(e, "S3 fail on try %d, retrying in %,dms.", nTry, sleepMillis);
+    Thread.sleep(sleepMillis);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/loading/S3DataSegmentPuller.java b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/loading/S3DataSegmentPuller.java
index 011e1633ca1..75d212886da 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/loading/S3DataSegmentPuller.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/loading/S3DataSegmentPuller.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package com.metamx.druid.loading;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import com.google.common.io.Closeables;
 import com.google.common.io.Files;
@@ -30,16 +31,17 @@ import com.metamx.druid.client.DataSegment;
 import com.metamx.druid.common.s3.S3Utils;
 import com.metamx.druid.utils.CompressionUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.jets3t.service.S3ServiceException;
 import org.jets3t.service.ServiceException;
 import org.jets3t.service.impl.rest.httpclient.RestS3Service;
-import org.jets3t.service.model.S3Bucket;
 import org.jets3t.service.model.S3Object;
+import org.jets3t.service.model.StorageObject;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 
 /**
@@ -62,9 +64,9 @@ public class S3DataSegmentPuller implements DataSegmentPuller
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void getSegmentFiles(DataSegment segment, File outDir) throws SegmentLoadingException
+  public void getSegmentFiles(final DataSegment segment, final File outDir) throws SegmentLoadingException
   {
-    S3Coords s3Coords = new S3Coords(segment);
+    final S3Coords s3Coords = new S3Coords(segment);
 
     log.info("Pulling index at path[%s] to outDir[%s]", s3Coords, outDir);
 
@@ -80,41 +82,52 @@ public class S3DataSegmentPuller implements DataSegmentPuller
       throw new ISE("outDir[%s] must be a directory.", outDir);
     }
 
-    long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    S3Object s3Obj = null;
-
     try {
-      s3Obj = s3Client.getObject(new S3Bucket(s3Coords.bucket), s3Coords.path);
+      S3Utils.retryS3Operation(
+          new Callable<Void>()
+          {
+            @Override
+            public Void call() throws Exception
+            {
+              long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+              S3Object s3Obj = null;
 
-      InputStream in = null;
-      try {
-        in = s3Obj.getDataInputStream();
-        final String key = s3Obj.getKey();
-        if (key.endsWith(".zip")) {
-          CompressionUtils.unzip(in, outDir);
-        } else if (key.endsWith(".gz")) {
-          final File outFile = new File(outDir, toFilename(key, ".gz"));
-          ByteStreams.copy(new GZIPInputStream(in), Files.newOutputStreamSupplier(outFile));
-        } else {
-          ByteStreams.copy(in, Files.newOutputStreamSupplier(new File(outDir, toFilename(key, ""))));
-        }
-        log.info("Pull of file[%s] completed in %,d millis", s3Obj, System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
-      }
-      catch (IOException e) {
-        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(outDir);
-        throw new SegmentLoadingException(e, "Problem decompressing object[%s]", s3Obj);
-      }
-      finally {
-        Closeables.closeQuietly(in);
-      }
+              try {
+                s3Obj = s3Client.getObject(s3Coords.bucket, s3Coords.path);
+
+                InputStream in = null;
+                try {
+                  in = s3Obj.getDataInputStream();
+                  final String key = s3Obj.getKey();
+                  if (key.endsWith(".zip")) {
+                    CompressionUtils.unzip(in, outDir);
+                  } else if (key.endsWith(".gz")) {
+                    final File outFile = new File(outDir, toFilename(key, ".gz"));
+                    ByteStreams.copy(new GZIPInputStream(in), Files.newOutputStreamSupplier(outFile));
+                  } else {
+                    ByteStreams.copy(in, Files.newOutputStreamSupplier(new File(outDir, toFilename(key, ""))));
+                  }
+                  log.info("Pull of file[%s] completed in %,d millis", s3Obj, System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
+                  return null;
+                }
+                catch (IOException e) {
+                  FileUtils.deleteDirectory(outDir);
+                  throw new IOException(String.format("Problem decompressing object[%s]", s3Obj), e);
+                }
+                finally {
+                  Closeables.closeQuietly(in);
+                }
+              }
+              finally {
+                S3Utils.closeStreamsQuietly(s3Obj);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+      );
     }
     catch (Exception e) {
       throw new SegmentLoadingException(e, e.getMessage());
     }
-    finally {
-      S3Utils.closeStreamsQuietly(s3Obj);
-    }
-
   }
 
   private String toFilename(String key, final String suffix)
@@ -124,25 +137,49 @@ public class S3DataSegmentPuller implements DataSegmentPuller
     return filename;
   }
 
-  private boolean isObjectInBucket(S3Coords coords) throws SegmentLoadingException
+  private boolean isObjectInBucket(final S3Coords coords) throws SegmentLoadingException
   {
     try {
-      return s3Client.isObjectInBucket(coords.bucket, coords.path);
+      return S3Utils.retryS3Operation(
+          new Callable<Boolean>()
+          {
+            @Override
+            public Boolean call() throws Exception
+            {
+              return s3Client.isObjectInBucket(coords.bucket, coords.path);
+            }
+          }
+      );
+    }
+    catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      throw Throwables.propagate(e);
     }
     catch (ServiceException e) {
-      throw new SegmentLoadingException(e, "S3 fail!  Key[%s]", coords);
+      throw new SegmentLoadingException(e, "S3 fail! Key[%s]", coords);
     }
   }
 
   @Override
   public long getLastModified(DataSegment segment) throws SegmentLoadingException
   {
-    S3Coords coords = new S3Coords(segment);
+    final S3Coords coords = new S3Coords(segment);
     try {
-      S3Object objDetails = s3Client.getObjectDetails(new S3Bucket(coords.bucket), coords.path);
+      final StorageObject objDetails = S3Utils.retryS3Operation(
+          new Callable<StorageObject>()
+          {
+            @Override
+            public StorageObject call() throws Exception
+            {
+              return s3Client.getObjectDetails(coords.bucket, coords.path);
+            }
+          }
+      );
       return objDetails.getLastModifiedDate().getTime();
     }
-    catch (S3ServiceException e) {
+    catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      throw Throwables.propagate(e);
+    }
+    catch (ServiceException e) {
       throw new SegmentLoadingException(e, e.getMessage());
     }
   }
diff --git a/upload.sh b/upload.sh
index 5e0580d3055..d242599adac 100755
--- a/upload.sh
+++ b/upload.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 #
 # Script to upload tarball of assembly build to static.druid.io for serving
 #
-s3cmd put services/target/druid-services-*-bin.tar.gz s3://static.druid.io/artifacts/
+s3cmd put services/target/druid-services-*-bin.tar.gz s3://static.druid.io/artifacts/releases