diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_retry.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_retry.py
index 7e073f61f1ae..77c7f3f17f64 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_retry.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_retry.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 This module is the requests implementation of Pipeline ABC
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import  # we have a "requests" module that conflicts with "requests" on Py2.7
+from io import SEEK_SET, UnsupportedOperation
 import logging
 import time
 import email
@@ -317,7 +318,21 @@ def increment(self, settings, response=None, error=None):
                 settings['status'] -= 1
                 settings['history'].append(RequestHistory(response.http_request, http_response=response.http_response))
 
-        return not self.is_exhausted(settings)
+        if not self.is_exhausted(settings):
+            if response.http_request.body and hasattr(response.http_request.body, 'read'):
+                try:
+                    body_position = response.request.http_request.body.tell()
+                except (AttributeError, UnsupportedOperation):
+                # if body position cannot be obtained, then retries will not work
+                    return False
+                try:
+                    # attempt to rewind the body to the initial position
+                    response.http_request.body.seek(settings['body_position'], SEEK_SET)
+                except (UnsupportedOperation, ValueError, AttributeError) as err:
+                    # if body is not seekable, then retry would not work
+                    return False
+            return True
+        return False
 
     def update_context(self, context, retry_settings):
         """Updates retry history in pipeline context.
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_universal_pipeline.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_universal_pipeline.py
index 32f73c2d5daf..d20ad1f5e075 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_universal_pipeline.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_universal_pipeline.py
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
     import mock
 
 import requests
-
+try:
+    from io import BytesIO
+except ImportError:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO as BytesIO
 import pytest
 
 from azure.core.exceptions import DecodeError
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@
     ContentDecodePolicy,
     UserAgentPolicy,
     HttpLoggingPolicy,
+    RetryPolicy,
 )
 
 def test_user_agent():
@@ -130,6 +134,34 @@ def test_no_log(mock_http_logger):
     second_count = mock_http_logger.debug.call_count
     assert second_count == first_count * 2
 
+def test_retry_seekable_body():
+    def build_response(body, content_type=None):
+        class MockResponse(HttpResponse):
+            def __init__(self):
+                super(MockResponse, self).__init__(None, None)
+                self._body = 'test'
+
+            def body(self):
+                return self._body
+
+        data = BytesIO(b"Lots of dataaaa")
+        universal_request = HttpRequest('GET', 'http://127.0.0.1/', data=data)
+        universal_request.set_streamed_data_body(data)
+        return PipelineResponse(universal_request, MockResponse(), PipelineContext(None, stream=True))
+    
+    response = build_response(b"<groot/>", content_type="application/xml")
+    http_retry = RetryPolicy()
+    setting = {
+        'total': 3,
+        'status': 3,
+        'history': [],
+        'connect': 3,
+        'read': 3,
+        'body_position': 10,
+    }
+    increment = http_retry.increment(setting, response)
+    assert increment
+
 def test_raw_deserializer():
     raw_deserializer = ContentDecodePolicy()