diff --git a/scalatest/src/main/scala/cats/effect/testing/scalatest/AsyncIOSpec.scala b/scalatest/src/main/scala/cats/effect/testing/scalatest/AsyncIOSpec.scala
index 7f88449b..f1eb819f 100644
--- a/scalatest/src/main/scala/cats/effect/testing/scalatest/AsyncIOSpec.scala
+++ b/scalatest/src/main/scala/cats/effect/testing/scalatest/AsyncIOSpec.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 package cats.effect.testing.scalatest
 
 import cats.effect.{ContextShift, IO, Timer}
+import org.scalactic.source.Position
 import org.scalatest.AsyncTestSuite
+import org.scalatest.enablers.Retrying
+import org.scalatest.time.Span
 
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
 
@@ -25,4 +28,11 @@ trait AsyncIOSpec extends AssertingSyntax with EffectTestSupport { asyncTestSuit
   override val executionContext: ExecutionContext = ExecutionContext.global
   implicit val ioContextShift: ContextShift[IO] = IO.contextShift(executionContext)
   implicit val ioTimer: Timer[IO] = IO.timer(executionContext)
+
+  implicit def ioRetrying[T]: Retrying[IO[T]] = new Retrying[IO[T]] {
+    override def retry(timeout: Span, interval: Span, pos: Position)(fun: => IO[T]): IO[T] =
+      IO.fromFuture(
+        IO(Retrying.retryingNatureOfFutureT[T](executionContext).retry(timeout, interval, pos)(fun.unsafeToFuture())),
+      )
+  }
 }