diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index eb868219..c3e6267f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ gem 'whenever', '~> 0.6.2', :require => false
 gem 'swf_converter', '~> 0.0.3'
 
 gem 'resque', '~> 1.15.0'
+gem 'resque-retry', '~> 0.1.0'
 
 gem 'right_aws', '~> 2.1.0'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 1877bd0e..b8cf3020 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ GEM
       redis-namespace (>= 0.10.0)
       sinatra (>= 0.9.2)
       vegas (~> 0.1.2)
+    resque-retry (0.1.0)
+      resque (>= 1.8.0)
+      resque-scheduler (>= 1.8.0)
+    resque-scheduler (1.9.9)
+      redis (>= 2.0.1)
+      resque (>= 1.8.0)
+      rufus-scheduler
     right_aws (2.1.0)
       right_http_connection (>= 1.2.5)
     right_http_connection (1.3.0)
@@ -155,6 +162,8 @@ GEM
     rspec-rails (2.0.1)
       rspec (~> 2.0.0)
     ruby-hmac (0.4.0)
+    rufus-scheduler (2.0.9)
+      tzinfo (>= 0.3.23)
     sinatra (1.2.6)
       rack (~> 1.1)
       tilt (< 2.0, >= 1.2.2)
@@ -200,6 +209,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails (= 3.0.4)
   rdiscount (~> 1.6.5)
   resque (~> 1.15.0)
+  resque-retry (~> 0.1.0)
   right_aws (~> 2.1.0)
   rspec-rails (~> 2.0.0.beta.22)
   swf_converter (~> 0.0.3)
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 927f8f09..e340041e 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ require File.expand_path('../config/application', __FILE__)
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
+require 'resque/tasks'
+require 'resque_scheduler/tasks'
 
 OpenneoImpressItems::Application.load_tasks
 
diff --git a/app/models/asset_image_conversion_request.rb b/app/models/asset_image_conversion_request.rb
index 2d5d1a09..0ebc550a 100644
--- a/app/models/asset_image_conversion_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/asset_image_conversion_request.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
+require 'resque-retry'
+
 class AssetImageConversionRequest
+  extend Resque::Plugins::Retry
+
+  @retry_limit = 5
+  @retry_delay = 60
+
   @queue = :requested_asset_images
 
   def self.perform(asset_type, asset_id)
@@ -7,6 +14,9 @@ class AssetImageConversionRequest
   end
 
   class OnCreation < AssetImageConversionRequest
+    @retry_limit = 5
+    @retry_delay = 60
+
     @queue = :requested_asset_images_on_creation
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/resque_retry.rb b/config/initializers/resque_retry.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a7902fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/resque_retry.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+require 'resque-retry'
+require 'resque/failure/redis'
+
+Resque::Failure::MultipleWithRetrySuppression.classes = [Resque::Failure::Redis]
+Resque::Failure.backend = Resque::Failure::MultipleWithRetrySuppression
+
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