diff --git a/poetry/repositories/pypi_repository.py b/poetry/repositories/pypi_repository.py
index 79199ff12fd..0dfcc639220 100755
--- a/poetry/repositories/pypi_repository.py
+++ b/poetry/repositories/pypi_repository.py
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ def _get_release_info(self, name, version):  # type: (str, str) -> dict
     def _get(self, endpoint):  # type: (str) -> Union[dict, None]
         try:
             json_response = self.session.get(self._base_url + endpoint)
+            if json_response.status_code == 200 and json_response.content == b"":
+                logger.warn("Got empty response from PyPI for %s. Retrying...", endpoint)
+                json_response = self.session.get(self._base_url + endpoint)
         except requests.exceptions.TooManyRedirects:
             # Cache control redirect loop.
             # We try to remove the cache and try again