diff --git a/lib/socket.js b/lib/socket.js
index 1dd11e2ec..e837d4b34 100644
--- a/lib/socket.js
+++ b/lib/socket.js
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@
             complete(xhr.responseText);
           } else if (xhr.status == 403) {
             self.onError(xhr.responseText);
+          } else if (xhr.status == 0) {          
+      			var errorObj = {};
+      			errorObj.advice = 'tryConnect';
+      			errorObj.reason = "XHR status: 0. Will try to connect again..";
+      			self.connecting = false;  
+      			!self.reconnecting && self.onError(errorObj);			
           } else {
             self.connecting = false;            
             !self.reconnecting && self.onError(xhr.responseText);
@@ -456,7 +462,11 @@
         if (this.options.reconnect) {
           this.reconnect();
         }
-      }
+      }else if (err.advice === 'tryConnect' && !this.connected && !this.connecting) {        
+		   	 if (this.options.reconnect) {
+				 this.reconnect();
+			}
+		} 
     }
 
     this.publish('error', err && err.reason ? err.reason : err);