diff --git a/platypush/plugins/db/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/db/__init__.py
index 62f6b5c011..9e804578cf 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/db/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/db/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 .. moduleauthor:: Fabio Manganiello <blacklight86@gmail.com>
 """
 
+import time
+
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Table, MetaData
+from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
 
 from platypush.plugins import Plugin, action
 
@@ -18,6 +21,8 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
     """
 
     engine = None
+    _db_error_wait_interval = 5.0
+    _db_error_retries = 3
 
     def __init__(self, engine=None, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -32,9 +37,12 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
 
     def _get_engine(self, engine=None, *args, **kwargs):
         if engine:
+            if isinstance(engine, Engine):
+                return engine
+
             return create_engine(engine, *args, **kwargs)
-        else:
-            return self.engine
+
+        return self.engine
 
     @staticmethod
     def _build_condition(table, column, value):
@@ -70,6 +78,34 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
         with engine.connect() as connection:
             result = connection.execute(statement)
 
+    def _get_table(self, table, engine=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not engine:
+            engine = self._get_engine(engine, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        db_ok = False
+        n_tries = 0
+        last_error = None
+
+        while not db_ok and n_tries < self._db_error_retries:
+            try:
+                n_tries += 1
+                metadata = MetaData()
+                table = Table(table, metadata, autoload=True, autoload_with=engine)
+                db_ok = True
+            except Exception as e:
+                last_error = e
+                wait_time = self._db_error_wait_interval * n_tries
+                self.logger.exception(e)
+                self.logger.info('Waiting {} seconds before retrying'.format(wait_time))
+                time.sleep(wait_time)
+                engine = self._get_engine(engine, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        if not db_ok and last_error:
+            raise last_error
+
+        return table, engine
+
+
     @action
     def select(self, query=None, table=None, filter=None, engine=None, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -128,11 +164,10 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
                 ]
         """
 
-        db = self._get_engine(engine, *args, **kwargs)
+        engine = self._get_engine(engine, *args, **kwargs)
 
         if table:
-            metadata = MetaData()
-            table = Table(table, metadata, autoload=True, autoload_with=db)
+            table, engine = self._get_table(table, engine=engine, *args, **kwargs)
             query = table.select()
 
             if filter:
@@ -142,7 +177,7 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
         if query is None:
             raise RuntimeError('You need to specify either "query", or "table" and "filter"')
 
-        with db.connect() as connection:
+        with engine.connect() as connection:
             result = connection.execute(query)
 
             columns = result.keys()
@@ -201,15 +236,14 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
         if key_columns is None:
             key_columns = []
 
-        db = self._get_engine(engine, *args, **kwargs)
+        engine = self._get_engine(engine, *args, **kwargs)
 
         for record in records:
-            metadata = MetaData()
-            table = Table(table, metadata, autoload=True, autoload_with=db)
+            table, engine = self._get_table(table, engine=engine, *args, **kwargs)
             insert = table.insert().values(**record)
 
             try:
-                db.execute(insert)
+                engine.execute(insert)
             except Exception as e:
                 if on_duplicate_update and key_columns:
                     self.update(table=table, records=records,
@@ -264,8 +298,7 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
         engine = self._get_engine(engine, *args, **kwargs)
 
         for record in records:
-            metadata = MetaData()
-            table = Table(table, metadata, autoload=True, autoload_with=engine)
+            table, engine = self._get_table(table, engine=engine, *args, **kwargs)
             key = { k:v for (k,v) in record.items() if k in key_columns }
             values = { k:v for (k,v) in record.items() if k not in key_columns }
 
@@ -313,8 +346,7 @@ class DbPlugin(Plugin):
         engine = self._get_engine(engine, *args, **kwargs)
 
         for record in records:
-            metadata = MetaData()
-            table = Table(table, metadata, autoload=True, autoload_with=engine)
+            table, engine = self._get_table(table, engine=engine, *args, **kwargs)
             delete = table.delete()
 
             for (k,v) in record.items():