diff -r -U4 httplib2-0.6.0/python2/httplib2/__init__.py httplib2-0.6.0/python2/httplib2/__init__.py
--- httplib2-0.6.0/python2/httplib2/__init__.py	2010-12-18 17:05:28.000000000 +0000
+++ httplib2-0.6.0/python2/httplib2/__init__.py	2010-12-18 17:04:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -868,8 +868,20 @@
                     raise
             except httplib.HTTPException:
                 # Just because the server closed the connection doesn't apparently mean
                 # that the server didn't send a response.
+                if conn.sock is None:
+                    if i == 0:
+                        conn.close()
+                        conn.connect()
+                        continue
+                    else:
+                        conn.close()
+                        raise
+                if i == 0:
+                    conn.close()
+                    conn.connect()
+                    continue
                 pass
             try:
                 response = conn.getresponse()
             except (socket.error, httplib.HTTPException):