diff --git a/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/__init__.py b/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/__init__.py
index c53b607..c0cfcea 100644
--- a/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/__init__.py
+++ b/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ except ImportError as error:
     def DynamoDB(*args, **kwargs):
         raise error
 
-version_info = (0, 2, 2)
+version_info = (0, 2, 3)
 __version__ = '.'.join(str(v) for v in version_info)
 
 # Response constants
diff --git a/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/connector.py b/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/connector.py
index d3acf8b..b7aa998 100644
--- a/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/connector.py
+++ b/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/connector.py
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ from tornado_aws import exceptions as aws_exceptions
 from . import utils
 from . import exceptions
 
-# Stub ConnectionError for Python 2.7 that doesn't support it
+# Stub ConnectionError && ConnectionResetError for Python 2.7
 try:
     ConnectionError
 except NameError:
     class ConnectionError(Exception):
         pass
 
+    class ConnectionResetError(Exception):
+        pass
+
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -134,8 +137,11 @@ class DynamoDB(object):
             future.set_exception(exceptions.NoCredentialsError(str(error)))
         except aws_exceptions.NoProfileError as error:
             future.set_exception(exceptions.NoProfileError(str(error)))
-        except (socket.gaierror, ConnectionError) as req_err:
-            future.set_exception(exceptions.RequestException(req_err))
+        except (ConnectionError,
+                ConnectionResetError,
+                OSError,
+                socket.gaierror) as error:
+            future.set_exception(exceptions.RequestException(str(error)))
         except httpclient.HTTPError as err:
             if err.code == 599:
                 future.set_exception(exceptions.TimeoutException())
diff --git a/tests/api_tests.py b/tests/api_tests.py
index 1a90c8f..541d426 100644
--- a/tests/api_tests.py
+++ b/tests/api_tests.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from tornado import testing
 from tornado_aws import exceptions as aws_exceptions
 
 from sprockets.clients import dynamodb
-from sprockets.clients.dynamodb import connector, exceptions
+from sprockets.clients.dynamodb import exceptions
 
 
 class AsyncTestCase(testing.AsyncTestCase):
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ class AWSClientTests(AsyncTestCase):
             with self.assertRaises(exceptions.RequestException):
                 yield self.client.create_table(self.generic_table_definition())
 
+    @testing.gen_test
+    def test_oserror_raises_request_exception(self):
+        with mock.patch('tornado_aws.client.AsyncAWSClient.fetch') as fetch:
+            fetch.side_effect = OSError
+            with self.assertRaises(exceptions.RequestException):
+                yield self.client.create_table(self.generic_table_definition())
+
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info.major < 3,
                      'ConnectionError is Python3 only')
     @testing.gen_test
@@ -122,6 +129,14 @@ class AWSClientTests(AsyncTestCase):
             with self.assertRaises(exceptions.RequestException):
                 yield self.client.create_table(self.generic_table_definition())
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info.major < 3,
+                     'ConnectionResetError is Python3 only')
+    @testing.gen_test
+    def test_connection_reset_error_request_exception(self):
+        with mock.patch('tornado_aws.client.AsyncAWSClient.fetch') as fetch:
+            fetch.side_effect = ConnectionResetError
+            with self.assertRaises(exceptions.RequestException):
+                yield self.client.create_table(self.generic_table_definition())
 
 class CreateTableTests(AsyncTestCase):