diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/retry_policy.h b/google/cloud/storage/retry_policy.h
index 2ec6f124be93e..47019191d52d8 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/retry_policy.h
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/retry_policy.h
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ struct StatusTraits {
     return status.code() != StatusCode::kDeadlineExceeded &&
            status.code() != StatusCode::kInternal &&
            status.code() != StatusCode::kResourceExhausted &&
-           status.code() != StatusCode::kUnavailable;
+           status.code() != StatusCode::kUnavailable &&
+           status.code() != StatusCode::kUnauthenticated;
   }
 };
 }  // namespace internal