diff --git a/openml/_api_calls.py b/openml/_api_calls.py
index b5ed976bc..12b283738 100644
--- a/openml/_api_calls.py
+++ b/openml/_api_calls.py
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ def _send_request(request_method, url, data, files=None, md5_checksum=None):
                     )
                 break
             except (
+                requests.exceptions.ChunkedEncodingError,
                 requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
                 requests.exceptions.SSLError,
                 OpenMLServerException,