diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/ClientBuilder.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/ClientBuilder.swift
index dc41c6a8c..ac39b93d0 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/ClientBuilder.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/ClientBuilder.swift
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ extension ClientBuilder {
             .setSessionDelegate(sessionDelegate: sessionDelegate)
             .userAgent(userAgent: UserAgentBuilder.makeASCIIUserAgent())
             .threadsEnabled(enabled: threadsEnabled, threadSubscriptions: threadsEnabled)
-            .requestConfig(config: .init(retryLimit: 0,
+            .requestConfig(config: .init(retryLimit: 3, // Must be non-zero for the SDK to retry API calls when rate-limited.
                                          timeout: requestTimeout,
                                          maxConcurrentRequests: nil,
                                          maxRetryTime: maxRequestRetryTime))