diff --git a/lib/platform/gitlab/gl-got-wrapper.js b/lib/platform/gitlab/gl-got-wrapper.js
index daae2542051986126fd52ecc19cb392891ec3da5..b5d8e04b89ffed2534cfebb1853d67c0e5c7fa30 100644
--- a/lib/platform/gitlab/gl-got-wrapper.js
+++ b/lib/platform/gitlab/gl-got-wrapper.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const URL = require('url');
 const glGot = require('gl-got');
+const delay = require('delay');
+
 const parseLinkHeader = require('parse-link-header');
 const endpoints = require('../../util/endpoints');
 
@@ -18,24 +20,36 @@ async function get(path, options, retries = 5) {
     return cache[path];
   }
   logger.debug({ path }, method.toUpperCase());
-  const res = await glGot(path, opts);
-  if (opts.paginate) {
-    // Check if result is paginated
-    try {
-      const linkHeader = parseLinkHeader(res.headers.link);
-      if (linkHeader && linkHeader.next) {
-        res.body = res.body.concat(
-          (await get(linkHeader.next.url, opts, retries)).body
-        );
+  try {
+    const res = await glGot(path, opts);
+    if (opts.paginate) {
+      // Check if result is paginated
+      try {
+        const linkHeader = parseLinkHeader(res.headers.link);
+        if (linkHeader && linkHeader.next) {
+          res.body = res.body.concat(
+            (await get(linkHeader.next.url, opts, retries)).body
+          );
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        logger.warn({ err }, 'Pagination error');
       }
-    } catch (err) {
-      logger.warn({ err }, 'Pagination error');
     }
+    if (method === 'get' && path.startsWith('projects/')) {
+      cache[path] = res;
+    }
+    return res;
+  } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ {
+    if (retries < 1) {
+      throw err;
+    }
+    if (err.statusCode === 429) {
+      logger.info(`Sleeping 1 minute before retrying 429`);
+      await delay(60000);
+      return get(path, opts, retries - 1);
+    }
+    throw err;
   }
-  if (method === 'get' && path.startsWith('projects/')) {
-    cache[path] = res;
-  }
-  return res;
 }
 
 const helpers = ['get', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'head', 'delete'];