diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cc4c878d1..c1c207aa1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ six>=1.10.0 # MIT
 SQLAlchemy!=1.1.5,!=1.1.6,!=1.1.7,!=1.1.8,>=1.0.10 # MIT
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
+tenacity>=4.9.0 # Apache-2.0
 WebOb>=1.7.1 # MIT
diff --git a/senlin/engine/notifications/message.py b/senlin/engine/notifications/message.py
index 7045f6ce8..a63d74926 100755
--- a/senlin/engine/notifications/message.py
+++ b/senlin/engine/notifications/message.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_context import context as oslo_context
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 import six
+import tenacity
 
 from senlin.common import context as senlin_context
 from senlin.common import exception
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 
+RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 3
+RETRY_INITIAL_DELAY = 1
+RETRY_BACKOFF = 1
+RETRY_MAX = 3
+
 
 class Message(object):
     """Zaqar message type of notification."""
@@ -67,19 +73,23 @@ class Message(object):
 
         return params
 
+    @tenacity.retry(
+        retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(exception.EResourceCreation),
+        wait=tenacity.wait_incrementing(
+            RETRY_INITIAL_DELAY, RETRY_BACKOFF, RETRY_MAX),
+        stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(RETRY_ATTEMPTS))
     def post_lifecycle_hook_message(self, lifecycle_action_token, node_id,
                                     resource_id, lifecycle_transition_type):
+        message_list = [{
+            "ttl": CONF.notification.ttl,
+            "body": {
+                "lifecycle_action_token": lifecycle_action_token,
+                "node_id": node_id,
+                "resource_id": resource_id,
+                "lifecycle_transition_type": lifecycle_transition_type
+            }
+        }]
         try:
-            message_list = [{
-                "ttl": CONF.notification.ttl,
-                "body": {
-                    "lifecycle_action_token": lifecycle_action_token,
-                    "node_id": node_id,
-                    "resource_id": resource_id,
-                    "lifecycle_transition_type": lifecycle_transition_type
-                }
-            }]
-
             if not self.zaqar().queue_exists(self.queue_name):
                 kwargs = {
                     "_max_messages_post_size":
@@ -91,5 +101,6 @@ class Message(object):
 
             return self.zaqar().message_post(self.queue_name, message_list)
         except exception.InternalError as ex:
-            raise exception.EResourceCreation(type='queue',
-                                              message=six.text_type(ex))
+            raise exception.EResourceCreation(
+                type='queue',
+                message=six.text_type(ex))
diff --git a/senlin/tests/unit/engine/notifications/test_message.py b/senlin/tests/unit/engine/notifications/test_message.py
index 4180bfef4..57ef7e5fa 100755
--- a/senlin/tests/unit/engine/notifications/test_message.py
+++ b/senlin/tests/unit/engine/notifications/test_message.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import mock
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 
+from senlin.common import exception
 from senlin.drivers import base as driver_base
 from senlin.engine.notifications import message as mmod
 from senlin.tests.unit.common import base
@@ -121,3 +122,28 @@ class TestMessage(base.SenlinTestCase):
             }
         }]
         mock_zc.message_post.assert_called_once_with(queue_name, message_list)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(mmod.Message, 'zaqar')
+    def test_post_lifecycle_hook_message_queue_retry(self, mock_zaqar):
+        cfg.CONF.set_override('max_message_size', 8192, 'notification')
+        mock_zc = mock.Mock()
+        mock_zaqar.return_value = mock_zc
+        queue_name = 'my_queue'
+        message = mmod.Message(queue_name)
+        mock_zc.queue_exists.return_value = True
+        test_exception = exception.EResourceCreation(type='queue',
+                                                     message="test")
+        mock_zc.message_post.side_effect = [
+            test_exception, test_exception, None]
+
+        lifecycle_action_token = 'ACTION_ID'
+        node_id = 'NODE_ID'
+        resource_id = 'RESOURCE_ID'
+        lifecycle_transition_type = 'TYPE'
+
+        message.post_lifecycle_hook_message(lifecycle_action_token, node_id,
+                                            resource_id,
+                                            lifecycle_transition_type)
+
+        mock_zc.queue_create.assert_not_called()
+        self.assertEqual(3, mock_zc.message_post.call_count)