diff --git a/acme.sh b/acme.sh
index 64a1f73e..708c40e9 100755
--- a/acme.sh
+++ b/acme.sh
@@ -5116,6 +5116,19 @@ $_authorizations_map"
         _on_issue_err "$_post_hook" "$vlist"
         return 1
       fi
+      _retryafter=$(echo "$responseHeaders" | grep -i "^Retry-After *: *[0-9]\+ *" | cut -d : -f 2 | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '\r')
+      _sleep_overload_retry_sec=$_retryafter
+      if [ "$_sleep_overload_retry_sec" ]; then
+        if [ $_sleep_overload_retry_sec -le 600 ]; then
+          _sleep $_sleep_overload_retry_sec
+        else
+          _info "The retryafter=$_retryafter value is too large (> 600), will not retry anymore."
+          _clearupwebbroot "$_currentRoot" "$removelevel" "$token"
+          _clearup
+          _on_issue_err "$_post_hook" "$vlist"
+          return 1
+        fi
+      fi
     done
 
   done