diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/forking/handlers/ws-handler.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/forking/handlers/ws-handler.ts
index eca6f9e01a..4dc81c9b3f 100644
--- a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/forking/handlers/ws-handler.ts
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/src/forking/handlers/ws-handler.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import { JsonRpcResponse, JsonRpcError } from "@ganache/utils";
 
 const { JSONRPC_PREFIX } = BaseHandler;
 
+export type RetryConfiguration = {
+  retryIntervalBaseInSeconds: number;
+  retryCounter: number;
+};
+
 export class WsHandler extends BaseHandler implements Handler {
   private open: Promise<unknown>;
   private connection: WebSocket;
@@ -20,42 +25,65 @@ export class WsHandler extends BaseHandler implements Handler {
     }>
   >();
 
-  constructor(options: EthereumInternalOptions, abortSignal: AbortSignal) {
+  // queue requests when connection is closed.
+  private delayedRequestsQueue = [];
+  // flag to identify if adhoc reconnection attempt.
+  private adhocReconnectionRequest = false;
+
+  // retry configuration
+  private retryCounter: number = 3;
+  private retryIntervalBaseInSeconds: number = 2;
+  private initialRetryCounter: number;
+  private retryTimeoutId: NodeJS.Timeout;
+
+  // socket configuration
+  private url: string;
+  private origin: string;
+  private logging: EthereumInternalOptions["logging"];
+
+  constructor(
+    options: EthereumInternalOptions,
+    abortSignal: AbortSignal,
+    retryConfiguration?: RetryConfiguration | undefined
+  ) {
     super(options, abortSignal);
 
     const {
       fork: { url, origin },
       logging
     } = options;
+    this.url = url.toString();
+    this.origin = origin;
+    this.logging = logging;
+
+    // set retry configuration values
+    if (retryConfiguration) {
+      this.retryCounter = retryConfiguration.retryCounter;
+      this.initialRetryCounter = retryConfiguration.retryIntervalBaseInSeconds;
+    }
+    this.initialRetryCounter = this.retryCounter;
 
-    this.connection = new WebSocket(url.toString(), {
-      origin,
-      headers: this.headers
-    });
-    // `nodebuffer` is already the default, but I just wanted to be explicit
-    // here because when `nodebuffer` is the binaryType the `message` event's
-    // data type is guaranteed to be a `Buffer`. We don't need to check for
-    // different types of data.
-    // I mention all this because if `arraybuffer` or `fragment` is used for the
-    // binaryType the `"message"` event's `data` may end up being
-    // `ArrayBuffer | Buffer`, or `Buffer[] | Buffer`, respectively.
-    // If you need to change this, you probably need to change our `onMessage`
-    // handler too.
-    this.connection.binaryType = "nodebuffer";
-
-    this.open = this.connect(this.connection, logging);
-    this.connection.onclose = () => {
+    const onCloseEvent = () => {
       // try to connect again...
-      // Issue: https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache/issues/3476
-      // TODO: backoff and eventually fail
-      // Issue: https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache/issues/3477
-      this.open = this.connect(this.connection, logging);
+      // backoff and eventually fail
+      // do not schedule reconnection for adhoc reconnection requests
+      if (this.retryCounter === 0) {
+        this.logging.logger.log("Connection to Infura has failed. Try again");
+      } else {
+        if (!this.adhocReconnectionRequest) {
+          this.retryCounter--;
+          clearTimeout(this.retryTimeoutId);
+          this.retryTimeoutId = setTimeout(async () => {
+            this.reconnect(this.url, this.origin, false);
+          }, Math.pow(this.retryIntervalBaseInSeconds, this.initialRetryCounter - this.retryCounter) * 1000);
+        }
+      }
     };
+    this.open = this.connect(this.url, this.origin, onCloseEvent);
     this.abortSignal.addEventListener("abort", () => {
       this.connection.onclose = null;
       this.connection.close(1000);
     });
-    this.connection.onmessage = this.onMessage.bind(this);
   }
 
   public async request<T>(
@@ -63,7 +91,14 @@ export class WsHandler extends BaseHandler implements Handler {
     params: unknown[],
     options = { disableCache: false }
   ) {
-    await this.open;
+    try {
+      await this.open;
+    } catch (er) {
+      this.logging.logger.log("Connection to Infura has failed");
+      // skip the reconnection if connection is being made
+      if (this.connection.readyState !== this.connection.CONNECTING)
+        this.reconnect(this.url, this.origin, true);
+    }
     if (this.abortSignal.aborted) return Promise.reject(new AbortError());
 
     const key = JSON.stringify({ method, params });
@@ -81,7 +116,13 @@ export class WsHandler extends BaseHandler implements Handler {
       // Issue: https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache/issues/3478
       this.inFlightRequests.set(messageId, deferred);
 
-      this.connection.send(`${JSONRPC_PREFIX}${messageId},${key.slice(1)}`);
+      // if connection is alive send request else delay the request
+      const data = `${JSONRPC_PREFIX}${messageId},${key.slice(1)}`;
+      if (this.connection && this.connection.readyState === 1) {
+        this.connection.send(data);
+      } else {
+        this.delayRequest(data);
+      }
       return deferred.promise.finally(() => this.requestCache.delete(key));
     };
     return await this.queueRequest<T>(method, params, key, send, options);
@@ -105,26 +146,62 @@ export class WsHandler extends BaseHandler implements Handler {
     }
   }
 
-  private connect(
-    connection: WebSocket,
-    logging: EthereumInternalOptions["logging"]
-  ) {
+  private connect(url: string, origin: string, onCloseEvent: any) {
+    this.connection = new WebSocket(url, {
+      origin,
+      headers: this.headers
+    });
+    // `nodebuffer` is already the default, but I just wanted to be explicit
+    // here because when `nodebuffer` is the binaryType the `message` event's
+    // data type is guaranteed to be a `Buffer`. We don't need to check for
+    // different types of data.
+    // I mention all this because if `arraybuffer` or `fragment` is used for the
+    // binaryType the `"message"` event's `data` may end up being
+    // `ArrayBuffer | Buffer`, or `Buffer[] | Buffer`, respectively.
+    // If you need to change this, you probably need to change our `onMessage`
+    // handler too.
+    this.connection.binaryType = "nodebuffer";
+    this.connection.onclose = onCloseEvent;
+    this.connection.onmessage = this.onMessage.bind(this);
     let open = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      connection.onopen = resolve;
-      connection.onerror = reject;
+      this.connection.onopen = resolve;
+      this.connection.onerror = reject;
+    });
+    open.then(() => {
+      this.connection.onopen = null;
+      this.connection.onerror = null;
+      // reset the retry counter and any timeouts scheduled for retries
+      this.retryCounter = this.initialRetryCounter;
+      clearTimeout(this.retryTimeoutId);
+
+      this.adhocReconnectionRequest = false;
+      // process delayed requests which were queued at the time of connection failure
+      this.sendDelayedRequests();
     });
-    open.then(
-      () => {
-        connection.onopen = null;
-        connection.onerror = null;
-      },
-      err => {
-        logging.logger.log(err);
-      }
-    );
     return open;
   }
 
+  private reconnect(
+    url: string,
+    origin: string,
+    adhocReconnectionRequest: boolean = false
+  ) {
+    this.adhocReconnectionRequest = adhocReconnectionRequest;
+    const onCloseEvent = this.connection.onclose;
+    this.open = this.connect(url, origin, onCloseEvent);
+  }
+
+  private delayRequest(request: any) {
+    this.delayedRequestsQueue.push(request);
+  }
+
+  private sendDelayedRequests() {
+    while (this.delayedRequestsQueue.length > 0) {
+      const request = this.delayedRequestsQueue.pop();
+      this.connection.send(request);
+    }
+  }
+
   public async close() {
     await super.close();
     this.connection.close();
diff --git a/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/tests/forking/handlers/ws-handler.test.ts b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/tests/forking/handlers/ws-handler.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6008b06cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chains/ethereum/ethereum/tests/forking/handlers/ws-handler.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import assert from "assert";
+import AbortController from "abort-controller";
+import { WsHandler } from "../../../src/forking/handlers/ws-handler";
+import {
+  EthereumOptionsConfig,
+  EthereumProviderOptions
+} from "@ganache/ethereum-options";
+import WebSocket from "ws";
+
+const createWebSocketServer = (port: number): WebSocket.Server => {
+  let wsServer = new WebSocket.Server({ port });
+  wsServer.on("connection", async ws => {
+    ws.on("message", data => {
+      const message = JSON.parse(data.toString());
+      ws.send(
+        Buffer.from(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            id: message.id,
+            jsonrpc: "2.0",
+            result: "0x0"
+          }),
+          "utf-8"
+        )
+      );
+      if (message.method === "client-disconnect") {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          ws.terminate();
+        }, 10);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  return wsServer;
+};
+
+// create test server
+const URL = "ws://localhost:8888/";
+let wsServer: WebSocket.Server;
+let wsHandler: WsHandler;
+wsServer = createWebSocketServer(8888);
+
+describe("ws-handler", function () {
+  describe("retries", function () {
+    before(() => {
+      const providerOptions = EthereumOptionsConfig.normalize({
+        fork: {
+          url: URL,
+          origin: "test"
+        }
+      } as EthereumProviderOptions);
+      const abortController: AbortController = new AbortController();
+      wsHandler = new WsHandler(providerOptions, abortController.signal, {
+        retryCounter: 4,
+        retryIntervalBaseInSeconds: 3
+      });
+    });
+
+    after(() => {
+      wsHandler.close();
+      wsServer.close();
+    });
+
+    it("should attempt to reconnect the server when connection is terminated", async () => {
+      // send a request to websocket server to get connection termination.
+      await wsHandler.request<any>("client-disconnect", [], {
+        disableCache: true
+      });
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+
+      // send request after connection is terminated
+      const retryPromise = wsHandler.request<any>("retry", [], {
+        disableCache: true
+      });
+
+      // assert the result
+      const response = await retryPromise;
+      assert.equal(response, "0x0");
+    }).timeout(10000);
+  });
+});