diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 93e7a2fc..f1b00811 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ dist/
 .coverage
 .nox
 env
+.env
 googlemaps.egg-info
 *.egg
 .vscode/
diff --git a/googlemaps/client.py b/googlemaps/client.py
index d1f4ab6a..6c08564e 100644
--- a/googlemaps/client.py
+++ b/googlemaps/client.py
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ def _get_body(self, response):
             raise googlemaps.exceptions._OverQueryLimit(
                 api_status, body.get("error_message"))
 
+        if api_status == "INVALID_REQUEST":
+            raise googlemaps.exceptions._RetriableRequest()
+
         raise googlemaps.exceptions.ApiError(api_status,
                                              body.get("error_message"))