diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60bfa354b..74506687d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [0.0.94] - 2025-11-10
 
+### Changed
+
+- Added support for retrying `SpeechmaticsTTSService` when it returns a 503
+  error. Default values in `InputParams`.
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 - The `KrispFilter` is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/tts.py
index 23d10c5e1..b8fe172e7 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/tts.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 """Speechmatics TTS service integration."""
 
+import asyncio
 from typing import AsyncGenerator, Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ from pipecat.frames.frames import (
     TTSStoppedFrame,
 )
 from pipecat.services.tts_service import TTSService
+from pipecat.utils.network import exponential_backoff_time
 from pipecat.utils.tracing.service_decorators import traced_tts
 
 try:
@@ -43,9 +45,13 @@ class SpeechmaticsTTSService(TTSService):
     SPEECHMATICS_SAMPLE_RATE = 16000
 
     class InputParams(BaseModel):
-        """Optional input parameters for Speechmatics TTS configuration."""
+        """Optional input parameters for Speechmatics TTS configuration.
 
-        pass
+        Parameters:
+            max_retries: Maximum number of retries for TTS requests. Defaults to 5.
+        """
+
+        max_retries: int = 5
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -109,64 +115,119 @@ class SpeechmaticsTTSService(TTSService):
         Yields:
             Frame: Audio frames containing the synthesized speech.
         """
+        # Log the TTS started frame
         logger.debug(f"{self}: Generating TTS [{text}]")
 
+        # HTTP headers
         headers = {
             "Authorization": f"Bearer {self._api_key}",
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
         }
 
+        # HTTP payload
         payload = {
             "text": text,
         }
 
+        # Complete HTTP URL
         url = _get_endpoint_url(self._base_url, self._voice_id, self.sample_rate)
 
         try:
+            # Start TTS TTFB metrics
             await self.start_ttfb_metrics()
 
-            async with self._session.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) as response:
-                if response.status != 200:
-                    error_message = f"Speechmatics TTS error: HTTP {response.status}"
-                    logger.error(error_message)
-                    yield ErrorFrame(error=error_message)
-                    return
+            # Track attempt
+            attempt = 0
 
-                await self.start_tts_usage_metrics(text)
+            # Keep retrying until we get a 200 response or timeout
+            while True:
+                async with self._session.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) as response:
+                    """Evaluate response from TTS service."""
 
-                yield TTSStartedFrame()
+                    # 503 : Service unavailable
+                    if response.status == 503:
+                        """Calculate the backoff time and retry."""
 
-                # Process the response in streaming chunks
-                first_chunk = True
-                buffer = b""
+                        try:
+                            # Calculate the backoff time
+                            backoff_time = exponential_backoff_time(
+                                attempt=attempt, min_wait=0.25, max_wait=8.0, multiplier=0.5
+                            )
 
-                async for chunk in response.content.iter_any():
-                    if not chunk:
-                        continue
-                    if first_chunk:
-                        await self.stop_ttfb_metrics()
-                        first_chunk = False
+                            # Increment attempt
+                            attempt += 1
 
-                    buffer += chunk
+                            # Check if we've exceeded the maximum number of attempts
+                            if attempt >= self._params.max_retries:
+                                raise ValueError()
 
-                    # Emit all complete 2-byte int16 samples from buffer
-                    if len(buffer) >= 2:
-                        complete_samples = len(buffer) // 2
-                        complete_bytes = complete_samples * 2
+                            # Report error frame
+                            yield ErrorFrame(
+                                error=f"{self} Service unavailable [503] (attempt {attempt}, retry in {backoff_time:.2f}s)"
+                            )
 
-                        audio_data = buffer[:complete_bytes]
-                        buffer = buffer[complete_bytes:]  # Keep remaining bytes for next iteration
+                            # Wait before retrying
+                            await asyncio.sleep(backoff_time)
 
-                        yield TTSAudioRawFrame(
-                            audio=audio_data,
-                            sample_rate=self.sample_rate,
-                            num_channels=1,
+                            # Retry
+                            continue
+
+                        except (ValueError, ArithmeticError):
+                            yield ErrorFrame(
+                                error=f"{self} Service unavailable [503] (attempts {attempt})",
+                                fatal=True,
+                            )
+                            return
+
+                    # != 200 : Error
+                    if response.status != 200:
+                        yield ErrorFrame(
+                            error=f"{self} Service unavailable [{response.status}]", fatal=True
                         )
+                        return
+
+                    # Update Pipecat metrics
+                    await self.start_tts_usage_metrics(text)
+
+                    # Emit the TTS started frame
+                    yield TTSStartedFrame()
+
+                    # Process the response in streaming chunks
+                    first_chunk = True
+                    buffer = b""
+
+                    # Iterate over each audio data chunk from the TTS API
+                    async for chunk in response.content.iter_any():
+                        if not chunk:
+                            continue
+                        if first_chunk:
+                            await self.stop_ttfb_metrics()
+                            first_chunk = False
+
+                        buffer += chunk
+
+                        # Emit all complete 2-byte int16 samples from buffer
+                        if len(buffer) >= 2:
+                            complete_samples = len(buffer) // 2
+                            complete_bytes = complete_samples * 2
+
+                            audio_data = buffer[:complete_bytes]
+                            buffer = buffer[complete_bytes:]
+
+                            # Emit the audio frame
+                            yield TTSAudioRawFrame(
+                                audio=audio_data,
+                                sample_rate=self.sample_rate,
+                                num_channels=1,
+                            )
+
+                    # Successfully processed the response, break out of retry loop
+                    break
 
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.exception(f"Error generating TTS: {e}")
-            yield ErrorFrame(error=f"Speechmatics TTS error: {str(e)}")
+            yield ErrorFrame(error=f"{self}: Error generating TTS: {e}", fatal=True)
         finally:
+            # Emit the TTS stopped frame
             yield TTSStoppedFrame()