=== modified file 'src/gnutls.c'
--- src/gnutls.c	2012-02-13 20:39:46 +0000
+++ src/gnutls.c	2012-04-09 00:34:32 +0000
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@
   message ("gnutls.c: [%d] %s %s", level, string, extra);
 }
 
+static void
+gnutls_log_function2i (int level, const char* string, int extra)
+{
+  message ("gnutls.c: [%d] %s %d", level, string, extra);
+}
+
 static int
 emacs_gnutls_handshake (struct Lisp_Process *proc)
 {
@@ -399,10 +405,22 @@
   ssize_t rtnval;
   gnutls_session_t state = proc->gnutls_state;
 
+  int log_level = proc->gnutls_log_level;
+
   if (proc->gnutls_initstage != GNUTLS_STAGE_READY)
     {
-      emacs_gnutls_handshake (proc);
-      return -1;
+      if (proc->gnutls_handshakes_tried < GNUTLS_EMACS_HANDSHAKES_LIMIT)
+        {
+          proc->gnutls_handshakes_tried++;
+          emacs_gnutls_handshake (proc);
+          GNUTLS_LOG2i (5, log_level, "Retried handshake", 
+                        proc->gnutls_handshakes_tried);
+          return -1;
+        }
+
+      GNUTLS_LOG (2, log_level, "Giving up on handshake; resetting retries");
+      proc->gnutls_handshakes_tried = 0;
+      return 0;
     }
   rtnval = fn_gnutls_record_recv (state, buf, nbyte);
   if (rtnval >= 0)

=== modified file 'src/gnutls.h'
--- src/gnutls.h	2012-01-05 09:46:05 +0000
+++ src/gnutls.h	2012-04-09 00:29:27 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
 #include <gnutls/x509.h>
 
+#define GNUTLS_EMACS_HANDSHAKES_LIMIT 100
+
 typedef enum
 {
   /* Initialization stages.  */
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@
 
 #define GNUTLS_LOG2(level, max, string, extra) do { if (level <= max) { gnutls_log_function2 (level, "(Emacs) " string, extra); } } while (0)
 
+#define GNUTLS_LOG2i(level, max, string, extra) do { if (level <= max) { gnutls_log_function2i (level, "(Emacs) " string, extra); } } while (0)
+
 extern EMACS_INT
 emacs_gnutls_write (struct Lisp_Process *proc, const char *buf, EMACS_INT nbyte);
 extern EMACS_INT

=== modified file 'src/process.c'
--- src/process.c	2012-03-23 12:23:14 +0000
+++ src/process.c	2012-04-09 00:24:07 +0000
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_GNUTLS
   p->gnutls_initstage = GNUTLS_STAGE_EMPTY;
   p->gnutls_log_level = 0;
+  p->gnutls_handshakes_tried = 0;
   p->gnutls_p = 0;
   p->gnutls_state = NULL;
   p->gnutls_x509_cred = NULL;

=== modified file 'src/process.h'
--- src/process.h	2012-01-19 07:21:25 +0000
+++ src/process.h	2012-04-09 00:23:24 +0000
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
     gnutls_certificate_client_credentials gnutls_x509_cred;
     gnutls_anon_client_credentials_t gnutls_anon_cred;
     int gnutls_log_level;
+    int gnutls_handshakes_tried;
     int gnutls_p;
 #endif
 };