diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Connection/ReliableConnection/RetryPolicyUtils.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Connection/ReliableConnection/RetryPolicyUtils.cs
index 800951d4..c8b86091 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Connection/ReliableConnection/RetryPolicyUtils.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Connection/ReliableConnection/RetryPolicyUtils.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Data.SqlClient;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Utility;
 
 namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Connection.ReliableConnection
@@ -215,6 +216,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Connection.ReliableConnection
 
         public static bool IsRetryableNetworkConnectivityError(int errorNumber)
         {
+            // .NET core has a bug on OSX/Linux that makes this error number always zero (issue 12472)
+            if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            {
+                return errorNumber != 0 && _retryableNetworkConnectivityErrors.Contains(errorNumber);
+            }
             return _retryableNetworkConnectivityErrors.Contains(errorNumber);
         }