diff --git a/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py b/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py
index 9539a01762..3d311ef3d6 100644
--- a/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py
+++ b/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 
 # Python
 import logging
+import os
 import signal
+import time
 from uuid import UUID
 from multiprocessing import Process
 from multiprocessing import Queue as MPQueue
 from Queue import Empty as QueueEmpty
 from Queue import Full as QueueFull
-import os
 
 from kombu import Connection, Exchange, Queue
 from kombu.mixins import ConsumerMixin
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ from kombu.mixins import ConsumerMixin
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand
 from django.db import connection as django_connection
-from django.db import DatabaseError
+from django.db import DatabaseError, OperationalError
+from django.db.utils import InterfaceError, InternalError
 from django.core.cache import cache as django_cache
 
 # AWX
@@ -39,6 +41,9 @@ class WorkerSignalHandler:
 
 
 class CallbackBrokerWorker(ConsumerMixin):
+
+    MAX_RETRIES = 2
+
     def __init__(self, connection, use_workers=True):
         self.connection = connection
         self.worker_queues = []
@@ -133,13 +138,40 @@ class CallbackBrokerWorker(ConsumerMixin):
                     logger.info('Body: {}'.format(
                         highlight(pformat(body, width=160), PythonLexer(), Terminal256Formatter(style='friendly'))
                     ))
-                try:
+
+                def _save_event_data():
                     if 'job_id' in body:
                         JobEvent.create_from_data(**body)
                     elif 'ad_hoc_command_id' in body:
                         AdHocCommandEvent.create_from_data(**body)
-                except DatabaseError as e:
-                    logger.error('Database Error Saving Job Event: {}'.format(e))
+
+                job_identifier = 'unknown job'
+                if 'job_id' in body:
+                    job_identifier = body['job_id']
+                elif 'ad_hoc_command_id' in body:
+                    job_identifier = body['ad_hoc_command_id']
+
+                retries = 0
+                while retries <= self.MAX_RETRIES:
+                    try:
+                        _save_event_data()
+                        break
+                    except (OperationalError, InterfaceError, InternalError) as e:
+                        if retries >= self.MAX_RETRIES:
+                            logger.exception('Worker could not re-establish database connectivity, shutting down gracefully: Job {}'.format(job_identifier))
+                            os.kill(os.getppid(), signal.SIGINT)
+                            return
+                        delay = 60 * retries
+                        logger.exception('Database Error Saving Job Event, retry #{i} in {delay} seconds:'.format(
+                            i=retries + 1,
+                            delay=delay
+                        ))
+                        django_connection.close()
+                        time.sleep(delay)
+                        retries += 1
+                    except DatabaseError as e:
+                        logger.exception('Database Error Saving Job Event for Job {}'.format(job_identifier))
+                        break
             except Exception as exc:
                 import traceback
                 tb = traceback.format_exc()