diff --git a/gcloud-java-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java b/gcloud-java-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java
index d48cf646f349..325520f34ca6 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/bigquery/BigQueryOptions.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.google.gcloud.bigquery;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.gcloud.RetryParams;
 import com.google.gcloud.ServiceOptions;
 import com.google.gcloud.bigquery.spi.BigQueryRpc;
 import com.google.gcloud.bigquery.spi.BigQueryRpcFactory;
@@ -108,6 +109,19 @@ public static BigQueryOptions defaultInstance() {
     return builder().build();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected RetryParams defaultRetryParams() {
+    // See https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/sla for backoff requirements
+    return RetryParams.builder()
+        .retryMinAttempts(RetryParams.DEFAULT_RETRY_MIN_ATTEMPTS)
+        .retryMaxAttempts(RetryParams.DEFAULT_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS)
+        .initialRetryDelayMillis(1000L)
+        .maxRetryDelayMillis(32000L)
+        .retryDelayBackoffFactor(2.0)
+        .totalRetryPeriodMillis(80000L)
+        .build();
+  }
+
   public static Builder builder() {
     return new Builder();
   }
diff --git a/gcloud-java-core/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/ServiceOptions.java b/gcloud-java-core/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/ServiceOptions.java
index d53cfcdafe24..0cab54c34ca8 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-core/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/ServiceOptions.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-core/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/ServiceOptions.java
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ protected ServiceOptions(Class<? extends ServiceFactory<ServiceT, OptionsT>> ser
     authCredentials =
         builder.authCredentials != null ? builder.authCredentials : defaultAuthCredentials();
     authCredentialsState = authCredentials != null ? authCredentials.capture() : null;
-    retryParams = firstNonNull(builder.retryParams, RetryParams.defaultInstance());
+    retryParams = firstNonNull(builder.retryParams, defaultRetryParams());
     serviceFactory = firstNonNull(builder.serviceFactory,
         getFromServiceLoader(serviceFactoryClass, defaultServiceFactory()));
     serviceFactoryClassName = serviceFactory.getClass().getName();
@@ -655,6 +655,10 @@ private static <T> T newInstance(String className) throws IOException, ClassNotF
 
   public abstract <B extends Builder<ServiceT, ServiceRpcT, OptionsT, B>> B toBuilder();
 
+  protected RetryParams defaultRetryParams() {
+    return RetryParams.defaultInstance();
+  }
+
   private static <T> T getFromServiceLoader(Class<? extends T> clazz, T defaultInstance) {
     return Iterables.getFirst(ServiceLoader.load(clazz), defaultInstance);
   }
diff --git a/gcloud-java-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/datastore/DatastoreOptions.java b/gcloud-java-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/datastore/DatastoreOptions.java
index bc0efd837755..01495ec74762 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/datastore/DatastoreOptions.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/datastore/DatastoreOptions.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.gcloud.RetryParams;
 import com.google.gcloud.ServiceOptions;
 import com.google.gcloud.datastore.spi.DatastoreRpc;
 import com.google.gcloud.datastore.spi.DatastoreRpcFactory;
@@ -160,6 +161,19 @@ public String namespace() {
     return namespace;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected RetryParams defaultRetryParams() {
+    // See https://cloud.google.com/datastore/sla for backoff requirements
+    return RetryParams.builder()
+        .retryMinAttempts(RetryParams.DEFAULT_RETRY_MIN_ATTEMPTS)
+        .retryMaxAttempts(RetryParams.DEFAULT_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS)
+        .initialRetryDelayMillis(1000L)
+        .maxRetryDelayMillis(32000L)
+        .retryDelayBackoffFactor(2.0)
+        .totalRetryPeriodMillis(80000L)
+        .build();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a default {@code DatastoreOptions} instance.
    */
diff --git a/gcloud-java-storage/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/storage/StorageOptions.java b/gcloud-java-storage/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/storage/StorageOptions.java
index e7e1c2778fa9..a32d19ec74a5 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-storage/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/storage/StorageOptions.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-storage/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/storage/StorageOptions.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.google.gcloud.storage;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.gcloud.RetryParams;
 import com.google.gcloud.ServiceOptions;
 import com.google.gcloud.storage.spi.DefaultStorageRpc;
 import com.google.gcloud.storage.spi.StorageRpc;
@@ -93,6 +94,19 @@ public static StorageOptions defaultInstance() {
     return builder().build();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected RetryParams defaultRetryParams() {
+    // See https://cloud.google.com/storage/sla for backoff requirements
+    return RetryParams.builder()
+        .retryMinAttempts(RetryParams.DEFAULT_RETRY_MIN_ATTEMPTS)
+        .retryMaxAttempts(RetryParams.DEFAULT_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS)
+        .initialRetryDelayMillis(1000L)
+        .maxRetryDelayMillis(32000L)
+        .retryDelayBackoffFactor(2.0)
+        .totalRetryPeriodMillis(80000L)
+        .build();
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   @Override
   public Builder toBuilder() {